From: "T.J. Mercier" <tjmercier@google.com>
To: Maxime Ripard <mripard@kernel.org>
Cc: "Sumit Semwal" <sumit.semwal@linaro.org>,
"Benjamin Gaignard" <benjamin.gaignard@collabora.com>,
"Brian Starkey" <Brian.Starkey@arm.com>,
"John Stultz" <jstultz@google.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/7] dma-buf: heaps: cma: Turn the heap into a module
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 11:54:31 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CABdmKX26Q-DXsLEMbvsYbw_JotHpGk3zFDccAJaqir4aSBdt0w@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260225-dma-buf-heaps-as-modules-v1-6-2109225a090d@kernel.org>
On Wed, Feb 25, 2026 at 8:42 AM Maxime Ripard <mripard@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> Now that all the symbols used by the CMA heap are exported, turning the
> CMA heap into a module becomes pretty easy: we just need to add the
> usual MODULE_* macros, import the proper namespaces and change the
> Kconfig symbol to a tristate.
>
> Signed-off-by: Maxime Ripard <mripard@kernel.org>
It'd be good to add a note that heap modules can't be unloaded (unless
we add more code to verify there are no live heap allocations). With
that:
Reviewed-by: T.J. Mercier <tjmercier@google.com>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-25 19:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-25 16:41 [PATCH 0/7] dma-buf: heaps: Turn heaps into modules Maxime Ripard
2026-02-25 16:41 ` [PATCH 1/7] dma: contiguous: Turn heap registration logic around Maxime Ripard
2026-02-25 19:32 ` T.J. Mercier
2026-02-25 16:41 ` [PATCH 2/7] mm: cma: Export cma_alloc and cma_release Maxime Ripard
2026-02-25 19:34 ` T.J. Mercier
2026-02-25 16:41 ` [PATCH 3/7] mm: cma: Export cma_get_name Maxime Ripard
2026-02-25 19:34 ` T.J. Mercier
2026-02-25 16:41 ` [PATCH 4/7] mm: cma: Export dma_contiguous_default_area Maxime Ripard
2026-02-25 19:52 ` T.J. Mercier
2026-02-25 16:41 ` [PATCH 5/7] dma-buf: heaps: Export mem_accounting parameter Maxime Ripard
2026-02-25 19:53 ` T.J. Mercier
2026-02-25 16:41 ` [PATCH 6/7] dma-buf: heaps: cma: Turn the heap into a module Maxime Ripard
2026-02-25 19:54 ` T.J. Mercier [this message]
2026-02-25 16:41 ` [PATCH 7/7] dma-buf: heaps: system: " Maxime Ripard
2026-02-25 19:55 ` T.J. Mercier
2026-02-25 18:51 ` [PATCH 0/7] dma-buf: heaps: Turn heaps into modules John Stultz
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