linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] docs/core-api: memory-allocation: GFP_NOWAIT doesn't need __GFP

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Message-ID: <Zqelmlk0cYyPzasF@casper.infradead.org>
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2024 15:22:18 +0100
From: Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
To: Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@....com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs/core-api: memory-allocation: GFP_NOWAIT doesn't
 need __GFP_NOWARN

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@....com>

Reviewed-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@...radead.org>