[PATCH v4] mm: cma: add a simple kernel module as the helper to test CMA

Michal Nazarewicz mina86 at mina86.com
Tue Jul 3 08:54:12 EDT 2012


> 2012/7/3 Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski at samsung.com>:
>> IMHO the right place for such code is in drivers/misc instead of tools/cma.
>>
>> This patch contains a kernel module source code so it should be put with other kernel
>> modules. tools/ directory is aimed to contain user space code useful for developing and
>> testing Linux kernel.

On Tue, 03 Jul 2012 09:39:34 +0200, Barry Song <21cnbao at gmail.com> wrote:
> this one is aiming to test CMA, it should be in tools/ as Michal
> Nazarewicz and i have talked about that.
> it is not a real driver at all.

Yeah, I feel like it's better placed in tools/ not to pollute other directories with
drivers that are of no use to regular users.  I don't have strong feelings about it
though, so I'm fine either way.

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