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Quoting Arnd, We have to do a sync_single_for_device /somewhere/ before the buffer is given to the device. On a non-cache-coherent machine with a write-back cache, there may be dirty cache lines that get written back after the device DMA's data into it (e.g. from a previous memset from before the buffer got freed), so you absolutely need to flush any dirty cache lines on it first. Since the coherency is configurable in this device make sure we cover all configurations by explicitly syncing the allocated buffer for the device before refilling it's descriptors Signed-off-by: Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodimas@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.