linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 16/67] powerpc: rename dma_direct_ to dma_nommu

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Date:   Tue, 02 Jan 2018 20:45:30 +1100
From:   Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Cc:     linux-mips@...ux-mips.org, linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-sh@...r.kernel.org, sparclinux@...r.kernel.org,
        Guan Xuetao <gxt@...c.pku.edu.cn>, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
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        Michal Simek <monstr@...str.eu>, linux-parisc@...r.kernel.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 16/67] powerpc: rename dma_direct_ to dma_nommu_

Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de> writes:

> We want to use the dma_direct_ namespace for a generic implementation,
> so rename powerpc to the second best choice: dma_nommu_.

I'm not a fan of "nommu". Some of the users of direct ops *are* using an
IOMMU, they're just setting up a 1:1 mapping once at init time, rather
than mapping dynamically.

Though I don't have a good idea for a better name, maybe "1to1",
"linear", "premapped" ?

cheers