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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3 3/3] docs: core-api: add memory allocation guide
On Wed, 12 Sep 2018 13:33:06 +0300
Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:

> How about:
>
> ``GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE`` does not require that allocated memory
> will be directly accessible by the kernel and implies that the
> data is movable.
>
> ``GFP_HIGHUSER`` means that the allocated memory is not movable,
> but it is not required to be directly accessible by the kernel. An
> example may be a hardware allocation that maps data directly into
> userspace but has no addressing limitations.
>
> ``GFP_USER`` means that the allocated memory is not movable and it
> must be directly accessible by the kernel

Sounds good to me.

Thanks,

jon

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