On Thu, Oct 31, 2024 at 05:45:23PM +0100, Maxime Ripard wrote: > On Wed, Oct 30, 2024 at 12:16:22PM +0100, metux wrote: > > On 22.10.24 10:38, Maxime Ripard wrote: > > > I'm still interested in merging a carve-out driver[1], since it seems to be > > > in every vendor BSP and got asked again last week. > > > > > > I remember from our discussion that for new heap types to be merged, we > > > needed a kernel use-case. Looking back, I'm not entirely sure how one > > > can provide that given that heaps are essentially facilities for > > > user-space. > > > > For those who didn't follow your work, could you please give a short > > intro what's that all about ? > > > > If I understand you correctly, you'd like the infrastructure of > > kmalloc() et al for things / memory regions that aren't the usual heap, > > right ? > > No, not really. The discussion is about dma-buf heaps. They allow to > allocate buffers suitable for DMA from userspace. It might or might not > from the system memory, at the heap driver discretion. I'm afraid you've misinterpreted that - our hexapedal friend had just * noticed that excessive crossposting can get it banned * got itself a new address * posted a solitary ping as the first test * followed that by testing the ability to cross-post (posting you'd been replying to, contents on chatGPT level) * proceeded to use its shiny new address for more of the chorus whinge exercise they'd been holding with several other similar fellows (or sock puppets, for all I know). Just ignore the wanker - it wasn't trying to get any information other than "will the posting get through" anyway.
