On Wed, Nov 19, 2025 at 03:53:30PM +0100, Christian König wrote:

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> >>>>> +struct sg_table *dma_buf_map(struct dma_buf_attachment *attach,
> >>>>
> >>>> That is clearly not a good name for this function. We already have 
> >>>> overloaded the term *mapping* with something completely different.
> >>>
> >>> This function performs DMA mapping, so what name do you suggest instead 
> >>> of dma_buf_map()?
> >>
> >> Something like dma_buf_phys_vec_to_sg_table(). I'm not good at naming 
> >> either.
> > 
> > Can I call it simply dma_buf_mapping() as I plan to put that function in 
> > dma_buf_mapping.c
> > file per-your request.
> 
> No, just completely drop the term "mapping" here. This is about phys_vector 
> to sg_table conversion and nothing else.

In order to progress, I renamed these functions to be
dma_buf_phys_vec_to_sgt() and dma_buf_free_sgt(), and put everything in 
dma_buf_mapping.c file.

Thanks

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