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  2. CMA Debugfs Interface
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  4. The CMA debugfs interface is useful to retrieve basic information out of the
  5. different CMA areas and to test allocation/release in each of the areas.
  6. Each CMA area represents a directory under <debugfs>/cma/, represented by
  7. its CMA name like below:
  8. <debugfs>/cma/<cma_name>
  9. The structure of the files created under that directory is as follows:
  10. - [RO] base_pfn: The base PFN (Page Frame Number) of the zone.
  11. - [RO] count: Amount of memory in the CMA area.
  12. - [RO] order_per_bit: Order of pages represented by one bit.
  13. - [RO] bitmap: The bitmap of page states in the zone.
  14. - [WO] alloc: Allocate N pages from that CMA area. For example::
  15. echo 5 > <debugfs>/cma/<cma_name>/alloc
  16. would try to allocate 5 pages from the 'cma_name' area.
  17. - [WO] free: Free N pages from that CMA area, similar to the above.