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diff --git a/Documentation/DMA-attributes.txt b/Documentation/DMA-attributes.txt
index b768cc0e402..5c72eed8956 100644
--- a/Documentation/DMA-attributes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/DMA-attributes.txt
@@ -31,3 +31,21 @@ may be weakly ordered, that is that reads and writes may pass each other.
 Since it is optional for platforms to implement DMA_ATTR_WEAK_ORDERING,
 those that do not will simply ignore the attribute and exhibit default
 behavior.
+
+DMA_ATTR_WRITE_COMBINE
+----------------------
+
+DMA_ATTR_WRITE_COMBINE specifies that writes to the mapping may be
+buffered to improve performance.
+
+Since it is optional for platforms to implement DMA_ATTR_WRITE_COMBINE,
+those that do not will simply ignore the attribute and exhibit default
+behavior.
+
+DMA_ATTR_NON_CONSISTENT
+-----------------------
+
+DMA_ATTR_NON_CONSISTENT lets the platform to choose to return either
+consistent or non-consistent memory as it sees fit.  By using this API,
+you are guaranteeing to the platform that you have all the correct and
+necessary sync points for this memory in the driver.