SGDMA HAL driver

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Hi, 

 I am not sure if this is strictly IP related, sorry if posting at wrong forum.  The altera_avalon_sgdma.c HAL driver has function:  alt_avalon_sgdma_check_descriptor_status which should check if hw is ready on processing dma descriptor.  The problem I see in the code is that desc->status is checked before owned_by_hw flag is checked. If the HAL driver checks the status while DMA is still running, the status is zero, and if the DMA finishes the descriptor before SW control reaches checking owned_by_hw flag, then the function would return a value not based on the status after the DMA is ready (it would miss an error).  Do I interpret the sequence correctly?  Should the owned_by_hw be checked before status?  BR, -Topi  ***********  int alt_avalon_sgdma_check_descriptor_status(alt_sgdma_descriptor *desc) {  /* Errors take precedence */  if( IORD_8DIRECT(&desc->status, 0) &  ( ALTERA_AVALON_SGDMA_DESCRIPTOR_STATUS_E_CRC_MSK |  ALTERA_AVALON_SGDMA_DESCRIPTOR_STATUS_E_PARITY_MSK |  ALTERA_AVALON_SGDMA_DESCRIPTOR_STATUS_E_OVERFLOW_MSK |  ALTERA_AVALON_SGDMA_DESCRIPTOR_STATUS_E_SYNC_MSK |  ALTERA_AVALON_SGDMA_DESCRIPTOR_STATUS_E_UEOP_MSK |  ALTERA_AVALON_SGDMA_DESCRIPTOR_STATUS_E_MEOP_MSK |  ALTERA_AVALON_SGDMA_DESCRIPTOR_STATUS_E_MSOP_MSK ) ) {  return -EIO;  }   if( IORD_8DIRECT(&desc->control, 0) &  ALTERA_AVALON_SGDMA_DESCRIPTOR_CONTROL_OWNED_BY_HW_MSK) {  return -EINPROGRESS;  }   return 0; }