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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 3/4] mm/vmalloc: be more explicit about supported gfp flags.
On Mon, Nov 22, 2021 at 04:32:32PM +0100, Michal Hocko wrote:
> From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
>
> b7d90e7a5ea8 ("mm/vmalloc: be more explicit about supported gfp flags")
> has been merged prematurely without the rest of the series and without
> addressed review feedback from Neil. Fix that up now. Only wording is
> changed slightly.
>
> Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
> ---
> mm/vmalloc.c | 14 ++++++++------
> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
> index b6aed4f94a85..b1c115ec13be 100644
> --- a/mm/vmalloc.c
> +++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
> @@ -3021,12 +3021,14 @@ static void *__vmalloc_area_node(struct vm_struct *area, gfp_t gfp_mask,
> *
> * Allocate enough pages to cover @size from the page level
> * allocator with @gfp_mask flags. Please note that the full set of gfp
> - * flags are not supported. GFP_KERNEL would be a preferred allocation mode
> - * but GFP_NOFS and GFP_NOIO are supported as well. Zone modifiers are not
> - * supported. From the reclaim modifiers__GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM is required (aka
> - * GFP_NOWAIT is not supported) and only __GFP_NOFAIL is supported (aka
> - * __GFP_NORETRY and __GFP_RETRY_MAYFAIL are not supported).
> - * __GFP_NOWARN can be used to suppress error messages about failures.
> + * flags are not supported. GFP_KERNEL, GFP_NOFS and GFP_NOIO are all
> + * supported.
> + * Zone modifiers are not supported. From the reclaim modifiers
> + * __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM is required (aka GFP_NOWAIT is not supported)
> + * and only __GFP_NOFAIL is supported (i.e. __GFP_NORETRY and
> + * __GFP_RETRY_MAYFAIL are not supported).
> + *
> + * __GFP_NOWARN can be used to suppress failures messages.
> *
> * Map them into contiguous kernel virtual space, using a pagetable
> * protection of @prot.
> --
> 2.30.2
>
Reviewed-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@gmail.com>

--
Vlad Rezki

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