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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/gfp.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/gfp.h | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/gfp.h b/include/linux/gfp.h index 978232a3b4ae..2bfcfd33e476 100644 --- a/include/linux/gfp.h +++ b/include/linux/gfp.h @@ -210,8 +210,16 @@ struct vm_area_struct; * * GFP_NOIO will use direct reclaim to discard clean pages or slab pages * that do not require the starting of any physical IO. + * Please try to avoid using this flag directly and instead use + * memalloc_noio_{save,restore} to mark the whole scope which cannot + * perform any IO with a short explanation why. All allocation requests + * will inherit GFP_NOIO implicitly. * * GFP_NOFS will use direct reclaim but will not use any filesystem interfaces. + * Please try to avoid using this flag directly and instead use + * memalloc_nofs_{save,restore} to mark the whole scope which cannot/shouldn't + * recurse into the FS layer with a short explanation why. All allocation + * requests will inherit GFP_NOFS implicitly. * * GFP_USER is for userspace allocations that also need to be directly * accessibly by the kernel or hardware. It is typically used by hardware |