The patch titled Subject: mm-clarify-__gfp_memalloc-usage-update has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was mm-clarify-__gfp_memalloc-usage-update.patch This patch was dropped because it was folded into mm-clarify-__gfp_memalloc-usage.patch ------------------------------------------------------ From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: mm-clarify-__gfp_memalloc-usage-update Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200406070137.GC19426@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Joel Fernandes <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: John Hubbard <jhubbard@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Neil Brown <neilb@xxxxxxx> Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/gfp.h | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) --- a/include/linux/gfp.h~mm-clarify-__gfp_memalloc-usage-update +++ a/include/linux/gfp.h @@ -113,6 +113,8 @@ struct vm_area_struct; * Users of this flag have to be extremely careful to not deplete the reserve * completely and implement a throttling mechanism which controls the consumption * of the reserve based on the amount of freed memory. + * Usage of a pre-allocated pool (e.g. mempool) should be always considered before + * using this flag. * * %__GFP_NOMEMALLOC is used to explicitly forbid access to emergency reserves. * This takes precedence over the %__GFP_MEMALLOC flag if both are set. _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from mhocko@xxxxxxxxxx are mm-clarify-__gfp_memalloc-usage.patch