CMA alignment question

[Gregory Fong <gregory.0xf0@gmail.com>]

Hi all,

The alignment in cma_alloc() is done w.r.t. the bitmap.  This is a
problem when, for example:

- a device requires 16M (order 12) alignment
- the CMA region is not 16 M aligned

In such a case, can result with the CMA region starting at, say,
0x2f800000 but any allocation you make from there will be aligned from
there.  Requesting an allocation of 32 M with 16 M alignment, will
result in an allocation from 0x2f800000 to 0x31800000, which doesn't
work very well if your strange device requires 16M alignment.

This doesn't have the behavior I would expect, which would be for the
allocation to be aligned w.r.t. the start of memory.  I realize that
aligning the CMA region is an option, but don't see why cma_alloc()
aligns to the start of the CMA region.  Is there a good reason for
having cma_alloc() alignment work this way?

Thanks and regards,
Gregory

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