linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Documentation: dma-buf: heaps: Add naming guidelines

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Date: Wed, 21 May 2025 08:20:21 +0700
From: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@...il.com>
To: Maxime Ripard <mripard@...nel.org>,
	Sumit Semwal <sumit.semwal@...aro.org>,
	Benjamin Gaignard <benjamin.gaignard@...labora.com>,
	Brian Starkey <Brian.Starkey@....com>,
	John Stultz <jstultz@...gle.com>,
	"T.J. Mercier" <tjmercier@...gle.com>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc: linux-media@...r.kernel.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
	linaro-mm-sig@...ts.linaro.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: dma-buf: heaps: Add naming guidelines

On Tue, May 20, 2025 at 12:00:53PM +0200, Maxime Ripard wrote:
> +Naming Convention
> +=================
> +
> +A good heap name is a name that:
> +
> +- Is stable, and won't change from one version to the other;
> +
> +- Describes the memory region the heap will allocate from, and will
> +  uniquely identify it in a given platform;
> +
> +- Doesn't use implementation details, such as the allocator;
> +
> +- Can describe intended usage.
> +
> +For example, assuming a platform with a reserved memory region located
> +at the RAM address 0x42000000, intended to allocate video framebuffers,
> +and backed by the CMA kernel allocator. Good names would be
> +`memory@...00000` or `video@...00000`, but `cma-video` wouldn't.

Looks good, thanks!

Reviewed-by: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@...il.com>

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