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The KVD linear (KVDL) allocator currently consists of a very large bitmap that reflects the KVDL's usage. The boundaries of each partition as well as their allocation size are represented using defines. This representation requires us to patch all the functions that act on a partition whenever the partitioning scheme is changed. In addition, it does not enable the dynamic configuration of the KVDL using the up-coming resource manager. Add objects to represent these partitions as well as the accompanying code that acts on them to perform allocations and de-allocations. In the following patches, this will allow us to easily add another partition as well as new operations to act on these partitions. Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@mellanox.com> Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@mellanox.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Linux kernel ============ This file was moved to Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst Please notice that there are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or ``make pdfdocs``. There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory, several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation. See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file. Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.