linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] misc: sram: extend usage of reserved partitions

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Date:	Sun, 20 Sep 2015 22:30:14 -0700
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Vladimir Zapolskiy <vladimir_zapolskiy@...tor.com>
Cc:	Philipp Zabel <p.zabel@...gutronix.de>,
	Heiko Stübner <heiko@...ech.de>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] misc: sram: extend usage of reserved partitions

On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 12:40:02AM +0300, Vladimir Zapolskiy wrote:
> This change adds functionality to operate on reserved SRAM partitions
> described in device tree file. Two partition properties are added,
> "pool" and "export", the first one allows to share a specific partition
> for usage by a kernel consumer in the same manner as it is done for
> the whole SRAM device, and "export" property provides access to some
> SRAM area from userspace over sysfs interface. Practically it is
> possible to specify both properties for an SRAM partition, however
> simultaneous access from a kernel consumer and from userspace is not
> serialized, but still the combination may be useful for debugging
> purpose.

This scares me, why do we need to partition sram off in this manner?
What uses it in this way?

I need some other people to weigh in on this, and at the very least, I
need some DT people to bless the changes there...

thanks,

greg k-h
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