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From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] dma-contiguous: define proper name for global cma
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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.