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   ("dmaengine: dw_dmac: Enhance device tree support")

introduces is_private property in uncertain understanding what does it mean.

First of all, documentation defines DMA_PRIVATE capability as

Documentation/crypto/async-tx-api.txt:
  The DMA_PRIVATE capability flag is used to tag dma devices that should not be
  used by the general-purpose allocator. It can be set at initialization time
  if it is known that a channel will always be private. Alternatively,
  it is set when dma_request_channel() finds an unused "public" channel.

  A couple caveats to note when implementing a driver and consumer:
  1/ Once a channel has been privately allocated it will no longer be
     considered by the general-purpose allocator even after a call to
     dma_release_channel().
  2/ Since capabilities are specified at the device level a dma_device with
     multiple channels will either have all channels public, or all channels
     private.
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