Re: [PATCH v2 2/8] docs: dma-api: replace consistent with coherent
From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Sat Jun 28 2025 - 14:57:59 EST
On 6/27/25 3:10 AM, Petr Tesarik wrote:
> For consistency, always use the term "coherent" when talking about memory
> that is not subject to CPU caching effects. The term "consistent" is a
> relic of a long-removed PCI DMA API (pci_alloc_consistent() and
> pci_free_consistent() functions).
>
> Signed-off-by: Petr Tesarik <ptesarik@xxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Thanks.
> ---
> Documentation/core-api/dma-api-howto.rst | 36 ++++++++++++------------
> Documentation/core-api/dma-api.rst | 14 ++++-----
> mm/dmapool.c | 6 ++--
> 3 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
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~Randy