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-rw-r--r--drivers/usb/core/usb.c11
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/usb.c b/drivers/usb/core/usb.c
index c611b3cbc67..0fee5c66fd6 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/usb.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/usb.c
@@ -579,11 +579,12 @@ int __usb_get_extra_descriptor(char *buffer, unsigned size,
* address (through the pointer provided).
*
* These buffers are used with URB_NO_xxx_DMA_MAP set in urb->transfer_flags
- * to avoid behaviors like using "DMA bounce buffers", or tying down I/O
- * mapping hardware for long idle periods. The implementation varies between
+ * to avoid behaviors like using "DMA bounce buffers", or thrashing IOMMU
+ * hardware during URB completion/resubmit. The implementation varies between
* platforms, depending on details of how DMA will work to this device.
- * Using these buffers also helps prevent cacheline sharing problems on
- * architectures where CPU caches are not DMA-coherent.
+ * Using these buffers also eliminates cacheline sharing problems on
+ * architectures where CPU caches are not DMA-coherent. On systems without
+ * bus-snooping caches, these buffers are uncached.
*
* When the buffer is no longer used, free it with usb_buffer_free().
*/
@@ -608,7 +609,7 @@ void *usb_buffer_alloc(
*
* This reclaims an I/O buffer, letting it be reused. The memory must have
* been allocated using usb_buffer_alloc(), and the parameters must match
- * those provided in that allocation request.
+ * those provided in that allocation request.
*/
void usb_buffer_free(
struct usb_device *dev,