linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] virtio_balloon: Remove redundant __GFP

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Message-ID: <bded0995-4930-400a-a3f5-060073e4caa0@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2025 15:35:03 +0200
From: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
To: Qianfeng Rong <rongqianfeng@...o.com>, "Michael S. Tsirkin"
 <mst@...hat.com>, Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>,
 Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@...ux.alibaba.com>, Eugenio Pérez
 <eperezma@...hat.com>, virtualization@...ts.linux.dev,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] virtio_balloon: Remove redundant __GFP_NOWARN

On 07.08.25 15:26, Qianfeng Rong wrote:
> Commit 16f5dfbc851b ("gfp: include __GFP_NOWARN in GFP_NOWAIT")
> made GFP_NOWAIT implicitly include __GFP_NOWARN.
> 
> Therefore, explicit __GFP_NOWARN combined with GFP_NOWAIT
> (e.g., `GFP_NOWAIT | __GFP_NOWARN`) is now redundant. Let's clean
> up these redundant flags across subsystems.
> 
> No functional changes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Qianfeng Rong <rongqianfeng@...o.com>
> ---

Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>

-- 
Cheers,

David / dhildenb