Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752074AbeABKWo (ORCPT + 1 other); Tue, 2 Jan 2018 05:22:44 -0500 Received: from mail-qk0-f195.google.com ([209.85.220.195]:37408 "EHLO mail-qk0-f195.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751283AbeABKWh (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Jan 2018 05:22:37 -0500 X-Google-Smtp-Source: ACJfBotpUn04/iPHRmqXRSAZsei+qXeww2+evIQPQqX9pZWkSC+cn8CI1RCizr+dMgmSftgyTZq2OI1MLeWI2jEYTIk= MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <878tdgtwzp.fsf@concordia.ellerman.id.au> References: <20171229081911.2802-1-hch@lst.de> <20171229081911.2802-17-hch@lst.de> <878tdgtwzp.fsf@concordia.ellerman.id.au> From: Geert Uytterhoeven Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2018 11:22:35 +0100 X-Google-Sender-Auth: bAs4gokVWCk_l9xeOiP8R7Xf4Lg Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH 16/67] powerpc: rename dma_direct_ to dma_nommu_ To: Michael Ellerman Cc: Christoph Hellwig , iommu@lists.linux-foundation.org, Linux MIPS Mailing List , linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org, Linux-sh list , sparclinux , Guan Xuetao , Linux-Arch , linux-s390 , linux-c6x-dev@linux-c6x.org, "open list:QUALCOMM HEXAGON..." , "the arch/x86 maintainers" , arcml , adi-buildroot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-m68k , patches@groups.riscv.org, "open list:METAG ARCHITECTURE" , linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, Michal Simek , Parisc List , Cris , Linux Kernel Mailing List , alpha , linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Return-Path: On Tue, Jan 2, 2018 at 10:45 AM, Michael Ellerman wrote: > Christoph Hellwig 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" ? "identity"? Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds