Hello, On Friday, June 10, 2011 1:25 PM Alan Cox wrote: > I am curious about one thing > > Why do we need this allocator. Why not use allocate_resource and friends. > The kernel generic resource handler already handles object alignment and > subranges. It just seems to be a surplus allocator that could perhaps be > mostly removed by using the kernel resource allocator we already have ? genalloc was used mainly for historical reasons (in the earlier version we were looking for direct replacement for first fit allocator). I plan to replace it with lib/bitmap.c bitmap_* based allocator (similar like it it is used by dma_declare_coherent_memory() and friends in drivers/base/dma-coherent.c). We need something really simple for CMA area management. IMHO allocate_resource and friends a bit too heavy here, but good to know that such allocator also exists. Best regards -- Marek Szyprowski Samsung Poland R&D Center -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxx For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>