Re: [PATCH 6/6] arm64: document the choice of page attributes for pgprot_dmacoherent

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Fri Aug 16 2019 - 13:59:49 EST


On Fri, Aug 16, 2019 at 06:31:18PM +0100, Will Deacon wrote:
> Mind if I tweak the second sentence to be:
>
> This is different from "Device-nGnR[nE]" memory which is intended for MMIO
> and thus forbids speculation, preserves access size, requires strict
> alignment and can also force write responses to come from the endpoint.
>
> ? It's a small change, but it better fits with the arm64 terminology
> ("strongly ordered" is no longer used in the architecture).
>
> If you're happy with that, I can make the change and queue this patch
> for 5.4.

I'm fine with the change, but you really need this series as base,
as there is no pgprot_dmacoherent before the series. So I think I'll
have to queue it up if we want it for 5.4, and I'll need a few more
reviews for the other patches in this series first.