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1 files changed, 2 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/comedi/comedidev.h b/include/linux/comedi/comedidev.h
index c08416a7364b..4cb0400ad616 100644
--- a/include/linux/comedi/comedidev.h
+++ b/include/linux/comedi/comedidev.h
@@ -234,16 +234,12 @@ struct comedi_buf_page {
*
* A COMEDI data buffer is allocated as individual pages, either in
* conventional memory or DMA coherent memory, depending on the attached,
- * low-level hardware device. (The buffer pages also get mapped into the
- * kernel's contiguous virtual address space pointed to by the 'prealloc_buf'
- * member of &struct comedi_async.)
+ * low-level hardware device.
*
* The buffer is normally freed when the COMEDI device is detached from the
* low-level driver (which may happen due to device removal), but if it happens
* to be mmapped at the time, the pages cannot be freed until the buffer has
- * been munmapped. That is what the reference counter is for. (The virtual
- * address space pointed by 'prealloc_buf' is freed when the COMEDI device is
- * detached.)
+ * been munmapped. That is what the reference counter is for.
*/
struct comedi_buf_map {
struct device *dma_hw_dev;
@@ -255,7 +251,6 @@ struct comedi_buf_map {
/**
* struct comedi_async - Control data for asynchronous COMEDI commands
- * @prealloc_buf: Kernel virtual address of allocated acquisition buffer.
* @prealloc_bufsz: Buffer size (in bytes).
* @buf_map: Map of buffer pages.
* @max_bufsize: Maximum allowed buffer size (in bytes).
@@ -344,7 +339,6 @@ struct comedi_buf_map {
* less than or equal to UINT_MAX).
*/
struct comedi_async {
- void *prealloc_buf;
unsigned int prealloc_bufsz;
struct comedi_buf_map *buf_map;
unsigned int max_bufsize;