From: Joel Fernandes <joelagnelf@nvidia.com>
To: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH -next v8 2/3] rust: gpu: Add GPU buddy allocator bindings
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2026 17:06:51 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <a7140f1d-b4de-412d-88a5-90e76d2200e3@nvidia.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <DGBL94I0E5UB.4LNH3JODOKPV@kernel.org>
On 2/10/2026 4:10 PM, Danilo Krummrich wrote:
>> I'll change this to return `impl PinInit<AllocatedBlocks, Error>` in the next
>> version. If a shared ownership use case arises later, we
>> can always add an `Arc`-returning convenience wrapper.
>
> I don't think we should, don't give drivers a reason to go for more allocations
> they actually need for convinience.
I wasn't implying to give reason to go for more allocations, it is about a
reference to the same allocation that may be required to be shared from multiple
objects for whatever reason. But again, currently we don't have a use case for that.
--
Joel Fernandes
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-10 22:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-09 21:42 [PATCH -next v8 0/3] rust: Add CList and GPU buddy allocator bindings Joel Fernandes
2026-02-09 21:42 ` [PATCH -next v8 1/3] rust: clist: Add support to interface with C linked lists Joel Fernandes
2026-02-10 10:07 ` Danilo Krummrich
2026-02-11 21:09 ` Joel Fernandes
2026-02-11 21:17 ` Danilo Krummrich
2026-02-10 17:15 ` Daniel Almeida
2026-02-11 6:52 ` Claude review: " Claude Code Review Bot
2026-02-09 21:42 ` [PATCH -next v8 2/3] rust: gpu: Add GPU buddy allocator bindings Joel Fernandes
2026-02-10 11:55 ` Danilo Krummrich
2026-02-10 20:09 ` Joel Fernandes
2026-02-10 21:10 ` Danilo Krummrich
2026-02-10 21:43 ` Joel Fernandes
2026-02-10 22:06 ` Joel Fernandes [this message]
2026-02-10 23:23 ` Danilo Krummrich
2026-02-10 23:33 ` Joel Fernandes
2026-02-11 6:52 ` Claude review: " Claude Code Review Bot
2026-02-09 21:42 ` [PATCH -next v8 3/3] nova-core: mm: Select GPU_BUDDY for VRAM allocation Joel Fernandes
2026-02-10 10:10 ` Danilo Krummrich
2026-02-11 6:52 ` Claude review: " Claude Code Review Bot
2026-02-11 6:52 ` Claude review: rust: Add CList and GPU buddy allocator bindings Claude Code Review Bot
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