Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2] mm: cma: support sysfs | From | John Hubbard <> | Date | Tue, 9 Feb 2021 23:50:43 -0800 |
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On 2/9/21 11:26 PM, Greg KH wrote: ... >> I just am not especially happy about the inability to do natural, efficient >> things here, such as use a statically allocated set of things with sysfs. And >> I remain convinced that the above is not "improper"; it's a reasonable >> step, given the limitations of the current sysfs design. I just wanted to say >> that out loud, as my proposal sinks to the bottom of the trench here. haha :) > > What is "odd" is that you are creating an object in the kernel that you > _never_ free. That's not normal at all in the kernel, and so, your wish > to have a kobject that you never free represent this object also is not > normal :) >
OK, thanks for taking the time to explain that, much appreciated!
thanks, -- John Hubbard NVIDIA
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