Requirements to merge new heaps in the kernel

[Maxime Ripard]

On Tue, Oct 22, 2024 at 09:19:05AM -0700, John Stultz wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 22, 2024 at 1:38 AM Maxime Ripard <mripard at redhat.com> wrote:
> >
> > I wanted to follow-up on the discussion we had at Plumbers with John and
> > T.J. about (among other things) adding new heaps to the kernel.
> >
> > I'm still interested in merging a carve-out driver[1], since it seems to be
> > in every vendor BSP and got asked again last week.
> >
> > I remember from our discussion that for new heap types to be merged, we
> > needed a kernel use-case. Looking back, I'm not entirely sure how one
> > can provide that given that heaps are essentially facilities for
> > user-space.
> >
> > Am I misremembering or missing something? What are the requirements for
> > you to consider adding a new heap driver?
> 
> It's basically the same as the DRM subsystem rules.
> https://docs.kernel.org/gpu/drm-uapi.html#open-source-userspace-requirements
> ie: There has to be opensource user for it, and the user has to be
> more significant than a "toy" implementation (which can be a bit
> subjective and contentious when trying to get out of a chicken and egg
> loop).

Ok, so I'm definitely misremembering things then, I thought there was
another requirement in addition to that one. Thanks :)

Maxime
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