On 26.06.2025 06:51, Petr Tesarik wrote: > On Tue, 24 Jun 2025 15:39:17 +0200 > Petr Tesarik <ptesarik@xxxxxxxx> 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_alloc_consistent() function. > I realize that I'm not an authoritative source for this, but I forgot > to add more trusted maintainers to the recipient list. > > Now, all you DMA experts, do you agree that the word "consistent" > should be finally eradicated from DMA API documentation? Well, this was always puzzling for me, why there are those 2 names used (especially in case of dma_alloc_coherent() vs. dma_alloc_nonconsistent()). I'm for unifying them to "coherent" as this is the term use more often. > > ... Best regards -- Marek Szyprowski, PhD Samsung R&D Institute Poland
