Re: (2) [PATCH] dma-buf: system_heap: avoid reclaim for order 4

[John Stultz]

On Mon, Feb 6, 2023 at 11:33 PM Jaewon Kim <jaewon31.kim@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >I don't mean to discourage you, especially after all the effort here.
> >
> >Do you think evaluating the before and after impact to buffer usage
> >
> >(not just allocation) would be doable in the near term?
> >
>
> Hello sorry but I don't have expertise on iommu. Actually I'm also wondering
> all IOMMU can use order 4 free pages, if they are allocated. I am not sure
> but I remember I heard order 9 (2MB) could be used, but I don't know about order 8 4.
>
> I guess IOMMU mmap also be same patern like we expect. I mean if order 4 is
> prepared it could be faster like 1 to 4 times. But it, I think, should NOT be
> that much slow even though the entire free memory is prepared as order 0 pages.
>
> >
> >
> >If you don't think so, given the benefit to allocation under pressure
> >
> >is large (and I don't mean to give you hurdles to jump), I'm willing
> >
> >to ack your change to get it merged, but if we later see performance
> >
> >trouble, I'll be quick to advocate for reverting it.  Is that ok?
> >
>
> Yes sure. I also want to know if it is.

Ok. Please resend your latest patch and I'll go ahead and ack it and
we'll watch.

Thanks again for your efforts here!
-john