The patch titled
Subject: docs/core-api: mm-api: add section about GFP flags
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
docs-core-api-mm-api-add-section-about-gfp-flags.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree
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From: Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: docs/core-api: mm-api: add section about GFP flags
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1532626360-16650-8-git-send-email-rppt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/core-api/mm-api.rst | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)
--- a/Documentation/core-api/mm-api.rst~docs-core-api-mm-api-add-section-about-gfp-flags
+++ a/Documentation/core-api/mm-api.rst
@@ -14,6 +14,27 @@ User Space Memory Access
.. kernel-doc:: mm/util.c
:functions: get_user_pages_fast
+Memory Allocation Controls
+==========================
+
+Functions which need to allocate memory often use GFP flags to express
+how that memory should be allocated. The GFP acronym stands for "get
+free pages", the underlying memory allocation function. Not every GFP
+flag is allowed to every function which may allocate memory. Most
+users will want to use a plain ``GFP_KERNEL``.
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/gfp.h
+ :doc: Page mobility and placement hints
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/gfp.h
+ :doc: Watermark modifiers
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/gfp.h
+ :doc: Reclaim modifiers
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/gfp.h
+ :doc: Common combinations
+
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