linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH V1 0/3] mm/damon: Add CMA minotor support

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Message-ID: <a1e0a9e9-07ef-8d1c-a409-2b4fb12ed553@redhat.com>
Date:   Wed, 16 Mar 2022 16:09:02 +0100
From:   David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
To:     Xin Hao <xhao@...ux.alibaba.com>, sj@...nel.org
Cc:     rongwei.wang@...ux.alibaba.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH V1 0/3] mm/damon: Add CMA minotor support

On 15.03.22 17:37, Xin Hao wrote:

s/minotor/monitor/

> The purpose of these patches is to add CMA memory monitoring function.
> In some memory tight scenarios, it will be a good choice to release more
> memory by monitoring the CMA memory.

I'm sorry, but it's hard to figure out what the target use case should
be. Who will release CMA memory and how? Who will monitor that? What are
the "some memory tight scenarios"? What's the overall design goal?

-- 
Thanks,

David / dhildenb