AXI DMA not working on PYNQ-Z1

As a summary, here are my trials:

The corresponding designs can be found here:
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Here are my notes:
1- Don’t use Scatter/Gather.
2- If you want to use interrupt, use AXI Interrupt Controller.
3- if you’re making your custom IP in HLS, the input and output ports should be axis interfaces, while the return port should be s_axilite:

#pragma HLS INTERFACE axis port=input_stream
#pragma HLS INTERFACE axis port=output_stream
#pragma HLS INTERFACE s_axilite port=return bundle=CTRL_BUS

Afterwards, you should MMIO your CTRL_BUS address and only set the ap_start bit without waiting for the ap_idle or ap_done, and you should give the correct amount of input, otherwise it will hang.

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