[PATCH 3/7] docs: dma-attributes: Fix dma_alloc_attrs() name

From: Karl Mehltretter

Date: Sat Aug 22 2026 - 08:18:31 EST


dma_alloc_attr() does not exist; the allocation API is
dma_alloc_attrs().

Fixes: d5724f172fd1 ("common: DMA-mapping: add DMA_ATTR_NO_KERNEL_MAPPING attribute")
Assisted-by: Codex:gpt-5.6-sol
Signed-off-by: Karl Mehltretter <kmehltretter@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/core-api/dma-attributes.rst | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/dma-attributes.rst b/Documentation/core-api/dma-attributes.rst
index 123c8468d58f2..067ce6dbb404b 100644
--- a/Documentation/core-api/dma-attributes.rst
+++ b/Documentation/core-api/dma-attributes.rst
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ such mapping is non-trivial task and consumes very limited resources
(like kernel virtual address space or dma consistent address space).
Buffers allocated with this attribute can be only passed to user space
by calling dma_mmap_attrs(). By using this API, you are guaranteeing
-that you won't dereference the pointer returned by dma_alloc_attr(). You
+that you won't dereference the pointer returned by dma_alloc_attrs(). You
can treat it as a cookie that must be passed to dma_mmap_attrs() and
dma_free_attrs(). Make sure that both of these also get this attribute
set on each call.
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2.53.0