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From: xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com (Cong Wang)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH v3] MM: CMA: add a simple kernel module as the helper to test CMA
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2012 12:14:36 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F56E0AC.8070501@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1331090098-25097-1-git-send-email-Barry.Song@csr.com>

On 03/07/2012 11:14 AM, Barry Song wrote:
> From: Barry Song<Baohua.Song@csr.com>
>
> Any write request to /dev/cma_test will let the module to allocate memory from
> CMA, for example:
>
> 1st time
> $ echo 1024>  /dev/cma_test
> will require cma_test to request 1MB(1024KB)
> 2nd time
> $ echo 2048>  /dev/cma_test
> will require cma_test to request 2MB(2048KB)
>
> Any read request to /dev/cma_test will let the module to free the 1st valid
> memory from CMA, for example:
>
> 1st time
> $ cat /dev/cma_test
> will require cma_test to free the 1MB allocated in the first write request
> 2nd time
> $ cat /dev/cma_test
> will require cma_test to free the 2MB allocated in the second write request

Any reason why using /dev not /proc or /sys?

  reply	other threads:[~2012-03-07  4:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-03-07  3:14 [PATCH v3] MM: CMA: add a simple kernel module as the helper to test CMA Barry Song
2012-03-07  4:14 ` Cong Wang [this message]
2012-03-07  4:49   ` Barry Song
2012-03-07  4:55     ` Cong Wang
2012-03-07  4:57       ` Barry Song
2012-03-07  5:01         ` Cong Wang
2012-03-07  5:05           ` Barry Song
2012-03-07  5:09             ` Cong Wang
2012-03-07  5:17               ` Barry Song
2012-03-07  5:22                 ` Cong Wang
2012-03-07  5:40                   ` Barry Song
2012-03-07 10:38           ` Barry Song
2012-03-07 10:48   ` Michal Nazarewicz
2012-03-07 10:55     ` Barry Song
2012-03-07 10:59 ` Michal Nazarewicz
2012-03-07 11:12   ` Barry Song

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