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Subject[PATCH] mm/vmalloc: be more explicit about supported gfp flags.
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From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>

The core of the vmalloc allocator __vmalloc_area_node doesn't say
anything about gfp mask argument. Not all gfp flags are supported
though. Be more explicit about constrains.

Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
---
mm/vmalloc.c | 12 ++++++++++--
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index f7098e616883..f57c09e98977 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -2979,8 +2979,16 @@ static void *__vmalloc_area_node(struct vm_struct *area, gfp_t gfp_mask,
* @caller: caller's return address
*
* Allocate enough pages to cover @size from the page level
- * allocator with @gfp_mask flags. Map them into contiguous
- * kernel virtual space, using a pagetable protection of @prot.
+ * allocator with @gfp_mask flags. Please note that the full set of gfp
+ * flags are not supported. GFP_KERNEL would be a preferred allocation mode
+ * but GFP_NOFS and GFP_NOIO are supported as well. Zone modifiers are not
+ * supported. From the reclaim modifiers__GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM is required (aka
+ * GFP_NOWAIT is not supported) and only __GFP_NOFAIL is supported (aka
+ * __GFP_NORETRY and __GFP_RETRY_MAYFAIL are not supported).
+ * __GFP_NOWARN can be used to suppress error messages about failures.
+ *
+ * Map them into contiguous kernel virtual space, using a pagetable
+ * protection of @prot.
*
* Return: the address of the area or %NULL on failure
*/
--
2.30.2
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