From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-alma10-1.taild15c8.ts.net [100.103.45.18]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 94BD123BD1D; Fri, 3 Jul 2026 18:29:22 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1783103364; cv=none; b=PuQqxA5LAJFQq8uDob4THuuTfuyPYDF27laN7Wc/wABw9l6v/HAQ9AqYfVKNVrRP5HVwI8NPP9gKB9ysT+iXQi0BvJtrHbXxxoR7O0N/oZWj95XaZOcA5wL+nzI644mvscTmJphiG9PME8Yv4x93RbUl4LA8VSF/dMFbXwnva4U= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1783103364; c=relaxed/simple; bh=Xl9CUYMIhXkFBk952nuPiNR2NtJxqNcKi1GiIwILJRc=; h=Message-ID:Date:MIME-Version:Subject:To:Cc:References:From: In-Reply-To:Content-Type; b=MH0efoD3ws42RqkVFlmeFIoWOpteaTRe/vTesEhy8gd2h9XbyP4QgI+G8l9jrvq7zty3IHzbLTDHp6qfyyrE/EeLXMAL2XsBiiEa/8p0y+3N67u/vZUMJU/64NxS9Afdi5R0iOcRce/wwa+ecexSA311HBZyCZnShYcNgDlgqRU= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=Bj8wiXFD; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="Bj8wiXFD" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4C0081F000E9; Fri, 3 Jul 2026 18:29:09 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kernel.org; s=k20260515; t=1783103362; bh=cDUa7qAvGQxAqsninsYf1imnrLZa/8omKlfZyOjK/p4=; h=Date:Subject:To:Cc:References:From:In-Reply-To; b=Bj8wiXFDw1AEwJAJzWMHcoHUzUnO5RSLUrrdbPDDtrmHvICV4zvluTNYGrCKNReo+ V2VHecn6G9LIfWRUYhHviazaY5SPs+PD1M5UTv6w3boNcTB2kk7c8VZ81fqK1AbmAd 57RAJvDkiTHqnE5bsKAh+rQSmEVuCAEs9yrQTdJVFl4TPsOQ6fqSkVKiMM138D6+Rf Twkdgzz2OvoRegKiZIkL8IHSmlKgnE/rg5/I6C9SHJU0zH1mL5dkYJmbH1CiVSrtWD pBboBrk2Smc/JfNU6pSXBek5e4iYD0aLFYqs7FYnuViAFirbZ/UiaEVn+QUB9L+tsG bcf6WGk9oP15Q== Message-ID: <58458578-a6fb-40c8-838f-9a06a7371f76@kernel.org> Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2026 20:29:06 +0200 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: devicetree@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 06/11] mm/cma: Allow dynamically creating CMA areas To: Thierry Reding , Rob Herring , Krzysztof Kozlowski , Conor Dooley , Jonathan Hunter , David Airlie , Simona Vetter , Maarten Lankhorst , Maxime Ripard , Thomas Zimmermann , Sowjanya Komatineni , Luca Ceresoli , Mikko Perttunen , Yury Norov , Rasmus Villemoes , Russell King , Alexander Gordeev , Gerald Schaefer , Heiko Carstens , Vasily Gorbik , Christian Borntraeger , Sven Schnelle , Andrew Morton , Lorenzo Stoakes , "Liam R. 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Mercier" , =?UTF-8?Q?Christian_K=C3=B6nig?= , Steven Rostedt , Masami Hiramatsu , Mathieu Desnoyers , Catalin Marinas , Will Deacon Cc: Thierry Reding , devicetree@vger.kernel.org, linux-tegra@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, linux-media@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-s390@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, iommu@lists.linux.dev, linaro-mm-sig@lists.linaro.org, linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Thierry Reding References: <20260701-tegra-vpr-v3-0-d80f7b871bb4@nvidia.com> <20260701-tegra-vpr-v3-6-d80f7b871bb4@nvidia.com> From: "David Hildenbrand (Arm)" Content-Language: en-US Autocrypt: addr=david@kernel.org; keydata= xsFNBFXLn5EBEAC+zYvAFJxCBY9Tr1xZgcESmxVNI/0ffzE/ZQOiHJl6mGkmA1R7/uUpiCjJ dBrn+lhhOYjjNefFQou6478faXE6o2AhmebqT4KiQoUQFV4R7y1KMEKoSyy8hQaK1umALTdL QZLQMzNE74ap+GDK0wnacPQFpcG1AE9RMq3aeErY5tujekBS32jfC/7AnH7I0v1v1TbbK3Gp XNeiN4QroO+5qaSr0ID2sz5jtBLRb15RMre27E1ImpaIv2Jw8NJgW0k/D1RyKCwaTsgRdwuK Kx/Y91XuSBdz0uOyU/S8kM1+ag0wvsGlpBVxRR/xw/E8M7TEwuCZQArqqTCmkG6HGcXFT0V9 PXFNNgV5jXMQRwU0O/ztJIQqsE5LsUomE//bLwzj9IVsaQpKDqW6TAPjcdBDPLHvriq7kGjt WhVhdl0qEYB8lkBEU7V2Yb+SYhmhpDrti9Fq1EsmhiHSkxJcGREoMK/63r9WLZYI3+4W2rAc UucZa4OT27U5ZISjNg3Ev0rxU5UH2/pT4wJCfxwocmqaRr6UYmrtZmND89X0KigoFD/XSeVv jwBRNjPAubK9/k5NoRrYqztM9W6sJqrH8+UWZ1Idd/DdmogJh0gNC0+N42Za9yBRURfIdKSb B3JfpUqcWwE7vUaYrHG1nw54pLUoPG6sAA7Mehl3nd4pZUALHwARAQABzS5EYXZpZCBIaWxk ZW5icmFuZCAoQ3VycmVudCkgPGRhdmlkQGtlcm5lbC5vcmc+wsGQBBMBCAA6AhsDBQkmWAik AgsJBBUKCQgCFgICHgUCF4AWIQQb2cqtc1xMOkYN/MpN3hD3AP+DWgUCaYJt/AIZAQAKCRBN 3hD3AP+DWriiD/9BLGEKG+N8L2AXhikJg6YmXom9ytRwPqDgpHpVg2xdhopoWdMRXjzOrIKD g4LSnFaKneQD0hZhoArEeamG5tyo32xoRsPwkbpIzL0OKSZ8G6mVbFGpjmyDLQCAxteXCLXz ZI0VbsuJKelYnKcXWOIndOrNRvE5eoOfTt2XfBnAapxMYY2IsV+qaUXlO63GgfIOg8RBaj7x 3NxkI3rV0SHhI4GU9K6jCvGghxeS1QX6L/XI9mfAYaIwGy5B68kF26piAVYv/QZDEVIpo3t7 /fjSpxKT8plJH6rhhR0epy8dWRHk3qT5tk2P85twasdloWtkMZ7FsCJRKWscm1BLpsDn6EQ4 jeMHECiY9kGKKi8dQpv3FRyo2QApZ49NNDbwcR0ZndK0XFo15iH708H5Qja/8TuXCwnPWAcJ DQoNIDFyaxe26Rx3ZwUkRALa3iPcVjE0//TrQ4KnFf+lMBSrS33xDDBfevW9+Dk6IISmDH1R HFq2jpkN+FX/PE8eVhV68B2DsAPZ5rUwyCKUXPTJ/irrCCmAAb5Jpv11S7hUSpqtM/6oVESC 3z/7CzrVtRODzLtNgV4r5EI+wAv/3PgJLlMwgJM90Fb3CB2IgbxhjvmB1WNdvXACVydx55V7 LPPKodSTF29rlnQAf9HLgCphuuSrrPn5VQDaYZl4N/7zc2wcWM7BTQRVy5+RARAA59fefSDR 9nMGCb9LbMX+TFAoIQo/wgP5XPyzLYakO+94GrgfZjfhdaxPXMsl2+o8jhp/hlIzG56taNdt VZtPp3ih1AgbR8rHgXw1xwOpuAd5lE1qNd54ndHuADO9a9A0vPimIes78Hi1/yy+ZEEvRkHk /kDa6F3AtTc1m4rbbOk2fiKzzsE9YXweFjQvl9p+AMw6qd/iC4lUk9g0+FQXNdRs+o4o6Qvy iOQJfGQ4UcBuOy1IrkJrd8qq5jet1fcM2j4QvsW8CLDWZS1L7kZ5gT5EycMKxUWb8LuRjxzZ 3QY1aQH2kkzn6acigU3HLtgFyV1gBNV44ehjgvJpRY2cC8VhanTx0dZ9mj1YKIky5N+C0f21 zvntBqcxV0+3p8MrxRRcgEtDZNav+xAoT3G0W4SahAaUTWXpsZoOecwtxi74CyneQNPTDjNg azHmvpdBVEfj7k3p4dmJp5i0U66Onmf6mMFpArvBRSMOKU9DlAzMi4IvhiNWjKVaIE2Se9BY FdKVAJaZq85P2y20ZBd08ILnKcj7XKZkLU5FkoA0udEBvQ0f9QLNyyy3DZMCQWcwRuj1m73D sq8DEFBdZ5eEkj1dCyx+t/ga6x2rHyc8Sl86oK1tvAkwBNsfKou3v+jP/l14a7DGBvrmlYjO 59o3t6inu6H7pt7OL6u6BQj7DoMAEQEAAcLBfAQYAQgAJgIbDBYhBBvZyq1zXEw6Rg38yk3e EPcA/4NaBQJonNqrBQkmWAihAAoJEE3eEPcA/4NaKtMQALAJ8PzprBEXbXcEXwDKQu+P/vts IfUb1UNMfMV76BicGa5NCZnJNQASDP/+bFg6O3gx5NbhHHPeaWz/VxlOmYHokHodOvtL0WCC 8A5PEP8tOk6029Z+J+xUcMrJClNVFpzVvOpb1lCbhjwAV465Hy+NUSbbUiRxdzNQtLtgZzOV Zw7jxUCs4UUZLQTCuBpFgb15bBxYZ/BL9MbzxPxvfUQIPbnzQMcqtpUs21CMK2PdfCh5c4gS sDci6D5/ZIBw94UQWmGpM/O1ilGXde2ZzzGYl64glmccD8e87OnEgKnH3FbnJnT4iJchtSvx yJNi1+t0+qDti4m88+/9IuPqCKb6Stl+s2dnLtJNrjXBGJtsQG/sRpqsJz5x1/2nPJSRMsx9 5YfqbdrJSOFXDzZ8/r82HgQEtUvlSXNaXCa95ez0UkOG7+bDm2b3s0XahBQeLVCH0mw3RAQg r7xDAYKIrAwfHHmMTnBQDPJwVqxJjVNr7yBic4yfzVWGCGNE4DnOW0vcIeoyhy9vnIa3w1uZ 3iyY2Nsd7JxfKu1PRhCGwXzRw5TlfEsoRI7V9A8isUCoqE2Dzh3FvYHVeX4Us+bRL/oqareJ CIFqgYMyvHj7Q06kTKmauOe4Nf0l0qEkIuIzfoLJ3qr5UyXc2hLtWyT9Ir+lYlX9efqh7mOY qIws/H2t In-Reply-To: <20260701-tegra-vpr-v3-6-d80f7b871bb4@nvidia.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 7/1/26 18:08, Thierry Reding wrote: > From: Thierry Reding > > There is no technical reason why there should be a limited number of CMA > regions, so extract some code into helpers and use them to create extra > functions (cma_create() and cma_free()) that allow creating and freeing, > respectively, CMA regions dynamically at runtime. > > The static array of CMA areas cannot be replaced by dynamically created > areas because for many of them, allocation must not fail and some cases > may need to initialize them before the slab allocator is even available. > To account for this, keep these "early" areas in a separate list and > track the dynamic areas in a separate list. I want MM maintainers to review/ack this before this gets merged. I'm putting it on my todo list for next week (please ping me if it falls down the cracks and nobody else ends up reviewing it in the meantime). -- Cheers, David