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Re: [PATCH RFC] arm64: mm: convert __dma_* routines to use start, size

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On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 04:40:06PM +0900, Kwangwoo Lee wrote:
> __dma_* routines have been converted to use start and size instread of
> start and end addresses. The patch was origianlly for adding
> __clean_dcache_area_poc() which will be used in pmem driver to clean
> dcache to the PoC(Point of Coherency) in arch_wb_cache_pmem().

I'd suggest keeping to this terminology:

area: takes a start and size
range: takes a start and end

So, if you want to change the parameters to take a start and size,
the function should not contain "range" but should contain "area"
in its name.

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[PATCH RFC] arm64: mm: convert __dma_* routines to use start, size Kwangwoo Lee <kwangwoo.lee@sk.com> - 2016-07-25 09:50 +0200
  Re: [PATCH RFC] arm64: mm: convert __dma_* routines to use start,  size Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@armlinux.org.uk> - 2016-07-25 11:30 +0200

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