CMA Debugfs Interface

The CMA debugfs interface is useful to retrieve basic information out of the different CMA areas and to test allocation/release in each of the areas.

Each CMA area represents a directory under <debugfs>/cma/, represented by its CMA name like below:

<debugfs>/cma/<cma_name>

The structure of the files created under that directory is as follows:

  • [RO] base_pfn: The base PFN (Page Frame Number) of the zone.

  • [RO] count: Amount of memory in the CMA area.

  • [RO] order_per_bit: Order of pages represented by one bit.

  • [RO] bitmap: The bitmap of page states in the zone.

  • [WO] alloc: Allocate N pages from that CMA area. For example:

    echo 5 > <debugfs>/cma/<cma_name>/alloc

would try to allocate 5 pages from the ‘cma_name’ area.

  • [WO] free: Free N pages from that CMA area, similar to the above.