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-rw-r--r--Documentation/core-api/dma-api.rst8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/core-api/pin_user_pages.rst2
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/dma-api.rst b/Documentation/core-api/dma-api.rst
index 2d8d2fed7317..f41620439ef3 100644
--- a/Documentation/core-api/dma-api.rst
+++ b/Documentation/core-api/dma-api.rst
@@ -206,6 +206,14 @@ others should not be larger than the returned value.
::
+ bool
+ dma_need_sync(struct device *dev, dma_addr_t dma_addr);
+
+Returns %true if dma_sync_single_for_{device,cpu} calls are required to
+transfer memory ownership. Returns %false if those calls can be skipped.
+
+::
+
unsigned long
dma_get_merge_boundary(struct device *dev);
diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/pin_user_pages.rst b/Documentation/core-api/pin_user_pages.rst
index 6068266dd303..7ca8c7bac650 100644
--- a/Documentation/core-api/pin_user_pages.rst
+++ b/Documentation/core-api/pin_user_pages.rst
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ all combinations of get*(), pin*(), FOLL_LONGTERM, and more. Also, the
pin_user_pages*() APIs are clearly distinct from the get_user_pages*() APIs, so
that's a natural dividing line, and a good point to make separate wrapper calls.
In other words, use pin_user_pages*() for DMA-pinned pages, and
-get_user_pages*() for other cases. There are four cases described later on in
+get_user_pages*() for other cases. There are five cases described later on in
this document, to further clarify that concept.
FOLL_PIN and FOLL_GET are mutually exclusive for a given gup call. However,