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

[Marek Szyprowski]

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
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Marek Szyprowski, PhD
Samsung R&D Institute Poland