Re: [PATCH v2 2/8] docs: dma-api: replace consistent with coherent

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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(-)

-- 
~Randy




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