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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/page_pool.rst b/Documentation/networking/page_pool.rst index 5db8c263b0c6..30f1344e7cca 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/page_pool.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/page_pool.rst @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Basic use involves replacing alloc_pages() calls with the page_pool_alloc_pages() call. Drivers should use page_pool_dev_alloc_pages() replacing dev_alloc_pages(). -API keeps track of inflight pages, in order to let API user know +API keeps track of in-flight pages, in order to let API user know when it is safe to free a page_pool object. Thus, API users must run page_pool_release_page() when a page is leaving the page_pool or call page_pool_put_page() where appropriate in order to maintain correct @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ accounting. API user must call page_pool_put_page() once on a page, as it will either recycle the page, or in case of refcnt > 1, it will -release the DMA mapping and inflight state accounting. +release the DMA mapping and in-flight state accounting. Architecture overview ===================== @@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ a page will cause no race conditions is enough. directly into the pool fast cache. * page_pool_release_page(): Unmap the page (if mapped) and account for it on - inflight counters. + in-flight counters. * page_pool_dev_alloc_pages(): Get a page from the page allocator or page_pool caches. |