Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 31 Jul 2023 13:21:55 +0200 | From | Christoph Hellwig <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2] dma-contiguous: define proper name for global cma region |
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Hi Pintu,
On Sat, Jul 29, 2023 at 08:05:15AM +0530, Pintu Kumar wrote: > The current global cma region name defined as "reserved" > which is misleading, creates confusion and too generic. > > Also, the default cma allocation happens from global cma region, > so, if one has to figure out all allocations happening from > global cma region, this seems easier. > > Thus, change the name from "reserved" to "global-cma-region".
I agree that reserved is not a very useful name. Unfortuately the name of the region leaks to userspace through cma_heap.
So I think we need prep patches to hardcode "reserved" in add_default_cma_heap first, and then remove the cma_get_name first.
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