Re: [PATCH 3/8] docs: dma-api: remove remnants of PCI DMA API

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On Tue, Jun 24, 2025 at 03:39:18PM +0200, Petr Tesarik wrote:
> diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/dma-api.rst b/Documentation/core-api/dma-api.rst
> index c0a2cc7d0b95..3e89e3b0ecfd 100644
> --- a/Documentation/core-api/dma-api.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/core-api/dma-api.rst
> @@ -53,10 +53,9 @@ minimum allocation length may be as big as a page, so you should
>  consolidate your requests for coherent memory as much as possible.
>  The simplest way to do that is to use the dma_pool calls (see below).
>  
> -The flag parameter (dma_alloc_coherent() only) allows the caller to
> -specify the ``GFP_`` flags (see kmalloc()) for the allocation (the
> -implementation may choose to ignore flags that affect the location of
> -the returned memory, like GFP_DMA).
> +The flag parameter allows the caller to specify the ``GFP_`` flags (see
> +kmalloc()) for the allocation (the implementation may ignore flags that affect
> +the location of the returned memory, like GFP_DMA).
>  
>  ::
>  
> @@ -64,13 +63,12 @@ the returned memory, like GFP_DMA).
>  	dma_free_coherent(struct device *dev, size_t size, void *cpu_addr,
>  			  dma_addr_t dma_handle)
>  
> -Free a region of coherent memory you previously allocated.  dev,
> -size and dma_handle must all be the same as those passed into
> -dma_alloc_coherent().  cpu_addr must be the virtual address returned by
> -the dma_alloc_coherent().
> +Free a previously allocated region of coherent memory.  dev, size and dma_handle
> +must all be the same as those passed into dma_alloc_coherent().  cpu_addr must
> +be the virtual address returned by dma_alloc_coherent().
>  
> -Note that unlike their sibling allocation calls, these routines
> -may only be called with IRQs enabled.
> +Note that unlike the sibling allocation call, this routine may only be called
> +with IRQs enabled.
>  
>  
>  Part Ib - Using small DMA-coherent buffers
> @@ -246,9 +244,7 @@ Part Id - Streaming DMA mappings
>  Maps a piece of processor virtual memory so it can be accessed by the
>  device and returns the DMA address of the memory.
>  
> -The direction for both APIs may be converted freely by casting.
> -However the DMA API uses a strongly typed enumerator for its
> -direction:
> +The DMA API uses a strongly typed enumerator for its direction:
>  
>  ======================= =============================================
>  DMA_NONE		no direction (used for debugging)
> @@ -325,8 +321,7 @@ DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL	direction isn't known
>  			 enum dma_data_direction direction)
>  
>  Unmaps the region previously mapped.  All the parameters passed in
> -must be identical to those passed in (and returned) by the mapping
> -API.
> +must be identical to those passed to (and returned by) dma_map_single().
>  
>  ::
>  

LGTM, thanks!

Reviewed-by: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@xxxxxxxxx>

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