Messages in this thread | | | From | Michal Nazarewicz <> | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH 3/3] mm/map_contig: Add mmap(MAP_CONTIG) support | Date | Tue, 17 Oct 2017 15:22:39 +0200 |
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On Tue, Oct 17 2017, Guy Shattah wrote: > Are you going to be OK with kernel API which implements contiguous > memory allocation? Possibly with mmap style? Many drivers could > utilize it instead of having their own weird and possibly non-standard > way to allocate contiguous memory. Such API won't be available for > user space.
What you describe sounds like CMA. It may be far from perfect but it’s there already and drivers which need contiguous memory can allocate it.
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