linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 07/14] PCI: Add driver dma ownership management

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Message-ID: <20220214134356.GB929467@nvidia.com>
Date:   Mon, 14 Feb 2022 09:43:56 -0400
From:   Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@...ux.intel.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 07/14] PCI: Add driver dma ownership management

On Mon, Feb 14, 2022 at 02:39:18PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:

> > A driver that sets this flag can still decide to enable the dma API on
> > its own. eg tegra drivers do this.
> 
> So you are just forcing the driver to manage this all on their own, so
> how about, "driver_managed_dma", or even shorter "managed_dma"?

Yeah, I like "driver_managed_dma" alot, it captures the entire idea

Thanks,
Jason