Hello,
On 2011-08-02 13:59, KyongHo Cho wrote:
On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 6:48 PM, Marek Szyprowski
<m.szyprowski@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hello Everyone,
This patchset introduces the proof-of-concept infrastructure for buffer
sharing between multiple devices using file descriptors. The infrastructure
has been integrated with V4L2 framework, more specifically videobuf2 and two
S5P drivers FIMC (capture interface) and TV drivers, but it can be easily
used by other kernel subsystems, like DRI.
In this patch the buffer object has been simplified to absolute minimum - it
contains only the buffer physical address (only physically contiguous
buffers are supported), but this can be easily extended to complete scatter
list in the future.
Is this patch set an attempt to share a buffer between different
processes via open file descriptors?
Your patches seems to include several constructs to pack information
about a buffer in an open file descriptor
and to unpack it.
I don't have any idea what is the purpose of your attempts.
Is it the first step to the unified memory model that is being
discussed in Linaro?
Yes, these patches were posted to demonstrate how sharing the buffers
between different devices (currently only v4l2 based) can be
implemented. We are discussing the idea of sharing the buffers on Memory
Management summit on Linaro Sprint in Cambourne.
Best regards
--
Marek Szyprowski
Samsung Poland R&D Center
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