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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/gfp.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/gfp.h | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/gfp.h b/include/linux/gfp.h index ad35f300b9a4..3bd64b115999 100644 --- a/include/linux/gfp.h +++ b/include/linux/gfp.h @@ -63,7 +63,10 @@ struct vm_area_struct; * but it is definitely preferable to use the flag rather than opencode endless * loop around allocator. * - * __GFP_NORETRY: The VM implementation must not retry indefinitely. + * __GFP_NORETRY: The VM implementation must not retry indefinitely and will + * return NULL when direct reclaim and memory compaction have failed to allow + * the allocation to succeed. The OOM killer is not called with the current + * implementation. * * __GFP_MOVABLE: Flag that this page will be movable by the page migration * mechanism or reclaimed |