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authorAndy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>2013-05-23 07:29:53 -0400
committerVinod Koul <vinod.koul@intel.com>2013-06-07 16:43:44 -0400
commitbcc567e3115055a9cc256183d72864f01286be22 (patch)
tree2775e4359ff7d53e8656c07954683135d2e15e0c /Documentation
parent9ecb41bd8cf002fd8f3e063db4df81647ddd623c (diff)
dmatest: do not allow to interrupt ongoing tests
When user interrupts ongoing transfers the dmatest may end up with console lockup, oops, or data mismatch. This patch prevents user to abort any ongoing test. Documentation is updated accordingly. Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> Reported-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> Tested-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@intel.com>
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/dmatest.txt6
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diff --git a/Documentation/dmatest.txt b/Documentation/dmatest.txt
index 279ac0a8c5b1..132a094c7bc3 100644
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+++ b/Documentation/dmatest.txt
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ command:
34After a while you will start to get messages about current status or error like 34After a while you will start to get messages about current status or error like
35in the original code. 35in the original code.
36 36
37Note that running a new test will stop any in progress test. 37Note that running a new test will not stop any in progress test.
38 38
39The following command should return actual state of the test. 39The following command should return actual state of the test.
40 % cat /sys/kernel/debug/dmatest/run 40 % cat /sys/kernel/debug/dmatest/run
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ To wait for test done the user may perform a busy loop that checks the state.
52 52
53The module parameters that is supplied to the kernel command line will be used 53The module parameters that is supplied to the kernel command line will be used
54for the first performed test. After user gets a control, the test could be 54for the first performed test. After user gets a control, the test could be
55interrupted or re-run with same or different parameters. For the details see 55re-run with the same or different parameters. For the details see the above
56the above section "Part 2 - When dmatest is built as a module..." 56section "Part 2 - When dmatest is built as a module..."
57 57
58In both cases the module parameters are used as initial values for the test case. 58In both cases the module parameters are used as initial values for the test case.
59You always could check them at run-time by running 59You always could check them at run-time by running