[PATCH 08/10] mm: cma: Contiguous Memory Allocator added
From: Michal Nazarewicz <hidden>
Date: 2011-06-14 16:58:43
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On Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:49:29 +0200, Arnd Bergmann [off-list ref] wrote:quoted
Please explain the exact requirements that lead you to defining multiple contexts.
On Tuesday 14 June 2011, Michal Nazarewicz wrote:quoted
Some devices may have access only to some banks of memory. Some devices may use different banks of memory for different purposes.
On Tue, 14 Jun 2011 18:03:00 +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
For all I know, that is something that is only true for a few very special Samsung devices,
Maybe. I'm just answering your question. :) Ah yes, I forgot that separate regions for different purposes could decrease fragmentation.
I would suggest going forward without having multiple regions:
Is having support for multiple regions a bad thing? Frankly, removing this support will change code from reading context passed as argument to code reading context from global variable. Nothing is gained; functionality is lost.
* Remove the registration of specific addresses from the initial patch set (but keep the patch). * Add a heuristic plus command-line override to automatically come up with a reasonable location+size for *one* CMA area in the system.
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