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SubjectRe: [PATCH] doc: document scope NOFS, NOIO APIs
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On 05/25/2018 09:52 AM, Michal Hocko wrote:
> On Thu 24-05-18 09:37:18, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>> On 05/24/2018 04:43 AM, Michal Hocko wrote:
> [...]
>>> +The traditional way to avoid this deadlock problem is to clear __GFP_FS
>>> +resp. __GFP_IO (note the later implies clearing the first as well) in
>>
>> latter
>
> ?
> No I really meant that clearing __GFP_IO implies __GFP_FS clearing

In that case "latter" is the proper word AFAIK. You could also use
"former" instead of "first". Or maybe just repeat the flag names to
avoid confusion...

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