Re: CMA alignment question

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On Thu, Nov 06 2014, Weijie Yang <weijie.yang.kh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I agree the current code doesn't handle this issue properly.
> However, I prefer to add specific usage to CMA interface rather than
> modify the cma code, Because the latter hide the issue and could waste
> memory.

cma_alloc should handle whatever alignment caller uses.  Sure, if CMA
area has smaller alignment this may lead to wasted memory, but so can
allocation with small alignment followed by allocation with big
alignment.

If you're saying that platform should try to get the CMA area aligned
such that no alignment offset happens I agree.  If you're saying that
cma_alloc should fail (to properly align) an allocation request,
I disagree.

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