netdev - Re: [PATCH net] docs: net: page_pool: document PP_FLAG_DMA_SYNC

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Message-ID: <20230801151012.3be47633@kernel.org>
Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2023 15:10:12 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Cc: davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, edumazet@...gle.com,
 pabeni@...hat.com, hawk@...nel.org, ilias.apalodimas@...aro.org,
 corbet@....net, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, Michael Chan
 <michael.chan@...adcom.com>, Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] docs: net: page_pool: document PP_FLAG_DMA_SYNC_DEV
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On Tue, 1 Aug 2023 14:58:48 -0700 Randy Dunlap wrote:
> > +If in doubt set ``offset`` to 0, ``max_len`` to ``PAGE_SIZE`` and
> > +pass -1 as ``dma_sync_size``. That combination of arguments is always
> > +correct.  
> 
>    at the expense of more overhead?

Should be implied by the context, I hope, so no point stating it?

Thanks for all the other corrections, will fix in v2.
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