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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/DMA-attributes.txt | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/dma-attrs.h | 1 |
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DMA-attributes.txt b/Documentation/DMA-attributes.txt index 811a5d458dae..5c72eed89563 100644 --- a/Documentation/DMA-attributes.txt +++ b/Documentation/DMA-attributes.txt @@ -41,3 +41,11 @@ buffered to improve performance. Since it is optional for platforms to implement DMA_ATTR_WRITE_COMBINE, those that do not will simply ignore the attribute and exhibit default behavior. + +DMA_ATTR_NON_CONSISTENT +----------------------- + +DMA_ATTR_NON_CONSISTENT lets the platform to choose to return either +consistent or non-consistent memory as it sees fit. By using this API, +you are guaranteeing to the platform that you have all the correct and +necessary sync points for this memory in the driver. diff --git a/include/linux/dma-attrs.h b/include/linux/dma-attrs.h index ada61e1abf29..547ab568d3ae 100644 --- a/include/linux/dma-attrs.h +++ b/include/linux/dma-attrs.h @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ enum dma_attr { DMA_ATTR_WRITE_BARRIER, DMA_ATTR_WEAK_ORDERING, DMA_ATTR_WRITE_COMBINE, + DMA_ATTR_NON_CONSISTENT, DMA_ATTR_MAX, }; |