On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 3:56 PM, Felipe Balbi <ba...@ti.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 03:59:16PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
>> dma_transfer_direction is a normal enum. It means we can't usually use the
>> values as bit fields. Let's adjust this check and move it above the usage of
>> the direction parameter.
>
> why above the direction parameter ? You need to explain why ? Is it just
> because 'it looks nicer' or have you found another bug triggered by
> that ?
Many of current users do something like this:
if (dir == MEM_TO_DEV)
{ ... }
*else*
{ ... }
that potentially could trigger the bug.
--
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko
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