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diff --git a/Documentation/DMA-API-HOWTO.txt b/Documentation/DMA-API-HOWTO.txt index b22ceff35609..dcbbe3602d78 100644 --- a/Documentation/DMA-API-HOWTO.txt +++ b/Documentation/DMA-API-HOWTO.txt | |||
@@ -429,13 +429,13 @@ Create a dma_pool like this: | |||
429 | 429 | ||
430 | struct dma_pool *pool; | 430 | struct dma_pool *pool; |
431 | 431 | ||
432 | pool = dma_pool_create(name, dev, size, align, alloc); | 432 | pool = dma_pool_create(name, dev, size, align, boundary); |
433 | 433 | ||
434 | The "name" is for diagnostics (like a kmem_cache name); dev and size | 434 | The "name" is for diagnostics (like a kmem_cache name); dev and size |
435 | are as above. The device's hardware alignment requirement for this | 435 | are as above. The device's hardware alignment requirement for this |
436 | type of data is "align" (which is expressed in bytes, and must be a | 436 | type of data is "align" (which is expressed in bytes, and must be a |
437 | power of two). If your device has no boundary crossing restrictions, | 437 | power of two). If your device has no boundary crossing restrictions, |
438 | pass 0 for alloc; passing 4096 says memory allocated from this pool | 438 | pass 0 for boundary; passing 4096 says memory allocated from this pool |
439 | must not cross 4KByte boundaries (but at that time it may be better to | 439 | must not cross 4KByte boundaries (but at that time it may be better to |
440 | use dma_alloc_coherent() directly instead). | 440 | use dma_alloc_coherent() directly instead). |
441 | 441 | ||
@@ -443,8 +443,8 @@ Allocate memory from a DMA pool like this: | |||
443 | 443 | ||
444 | cpu_addr = dma_pool_alloc(pool, flags, &dma_handle); | 444 | cpu_addr = dma_pool_alloc(pool, flags, &dma_handle); |
445 | 445 | ||
446 | flags are SLAB_KERNEL if blocking is permitted (not in_interrupt nor | 446 | flags are GFP_KERNEL if blocking is permitted (not in_interrupt nor |
447 | holding SMP locks), SLAB_ATOMIC otherwise. Like dma_alloc_coherent(), | 447 | holding SMP locks), GFP_ATOMIC otherwise. Like dma_alloc_coherent(), |
448 | this returns two values, cpu_addr and dma_handle. | 448 | this returns two values, cpu_addr and dma_handle. |
449 | 449 | ||
450 | Free memory that was allocated from a dma_pool like this: | 450 | Free memory that was allocated from a dma_pool like this: |