Thierry Reding
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Buffer mappings used in job submissions are usually small and not rapidly reused as opposed to framebuffers (which are usually large and rapidly reused, for example when page-flipping between double-buffered framebuffers). Avoid going through the mapping cache for these buffers since the cache would also lead to leaks if nobody is ever releasing the cache's last reference. For DRM/KMS these last references are dropped when the framebuffers are removed and therefore no longer needed. While at it, also add a note about the need to explicitly remove the final reference to the mapping in the cache. Reviewed-by: Jon Hunter <jonathanh@nvidia.com> Tested-by: Jon Hunter <jonathanh@nvidia.com> Signed-off-by: Thierry Reding <treding@nvidia.com>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
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.