[PATCH] Add carve out heap name initialization

[Alexey Skidanov]

On 11/8/18 9:41 PM, Laura Abbott wrote:
> On 11/8/18 11:34 AM, Alexey Skidanov wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 11/8/18 9:15 PM, Laura Abbott wrote:
>>> On 10/22/18 2:15 PM, Alexey Skidanov wrote:
>>>> Heap name is mundatory.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I'm wary of this and the other change because it misses the
>>> broader problem of dealing with the carveout heaps.
>>> I still want to remove the carveout and chunk heap. I get
>>> that it's being used for out of tree work but at this point
>>> the focus needs to be on moving Ion out of staging and
>>> if we can't get an end-to-end solution for carveout/chunk
>>> heaps to be allocated in tree this needs to be removed.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Laura
>> There are several options I would suggest:
>> 1. The heaps may be initialized by parsing some kernel parameter,
>> defining the contiguous chunks
>> 2. Some functions may be exported by ION to initialize the heaps
>> 3. CONFIG_XXX options (just like it's in CMA)
>>
> 
> We've had lots of suggestions but nobody has actually stepped
> up to submit patches to make this work. If you'd like to submit
> patches that would be great.
> 
Yes, sure, I will submit in the coming weeks along with some other
suggestions I have.

Thanks,
Alexey

> Thanks,
> Laura
> 
>> Thanks,
>> Alexey
>>
>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Alexey Skidanov <alexey.skidanov at intel.com>
>>>> ---
>>>>    drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_carveout_heap.c | 1 +
>>>>    1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_carveout_heap.c
>>>> b/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_carveout_heap.c
>>>> index e129237..e89b464 100644
>>>> --- a/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_carveout_heap.c
>>>> +++ b/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_carveout_heap.c
>>>> @@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ struct ion_heap *ion_carveout_heap_create(struct
>>>> ion_platform_heap *heap_data)
>>>>        gen_pool_add(carveout_heap->pool, carveout_heap->base,
>>>> heap_data->size,
>>>>                 -1);
>>>>        carveout_heap->heap.ops = &carveout_heap_ops;
>>>> +    carveout_heap->heap.name = heap_data->name;
>>>>        carveout_heap->heap.type = ION_HEAP_TYPE_CARVEOUT;
>>>>        carveout_heap->heap.flags = ION_HEAP_FLAG_DEFER_FREE;
>>>>   
>>>
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