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

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Message-ID: <c673760d9f02f494f06ea7df9ee6128a@paul-moore.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2025 13:18:11 -0400
From: Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>
To: Qianfeng Rong <rongqianfeng@...o.com>, Stephen Smalley <stephen.smalley.work@...il.com>, Ondrej Mosnacek <omosnace@...hat.com>, selinux@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Qianfeng Rong <rongqianfeng@...o.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] selinux: Remove redundant __GFP_NOWARN

On Aug  7, 2025 Qianfeng Rong <rongqianfeng@...o.com> 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: Stephen Smalley <stephen.smalley.work@...il.com>
> ---
>  security/selinux/avc.c | 12 ++++++------
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

Merged into selinux/dev with some minor tweaks to line wrapping and
horizontal alignment, thanks.

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