[PATCH 1/1] fsldma: ignore end of segments interrupt

Ira W. Snyder iws at ovro.caltech.edu
Fri Jan 27 07:58:40 EST 2012


The mpc8349ea has been observed to generate spurious end of segments
interrupts despite the fact that they are not enabled by this driver.
Check for them and ignore them to avoid a kernel error message.

Signed-off-by: Ira W. Snyder <iws at ovro.caltech.edu>
Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams at intel.com>
---
 drivers/dma/fsldma.c |   10 ++++++++++
 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/dma/fsldma.c b/drivers/dma/fsldma.c
index 8a78154..7dc9689 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/fsldma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/fsldma.c
@@ -1052,6 +1052,16 @@ static irqreturn_t fsldma_chan_irq(int irq, void *data)
 		stat &= ~FSL_DMA_SR_EOLNI;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * This driver does not use this feature, therefore we shouldn't
+	 * ever see this bit set in the status register. However, it has
+	 * been observed on MPC8349EA parts.
+	 */
+	if (stat & FSL_DMA_SR_EOSI) {
+		chan_dbg(chan, "irq: End-of-Segments INT\n");
+		stat &= ~FSL_DMA_SR_EOSI;
+	}
+
 	/* check that the DMA controller is really idle */
 	if (!dma_is_idle(chan))
 		chan_err(chan, "irq: controller not idle!\n");
-- 
1.7.3.4



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