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

[Michal Nazarewicz]

On Wed, 07 Mar 2012 12:37:39 +0100, Barry Song <Barry.Song at csr.com> wrote:
> 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
>
> Signed-off-by: Barry Song <Baohua.Song at csr.com>

Reviewed-by: Michal Nazarewicz <mina86 at mina86.com>

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