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authorLars-Peter Clausen <lars@metafoo.de>2015-10-20 11:46:28 +0200
committerVinod Koul <vinod.koul@intel.com>2015-11-16 08:28:52 +0530
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dmaengine: Add transfer termination synchronization support
The DMAengine API has a long standing race condition that is inherent to the API itself. Calling dmaengine_terminate_all() is supposed to stop and abort any pending or active transfers that have previously been submitted. Unfortunately it is possible that this operation races against a currently running (or with some drivers also scheduled) completion callback. Since the API allows dmaengine_terminate_all() to be called from atomic context as well as from within a completion callback it is not possible to synchronize to the execution of the completion callback from within dmaengine_terminate_all() itself. This means that a user of the DMAengine API does not know when it is safe to free resources used in the completion callback, which can result in a use-after-free race condition. This patch addresses the issue by introducing an explicit synchronization primitive to the DMAengine API called dmaengine_synchronize(). The existing dmaengine_terminate_all() is deprecated in favor of dmaengine_terminate_sync() and dmaengine_terminate_async(). The former aborts all pending and active transfers and synchronizes to the current context, meaning it will wait until all running completion callbacks have finished. This means it is only possible to call this function from non-atomic context. The later function does not synchronize, but can still be used in atomic context or from within a complete callback. It has to be followed up by dmaengine_synchronize() before a client can free the resources used in a completion callback. In addition to this the semantics of the device_terminate_all() callback are slightly relaxed by this patch. It is now OK for a driver to only schedule the termination of the active transfer, but does not necessarily have to wait until the DMA controller has completely stopped. The driver must ensure though that the controller has stopped and no longer accesses any memory when the device_synchronize() callback returns. This was in part done since most drivers do not pay attention to this anyway at the moment and to emphasize that this needs to be done when the device_synchronize() callback is implemented. But it also helps with implementing support for devices where stopping the controller can require operations that may sleep. Signed-off-by: Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@metafoo.de> Signed-off-by: Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/dmaengine')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/dmaengine/client.txt38
-rw-r--r--Documentation/dmaengine/provider.txt20
2 files changed, 54 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/dmaengine/client.txt b/Documentation/dmaengine/client.txt
index 11fb87ff6cd0..d9f9f461102a 100644
--- a/Documentation/dmaengine/client.txt
+++ b/Documentation/dmaengine/client.txt
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ The slave DMA usage consists of following steps:
transaction.
For cyclic DMA, a callback function may wish to terminate the
- DMA via dmaengine_terminate_all().
+ DMA via dmaengine_terminate_async().
Therefore, it is important that DMA engine drivers drop any
locks before calling the callback function which may cause a
@@ -166,12 +166,29 @@ The slave DMA usage consists of following steps:
Further APIs:
-1. int dmaengine_terminate_all(struct dma_chan *chan)
+1. int dmaengine_terminate_sync(struct dma_chan *chan)
+ int dmaengine_terminate_async(struct dma_chan *chan)
+ int dmaengine_terminate_all(struct dma_chan *chan) /* DEPRECATED */
This causes all activity for the DMA channel to be stopped, and may
discard data in the DMA FIFO which hasn't been fully transferred.
No callback functions will be called for any incomplete transfers.
+ Two variants of this function are available.
+
+ dmaengine_terminate_async() might not wait until the DMA has been fully
+ stopped or until any running complete callbacks have finished. But it is
+ possible to call dmaengine_terminate_async() from atomic context or from
+ within a complete callback. dmaengine_synchronize() must be called before it
+ is safe to free the memory accessed by the DMA transfer or free resources
+ accessed from within the complete callback.
+
+ dmaengine_terminate_sync() will wait for the transfer and any running
+ complete callbacks to finish before it returns. But the function must not be
+ called from atomic context or from within a complete callback.
+
+ dmaengine_terminate_all() is deprecated and should not be used in new code.
+
2. int dmaengine_pause(struct dma_chan *chan)
This pauses activity on the DMA channel without data loss.
@@ -197,3 +214,20 @@ Further APIs:
a running DMA channel. It is recommended that DMA engine users
pause or stop (via dmaengine_terminate_all()) the channel before
using this API.
+
+5. void dmaengine_synchronize(struct dma_chan *chan)
+
+ Synchronize the termination of the DMA channel to the current context.
+
+ This function should be used after dmaengine_terminate_async() to synchronize
+ the termination of the DMA channel to the current context. The function will
+ wait for the transfer and any running complete callbacks to finish before it
+ returns.
+
+ If dmaengine_terminate_async() is used to stop the DMA channel this function
+ must be called before it is safe to free memory accessed by previously
+ submitted descriptors or to free any resources accessed within the complete
+ callback of previously submitted descriptors.
+
+ The behavior of this function is undefined if dma_async_issue_pending() has
+ been called between dmaengine_terminate_async() and this function.
diff --git a/Documentation/dmaengine/provider.txt b/Documentation/dmaengine/provider.txt
index 67d4ce4df109..122b7f4876bb 100644
--- a/Documentation/dmaengine/provider.txt
+++ b/Documentation/dmaengine/provider.txt
@@ -327,8 +327,24 @@ supported.
* device_terminate_all
- Aborts all the pending and ongoing transfers on the channel
- - This command should operate synchronously on the channel,
- terminating right away all the channels
+ - For aborted transfers the complete callback should not be called
+ - Can be called from atomic context or from within a complete
+ callback of a descriptor. Must not sleep. Drivers must be able
+ to handle this correctly.
+ - Termination may be asynchronous. The driver does not have to
+ wait until the currently active transfer has completely stopped.
+ See device_synchronize.
+
+ * device_synchronize
+ - Must synchronize the termination of a channel to the current
+ context.
+ - Must make sure that memory for previously submitted
+ descriptors is no longer accessed by the DMA controller.
+ - Must make sure that all complete callbacks for previously
+ submitted descriptors have finished running and none are
+ scheduled to run.
+ - May sleep.
+
Misc notes (stuff that should be documented, but don't really know
where to put them)