On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 01:35:51PM +0200, Peter Ujfalusi wrote:
> From: Petr Kulhavy <p...@barix.com>
>
> If edma_terminate_all() was called while a transfer was running (i.e. after
> edma_execute() but before edma_callback()) the echan->edesc was not freed.
>
> This was due to the fact that a running transfer is on none of the
> vchan lists: desc_submitted, desc_issued, desc_completed (edma_execute()
> removes it from the desc_issued list), so the vchan_dma_desc_free_list()
> called at the end of edma_terminate_all() didn't find it and didn't free it.
>
> This bug was found on an AM1808 based hardware (very similar to da850evm,
> however using the second MMC/SD controller), where intense operations on the
> SD
> card wasted the device 128MB RAM within a couple of days.
>
> Peter Ujfalusi:
> The issue is even more severe since it affects cyclic (audio) transfers as
> well. In this case starting/stopping audio will results memory leak.
>
> Signed-off-by: Petr Kulhavy <p...@barix.com>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Ujfalusi <peter.ujfal...@ti.com>
> CC: <sta...@vger.kernel.org>
> CC: <linux-o...@vger.kernel.org>
Applied, thanks
--
~Vinod
> ---
> drivers/dma/edma.c | 7 +++++++
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/dma/edma.c b/drivers/dma/edma.c
> index 741baa68365c..984c2b12dae3 100644
> --- a/drivers/dma/edma.c
> +++ b/drivers/dma/edma.c
> @@ -268,6 +268,13 @@ static int edma_terminate_all(struct dma_chan *chan)
> */
> if (echan->edesc) {
> int cyclic = echan->edesc->cyclic;
> +
> + /*
> + * free the running request descriptor
> + * since it is not in any of the vdesc lists
> + */
> + edma_desc_free(&echan->edesc->vdesc);
> +
> echan->edesc = NULL;
> edma_stop(echan->ch_num);
> /* Move the cyclic channel back to default queue */
> --
> 2.3.3
>
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