Re: [PATCH] media: rcar_drif: Use dma_request_chan() instead dma_request_slave_channel()

[Peter Ujfalusi <peter.ujfalusi@ti.com>]

On 20/01/2020 14.36, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Hi Peter,
> 
> On Mon, Jan 20, 2020 at 1:09 PM Peter Ujfalusi <peter.ujfalusi@ti.com> wrote:
>> On 20/01/2020 14.05, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>>> On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 11:41 AM Peter Ujfalusi <peter.ujfalusi@ti.com> wrote:
>>>> dma_request_slave_channel() is a wrapper on top of dma_request_chan()
>>>> eating up the error code.
>>>>
>>>> By using dma_request_chan() directly the driver can support deferred
>>>> probing against DMA.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Peter Ujfalusi <peter.ujfalusi@ti.com>
>>>
>>> Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>
>>>
>>> One comment below.
>>>
>>>> --- a/drivers/media/platform/rcar_drif.c
>>>> +++ b/drivers/media/platform/rcar_drif.c
>>>> @@ -275,10 +275,10 @@ static int rcar_drif_alloc_dmachannels(struct rcar_drif_sdr *sdr)
>>>>         for_each_rcar_drif_channel(i, &sdr->cur_ch_mask) {
>>>>                 struct rcar_drif *ch = sdr->ch[i];
>>>>
>>>> -               ch->dmach = dma_request_slave_channel(&ch->pdev->dev, "rx");
>>>> -               if (!ch->dmach) {
>>>> +               ch->dmach = dma_request_chan(&ch->pdev->dev, "rx");
>>>> +               if (IS_ERR(ch->dmach)) {
>>>>                         rdrif_err(sdr, "ch%u: dma channel req failed\n", i);
>>>
>>> Now there is an error code, you might (1) want to print it, and (2) only
>>> do so when it is not due to probe deferral:
>>>
>>>         if (PTR_ERR(ch->dmach) != -EPROBE_DEFER)
>>>                 rdrif_err(sdr, "ch%u: dma channel req failed %pe\n",
>>> i, ch->dmach);
>>
>> Yes, this is true.
>>
>>>
>>>> -                       ret = -ENODEV;
>>>> +                       ret = PTR_ERR(ch->dmach);
>>
>> if (ret != -EPROBE_DEFER)
>>         rdrif_err(sdr, "ch%u: dma channel req failed (%d)\n", i, ret);
>>
>> might be simpler.
> 
> Sure, checking ret is simpler.
> But printing ch->dmach means you can use the new %pe format specifier
> to pretty-print the error code.

Ah, I was not aware of this, but there is another issue with the patch:
I need to set the ch->dmach to NULL before jumping to dmach_error..

I'll send v3 in a minute.

> 
> Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
> 
>                         Geert
> 

- Péter

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