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Simplify the pool allocation code somewhat by merging loop arguments used by multiple functions together in a struct and simplifying the loop. Also add documentation. This hopefully makes the behaviour of the allocation loop simplier to understand, but above all paves the way for upcoming restore-while-allocating functionality. There are no functional changes, but the "allow_pools" bool introduced to keep current functionality could be removed as a follow up, which would enable using write-back cached pools when allocating memory for other caching modes, rather than to resort to allocating from the system directly. v15: - Introduce this patch to simplify the upcoming patch that introduces restore while allocating. Signed-off-by: Thomas Hellström <thomas.hellstrom@linux.intel.com> Link: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/20241217145852.37342-4-thomas.hellstrom@linux.intel.com Reviewed-by: Christian König <christian.koenig@amd.com> Reviewed-by: Matthew Brost <matthew.brost@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Christian König <christian.koenig@amd.com>
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