Re: [PATCH net-next v3 01/15] net: macb: drop "consistent" from alloc/free function names

[Conor Dooley]

On Wed, Jul 01, 2026 at 05:59:04PM +0200, Théo Lebrun wrote:
> Since commit 4df95131ea80 ("net/macb: change RX path for GEM") those
> functions have not been only allocating or freeing consistent memory
> mappings.
> 
> Rename from macb_alloc_consistent() to macb_alloc() and
>        from macb_free_consistent()  to macb_free().

What does "consistent" even mean? Is it intended to be analogous to
coherent?

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