[PATCH] dmaengine: sun6i: use the channel pause enable bit

[PATCH] dmaengine: sun6i: use the channel pause enable bit

[James Hilliard]

The channel pause register uses bit 0 to suspend DMA requests. Bit 1 is
reserved, but sun6i_dma_pause() writes only that bit and returns success.
An active peripheral transfer can therefore continue while its client
expects it to be paused, for example while the 8250 driver reads RX
residue and copies a partially filled receive buffer.

Use bit 0, as specified by the H616 DMA channel pause register.
This fixes the pause request itself; it does not add paused-state
reporting or change the handling of transactions already on the bus.

Fixes: 555859308723 ("dmaengine: sun6i: Add driver for the Allwinner A31 DMA controller")
Signed-off-by: James Hilliard <james.hilliard1@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/dma/sun6i-dma.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/dma/sun6i-dma.c b/drivers/dma/sun6i-dma.c
index 7704b016aed8..204b0b812431 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/sun6i-dma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/sun6i-dma.c
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 #define DMA_CHAN_ENABLE_STOP		0
 
 #define DMA_CHAN_PAUSE		0x04
-#define DMA_CHAN_PAUSE_PAUSE		BIT(1)
+#define DMA_CHAN_PAUSE_PAUSE		BIT(0)
 #define DMA_CHAN_PAUSE_RESUME		0
 
 #define DMA_CHAN_LLI_ADDR	0x08

---
base-commit: 93f51579e7df248780214094418f205253383cc5
change-id: 20261021-submit-sun6i-dma-pause-bit-v1-618c1c3877d8

Best regards,
--  
James Hilliard <james.hilliard1@gmail.com>

Re: [PATCH] dmaengine: sun6i: use the channel pause enable bit

[Frank Li]

On Wed, Oct 21, 2026 at 03:02:13PM -0600, James Hilliard wrote:
> The channel pause register uses bit 0 to suspend DMA requests. Bit 1 is
> reserved, but sun6i_dma_pause() writes only that bit and returns success.
> An active peripheral transfer can therefore continue while its client
> expects it to be paused, for example while the 8250 driver reads RX
> residue and copies a partially filled receive buffer.
>
> Use bit 0, as specified by the H616 DMA channel pause register.
> This fixes the pause request itself; it does not add paused-state
> reporting or change the handling of transactions already on the bus.
>
> Fixes: 555859308723 ("dmaengine: sun6i: Add driver for the Allwinner A31 DMA controller")
> Signed-off-by: James Hilliard <james.hilliard1@gmail.com>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Frank Li <Frank.Li@nxp.com>

>  drivers/dma/sun6i-dma.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/dma/sun6i-dma.c b/drivers/dma/sun6i-dma.c
> index 7704b016aed8..204b0b812431 100644
> --- a/drivers/dma/sun6i-dma.c
> +++ b/drivers/dma/sun6i-dma.c
> @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
>  #define DMA_CHAN_ENABLE_STOP		0
>
>  #define DMA_CHAN_PAUSE		0x04
> -#define DMA_CHAN_PAUSE_PAUSE		BIT(1)
> +#define DMA_CHAN_PAUSE_PAUSE		BIT(0)
>  #define DMA_CHAN_PAUSE_RESUME		0
>
>  #define DMA_CHAN_LLI_ADDR	0x08
>
> ---
> base-commit: 93f51579e7df248780214094418f205253383cc5
> change-id: 20261021-submit-sun6i-dma-pause-bit-v1-618c1c3877d8
>
> Best regards,
> --
> James Hilliard <james.hilliard1@gmail.com>
>