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authorOhad Ben-Cohen <ohad@wizery.com>2012-05-17 14:23:59 +0300
committerOhad Ben-Cohen <ohad@wizery.com>2012-07-04 13:27:04 +0300
commit6db20ea8d85064175c7ef594c433c6c2e6bbab83 (patch)
tree6087ffde8501059bdfd578758fb05c53aba3d620 /include/linux/remoteproc.h
parent485802a6c524e62b5924849dd727ddbb1497cc71 (diff)
remoteproc: allocate vrings on demand, free when not needed
Dynamically allocate the vrings' DMA when the remote processor is about to be powered on (i.e. when ->find_vqs() is invoked), and release them as soon as it is powered off (i.e. when ->del_vqs() is invoked). The obvious and immediate benefit is better memory utilization, since memory for the vrings is now only allocated when the relevant remote processor is used. Additionally, this approach also makes recovery of a (crashing) remote processor easier: one just needs to remove the relevant vdevs, and the entire vrings cleanup takes place automagically. Tested-by: Fernando Guzman Lugo <fernando.lugo@ti.com> Signed-off-by: Ohad Ben-Cohen <ohad@wizery.com>
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