residue = desc->xfer_size;
/*
* Flush FIFO: only relevant when the transfer is source peripheral
- * synchronized.
+ * synchronized. Flush is needed before reading CUBC because data in
+ * the FIFO are not reported by CUBC. Reporting a residue of the
+ * transfer length while we have data in FIFO can cause issue.
+ * Usecase: atmel USART has a timeout which means I have received
+ * characters but there is no more character received for a while. On
+ * timeout, it requests the residue. If the data are in the DMA FIFO,
+ * we will return a residue of the transfer length. It means no data
+ * received. If an application is waiting for these data, it will hang
+ * since we won't have another USART timeout without receiving new
+ * data.
*/
mask = AT_XDMAC_CC_TYPE | AT_XDMAC_CC_DSYNC;
value = AT_XDMAC_CC_TYPE_PER_TRAN | AT_XDMAC_CC_DSYNC_PER2MEM;
goto spin_unlock;
}
+ /*
+ * Flush FIFO: only relevant when the transfer is source peripheral
+ * synchronized. Another flush is needed here because CUBC is updated
+ * when the controller sends the data write command. It can lead to
+ * report data that are not written in the memory or the device. The
+ * FIFO flush ensures that data are really written.
+ */
+ if ((desc->lld.mbr_cfg & mask) == value) {
+ at_xdmac_write(atxdmac, AT_XDMAC_GSWF, atchan->mask);
+ while (!(at_xdmac_chan_read(atchan, AT_XDMAC_CIS) & AT_XDMAC_CIS_FIS))
+ cpu_relax();
+ }
+
/*
* Remove size of all microblocks already transferred and the current
* one. Then add the remaining size to transfer of the current