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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/core-api/pin_user_pages.rst | 6 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/pin_user_pages.rst b/Documentation/core-api/pin_user_pages.rst index 1d490155ecd7..9829345428f8 100644 --- a/Documentation/core-api/pin_user_pages.rst +++ b/Documentation/core-api/pin_user_pages.rst @@ -173,8 +173,8 @@ CASE 4: Pinning for struct page manipulation only ------------------------------------------------- Here, normal GUP calls are sufficient, so neither flag needs to be set. -page_dma_pinned(): the whole point of pinning -============================================= +page_maybe_dma_pinned(): the whole point of pinning +=================================================== The whole point of marking pages as "DMA-pinned" or "gup-pinned" is to be able to query, "is this page DMA-pinned?" That allows code such as page_mkclean() @@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ and debates (see the References at the end of this document). It's a TODO item here: fill in the details once that's worked out. Meanwhile, it's safe to say that having this available: :: - static inline bool page_dma_pinned(struct page *page) + static inline bool page_maybe_dma_pinned(struct page *page) ...is a prerequisite to solving the long-running gup+DMA problem. |