X-Git-Url: http://git.samba.org/samba.git/?p=sfrench%2Fcifs-2.6.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=include%2Flinux%2Fslab.h;h=11b45f7ae4057c3b70105974b8f527dd6f30d8ba;hp=6d9bd6fc0c571775b4b7d49cba613f7d6940dd97;hb=315a6d850a8290919c499cfbed08737f6164c7bd;hpb=457fa3469a65a524be04412f5cd497fa3b11c9fd diff --git a/include/linux/slab.h b/include/linux/slab.h index 6d9bd6fc0c57..11b45f7ae405 100644 --- a/include/linux/slab.h +++ b/include/linux/slab.h @@ -486,48 +486,47 @@ static __always_inline void *kmalloc_large(size_t size, gfp_t flags) * kmalloc is the normal method of allocating memory * for objects smaller than page size in the kernel. * - * The @flags argument may be one of: + * The @flags argument may be one of the GFP flags defined at + * include/linux/gfp.h and described at + * :ref:`Documentation/core-api/mm-api.rst ` * - * %GFP_USER - Allocate memory on behalf of user. May sleep. + * The recommended usage of the @flags is described at + * :ref:`Documentation/core-api/memory-allocation.rst ` * - * %GFP_KERNEL - Allocate normal kernel ram. May sleep. + * Below is a brief outline of the most useful GFP flags * - * %GFP_ATOMIC - Allocation will not sleep. May use emergency pools. - * For example, use this inside interrupt handlers. + * %GFP_KERNEL + * Allocate normal kernel ram. May sleep. * - * %GFP_HIGHUSER - Allocate pages from high memory. + * %GFP_NOWAIT + * Allocation will not sleep. * - * %GFP_NOIO - Do not do any I/O at all while trying to get memory. + * %GFP_ATOMIC + * Allocation will not sleep. May use emergency pools. * - * %GFP_NOFS - Do not make any fs calls while trying to get memory. - * - * %GFP_NOWAIT - Allocation will not sleep. - * - * %__GFP_THISNODE - Allocate node-local memory only. - * - * %GFP_DMA - Allocation suitable for DMA. - * Should only be used for kmalloc() caches. Otherwise, use a - * slab created with SLAB_DMA. + * %GFP_HIGHUSER + * Allocate memory from high memory on behalf of user. * * Also it is possible to set different flags by OR'ing * in one or more of the following additional @flags: * - * %__GFP_HIGH - This allocation has high priority and may use emergency pools. - * - * %__GFP_NOFAIL - Indicate that this allocation is in no way allowed to fail - * (think twice before using). + * %__GFP_HIGH + * This allocation has high priority and may use emergency pools. * - * %__GFP_NORETRY - If memory is not immediately available, - * then give up at once. + * %__GFP_NOFAIL + * Indicate that this allocation is in no way allowed to fail + * (think twice before using). * - * %__GFP_NOWARN - If allocation fails, don't issue any warnings. + * %__GFP_NORETRY + * If memory is not immediately available, + * then give up at once. * - * %__GFP_RETRY_MAYFAIL - Try really hard to succeed the allocation but fail - * eventually. + * %__GFP_NOWARN + * If allocation fails, don't issue any warnings. * - * There are other flags available as well, but these are not intended - * for general use, and so are not documented here. For a full list of - * potential flags, always refer to linux/gfp.h. + * %__GFP_RETRY_MAYFAIL + * Try really hard to succeed the allocation but fail + * eventually. */ static __always_inline void *kmalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags) {