The patch titled
mm: add comment about deprecation of __GFP_NOFAIL
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
mm-add-comment-about-deprecation-of-__gfp_nofail.patch
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Subject: mm: add comment about deprecation of __GFP_NOFAIL
From: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx>
__GFP_NOFAIL was deprecated in dab48dab, so add a comment that no new
users should be added.
Reviewed-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/gfp.h | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff -puN include/linux/gfp.h~mm-add-comment-about-deprecation-of-__gfp_nofail include/linux/gfp.h
--- a/include/linux/gfp.h~mm-add-comment-about-deprecation-of-__gfp_nofail
+++ a/include/linux/gfp.h
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ struct vm_area_struct;
* _might_ fail. This depends upon the particular VM implementation.
*
* __GFP_NOFAIL: The VM implementation _must_ retry infinitely: the caller
- * cannot handle allocation failures.
+ * cannot handle allocation failures. This modifier is deprecated and no new
+ * users should be added.
*
* __GFP_NORETRY: The VM implementation must not retry indefinitely.
*
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx are
origin.patch
linux-next.patch
mm-clean-up-mm_counter.patch
mm-avoid-false-sharing-of-mm_counter.patch
mm-count-swap-usage.patch
mm-count-swap-usage-checkpatch-fixes.patch
mm-restore-zone-all_unreclaimable-to-independence-word.patch
mm-restore-zone-all_unreclaimable-to-independence-word-fix.patch
mm-restore-zone-all_unreclaimable-to-independence-word-fix-2.patch
mm-suppress-pfn-range-output-for-zones-without-pages.patch
mm-add-comment-about-deprecation-of-__gfp_nofail.patch
nodemaskh-remove-macro-any_online_node.patch
memcg-handle-panic_on_oom=always-case-v2.patch
sysctl-clean-up-vm-related-variable-declarations.patch
sysctl-clean-up-vm-related-variable-declarations-fix.patch
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