On 09-10-18, 14:05, Peter Ujfalusi wrote: > > > On 2018-10-09 13:47, Vinod wrote: > > On 24-09-18, 16:00, Peter Ujfalusi wrote: > >> A DMA hardware can have big cache or FIFO and the amount of data sitting in > >> the DMA fabric can be an interest for the clients. > >> > >> For example in audio we want to know the delay in the data flow and in case > >> the DMA have significantly large FIFO/cache, it can affect the latenc/delay > > > > this looks okay to me, but not really up for 'cached', better > > alternates? > > It is after all the amount of bytes cached within the DMA fabric, but I > agree it is a bit awkward. > > Recently I tried to come up with something better, but did not went too > far... > dma_cached_bytes? > dma_held_bytes? > in_flight_bytes? > not_in_source_but_not_yet_in_destination_bytes :D ? yeah_that_sounds_good :D, i think in_flight would be apt here.. -- ~Vinod
