iop_adma: document how to calculate the minimum descriptor pool size
Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
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@ -450,7 +450,16 @@ iop_adma_tx_submit(struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *tx)
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static void iop_chan_start_null_memcpy(struct iop_adma_chan *iop_chan);
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static void iop_chan_start_null_memcpy(struct iop_adma_chan *iop_chan);
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static void iop_chan_start_null_xor(struct iop_adma_chan *iop_chan);
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static void iop_chan_start_null_xor(struct iop_adma_chan *iop_chan);
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/* returns the number of allocated descriptors */
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/**
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* iop_adma_alloc_chan_resources - returns the number of allocated descriptors
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* @chan - allocate descriptor resources for this channel
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* @client - current client requesting the channel be ready for requests
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*
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* Note: We keep the slots for 1 operation on iop_chan->chain at all times. To
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* avoid deadlock, via async_xor, num_descs_in_pool must at a minimum be
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* greater than 2x the number slots needed to satisfy a device->max_xor
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* request.
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* */
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static int iop_adma_alloc_chan_resources(struct dma_chan *chan,
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static int iop_adma_alloc_chan_resources(struct dma_chan *chan,
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struct dma_client *client)
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struct dma_client *client)
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{
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{
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