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+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/dmatest.rst
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ This small document introduces how to test DMA drivers using dmatest module.
capability of the following: DMA_MEMCPY (memory-to-memory), DMA_MEMSET
(const-to-memory or memory-to-memory, when emulated), DMA_XOR, DMA_PQ.
+.. note::
+ In case of any related questions use the official mailing list
+ dmaengine@vger.kernel.org.
+
Part 1 - How to build the test module
=====================================
@@ -26,28 +30,43 @@ Part 2 - When dmatest is built as a module
Example of usage::
- % modprobe dmatest channel=dma0chan0 timeout=2000 iterations=1 run=1
+ % modprobe dmatest timeout=2000 iterations=1 channel=dma0chan0 run=1
...or::
% modprobe dmatest
- % echo dma0chan0 > /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/channel
% echo 2000 > /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/timeout
% echo 1 > /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/iterations
+ % echo dma0chan0 > /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/channel
% echo 1 > /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/run
...or on the kernel command line::
- dmatest.channel=dma0chan0 dmatest.timeout=2000 dmatest.iterations=1 dmatest.run=1
+ dmatest.timeout=2000 dmatest.iterations=1 dmatest.channel=dma0chan0 dmatest.run=1
+
+Example of multi-channel test usage:
+ % modprobe dmatest
+ % echo 2000 > /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/timeout
+ % echo 1 > /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/iterations
+ % echo dma0chan0 > /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/channel
+ % echo dma0chan1 > /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/channel
+ % echo dma0chan2 > /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/channel
+ % echo 1 > /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/run
+Note: the channel parameter should always be the last parameter set prior to
+running the test (setting run=1), this is because upon setting the channel
+parameter, that specific channel is requested using the dmaengine and a thread
+is created with the existing parameters. This thread is set as pending
+and will be executed once run is set to 1. Any parameters set after the thread
+is created are not applied.
.. hint::
available channel list could be extracted by running the following command::
% ls -1 /sys/class/dma/
-Once started a message like "dmatest: Started 1 threads using dma0chan0" is
-emitted. After that only test failure messages are reported until the test
-stops.
+Once started a message like " dmatest: Added 1 threads using dma0chan0" is
+emitted. A thread for that specific channel is created and is now pending, the
+pending thread is started once run is to 1.
Note that running a new test will not stop any in progress test.
@@ -112,3 +131,85 @@ Example::
The details of a data miscompare error are also emitted, but do not follow the
above format.
+
+Part 5 - Handling channel allocation
+====================================
+
+Allocating Channels
+-------------------
+
+Channels are required to be configured prior to starting the test run.
+Attempting to run the test without configuring the channels will fail.
+
+Example::
+
+ % echo 1 > /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/run
+ dmatest: Could not start test, no channels configured
+
+Channels are registered using the "channel" parameter. Channels can be requested by their
+name, once requested, the channel is registered and a pending thread is added to the test list.
+
+Example::
+
+ % echo dma0chan2 > /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/channel
+ dmatest: Added 1 threads using dma0chan2
+
+More channels can be added by repeating the example above.
+Reading back the channel parameter will return the name of last channel that was added successfully.
+
+Example::
+
+ % echo dma0chan1 > /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/channel
+ dmatest: Added 1 threads using dma0chan1
+ % echo dma0chan2 > /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/channel
+ dmatest: Added 1 threads using dma0chan2
+ % cat /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/channel
+ dma0chan2
+
+Another method of requesting channels is to request a channel with an empty string, Doing so
+will request all channels available to be tested:
+
+Example::
+
+ % echo "" > /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/channel
+ dmatest: Added 1 threads using dma0chan0
+ dmatest: Added 1 threads using dma0chan3
+ dmatest: Added 1 threads using dma0chan4
+ dmatest: Added 1 threads using dma0chan5
+ dmatest: Added 1 threads using dma0chan6
+ dmatest: Added 1 threads using dma0chan7
+ dmatest: Added 1 threads using dma0chan8
+
+At any point during the test configuration, reading the "test_list" parameter will
+print the list of currently pending tests.
+
+Example::
+
+ % cat /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/test_list
+ dmatest: 1 threads using dma0chan0
+ dmatest: 1 threads using dma0chan3
+ dmatest: 1 threads using dma0chan4
+ dmatest: 1 threads using dma0chan5
+ dmatest: 1 threads using dma0chan6
+ dmatest: 1 threads using dma0chan7
+ dmatest: 1 threads using dma0chan8
+
+Note: Channels will have to be configured for each test run as channel configurations do not
+carry across to the next test run.
+
+Releasing Channels
+-------------------
+
+Channels can be freed by setting run to 0.
+
+Example::
+ % echo dma0chan1 > /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/channel
+ dmatest: Added 1 threads using dma0chan1
+ % cat /sys/class/dma/dma0chan1/in_use
+ 1
+ % echo 0 > /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/run
+ % cat /sys/class/dma/dma0chan1/in_use
+ 0
+
+Channels allocated by previous test runs are automatically freed when a new
+channel is requested after completing a successful test run.