Re: [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v2 1/4] memory: allocation in low memory

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



On Thu, Nov 05, 2020 at 03:15:47PM +0100, Janosch Frank wrote:
> On 11/5/20 1:16 PM, Pierre Morel wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > On 9/29/20 9:19 AM, Janosch Frank wrote:
> >> On 9/28/20 5:31 PM, Cornelia Huck wrote:
> >>> On Mon, 28 Sep 2020 16:23:34 +0200
> >>> Pierre Morel <pmorel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Some architectures need allocations to be done under a
> >>>> specific address limit to allow DMA from I/O.
> >>>>
> >>>> We propose here a very simple page allocator to get
> >>>> pages allocated under this specific limit.
> >>>>
> >>>> The DMA page allocator will only use part of the available memory
> >>>> under the DMA address limit to let room for the standard allocator.
> >>>>
> > 
> > ...snip...
> > 
> >>
> >> Before we start any other discussion on this patch we should clear up if
> >> this is still necessary after Claudio's alloc revamp.
> >>
> >> I think he added options to request special types of memory.
> > 
> > Isn't it possible to go on with this patch series.
> > It can be adapted later to the changes that will be introduced by 
> > Claudio when it is final.
> > 
> > 
> 
> Pierre, that's outside of my jurisdiction, you're adding code to the
> common code library.
> 
> I've set Paolo CC, let's see if he finds this thread :)
>

I'll also try to find some time to revisit this.

Thanks,
drew 




[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
[Index of Archives]     [Kernel Development]     [Kernel Newbies]     [IDE]     [Security]     [Git]     [Netfilter]     [Bugtraq]     [Yosemite Info]     [MIPS Linux]     [ARM Linux]     [Linux Security]     [Linux RAID]     [Linux ATA RAID]     [Samba]     [Linux Media]     [Device Mapper]

  Powered by Linux