Re: [PATCH v4] dma-buf: Add DmaBufTotal counter in meminfo

[Michal Hocko]

On Tue 20-04-21 09:02:57, Peter.Enderborg@xxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> >> But that isn't really system memory at all, it's just allocated device
> >> memory.
> > OK, that was not really clear to me. So this is not really accounted to
> > MemTotal? If that is really the case then reporting it into the oom
> > report is completely pointless and I am not even sure /proc/meminfo is
> > the right interface either. It would just add more confusion I am
> > afraid.
> >  
> 
> Why is it confusing? Documentation is quite clear:

Because a single counter without a wider context cannot be put into any
reasonable context. There is no notion of the total amount of device
memory usable for dma-buf. As Christian explained some of it can be RAM
based. So a single number is rather pointless on its own in many cases.

Or let me just ask. What can you tell from dma-bud: $FOO kB in its
current form?
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Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs