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authorMitchel Humpherys <mitchelh@codeaurora.org>2013-08-06 15:08:23 -0700
committerMitchel Humpherys <mitchelh@codeaurora.org>2013-12-19 21:02:18 -0800
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ion: Add private buffer flag to skip page pooling on free
Currently, when we free a buffer it might actually just go back into a heap-specific page pool rather than going back to the system. This poses a problem because sometimes (like when we're running a shrinker in low memory conditions) we need to force the memory associated with the buffer to truly be relinquished to the system rather than just going back into a page pool. There isn't a use case for this flag by Ion clients, so make it a private flag. The main use case right now is to provide a mechanism for the deferred free code to force stale buffers to bypass page pooling. Change-Id: I724f89cc037083fe8576784363caa18a34e8705a Signed-off-by: Mitchel Humpherys <mitchelh@codeaurora.org>
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