Subj : [$] The future of ZONE_DEVICE
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From : LWN.net
Date : Fri Apr 04 2025 15:45:08

[$] The future of ZONE_DEVICE

Date:
Fri, 04 Apr 2025 14:37:57 +0000

Description:
Alistair Popple started his session at the 2025 Linux Storage, Filesystem,
Memory-Management, and BPF Summit by proclaiming that ZONE_DEVICE is " the 
ugly stepchild " of the kernel's memory-management subsystem.
Ugly or not, the ability to manage memory that is attached to a peripheral
device rather than a CPU is increasingly important on current hardware.
Popple hoped to cover some of the challenges with ZONE_DEVICE and
find ways to make the stepchild a bit more attractive, if not bring it into
the family entirely.

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Link to news story:
https://lwn.net/Articles/1016124/


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