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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/gfp.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/gfp.h | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/gfp.h b/include/linux/gfp.h index 4aba4c86c626..67a0774e080b 100644 --- a/include/linux/gfp.h +++ b/include/linux/gfp.h @@ -110,6 +110,11 @@ struct vm_area_struct; * the caller guarantees the allocation will allow more memory to be freed * very shortly e.g. process exiting or swapping. Users either should * be the MM or co-ordinating closely with the VM (e.g. swap over NFS). + * Users of this flag have to be extremely careful to not deplete the reserve + * completely and implement a throttling mechanism which controls the + * consumption of the reserve based on the amount of freed memory. + * Usage of a pre-allocated pool (e.g. mempool) should be always considered + * before using this flag. * * %__GFP_NOMEMALLOC is used to explicitly forbid access to emergency reserves. * This takes precedence over the %__GFP_MEMALLOC flag if both are set. @@ -307,7 +312,7 @@ struct vm_area_struct; #define GFP_MOVABLE_MASK (__GFP_RECLAIMABLE|__GFP_MOVABLE) #define GFP_MOVABLE_SHIFT 3 -static inline int gfpflags_to_migratetype(const gfp_t gfp_flags) +static inline int gfp_migratetype(const gfp_t gfp_flags) { VM_WARN_ON((gfp_flags & GFP_MOVABLE_MASK) == GFP_MOVABLE_MASK); BUILD_BUG_ON((1UL << GFP_MOVABLE_SHIFT) != ___GFP_MOVABLE); |