On 2/4/25 06:46, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Sat, Feb 01, 2025 at 04:19:25PM -0800, Suren Baghdasaryan wrote: >> Hi, >> I would like to discuss the Guaranteed Contiguous Memory Allocator >> (GCMA) mechanism that is being used by many Android vendors as an >> out-of-tree feature, collect input on its possible usefulness for >> others, feasibility to upstream and suggestions for possible better >> alternatives. > > Well, start by having code on the list. We really need to stop all > these super hypothetical "wouldn't it be nice" discussions clogging up > the conferences. A bit later the email says: > GCMA (Guaranteed CMA) is a mechanism previously proposed in [1] which > was not upstreamed but got adopted later by many Android vendors as an [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/1424721263-25314-2-git-send-email-sj38.park@xxxxxxxxx/
