Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 13 Sep 2018 16:41:27 -0600 | From | Jonathan Corbet <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3 3/3] docs: core-api: add memory allocation guide |
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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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