From: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
To: Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@arm.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>, Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs/core-api: memory-allocation: GFP_NOWAIT doesn't need __GFP_NOWARN
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2024 15:22:18 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Zqelmlk0cYyPzasF@casper.infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240729140127.244606-1-Dave.Martin@arm.com>
On Mon, Jul 29, 2024 at 03:01:27PM +0100, Dave Martin wrote:
> Since v6.8 the definition of GFP_NOWAIT has implied __GFP_NOWARN,
> so it is now redundant to add this flag explicitly.
>
> Update the docs to match, and emphasise the need for a fallback
> when using GFP_NOWAIT.
>
> Fixes: 16f5dfbc851b ("gfp: include __GFP_NOWARN in GFP_NOWAIT")
> Signed-off-by: Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org>
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-07-29 14:01 Dave Martin
2024-07-29 14:22 ` Matthew Wilcox [this message]
2024-07-29 15:49 ` Mike Rapoport
2024-07-29 21:11 ` Jonathan Corbet
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