Re: [PATCH v3] MM: CMA: add a simple kernel module as the helperto test CMA

From: Cong Wang
Date: Tue Mar 06 2012 - 23:14:47 EST


On 03/07/2012 11:14 AM, Barry Song wrote:
From: Barry Song<Baohua.Song@xxxxxxx>

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?
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