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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/gfp.h | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/gfp.h b/include/linux/gfp.h index 4423a0f8eabe..97a9373e61e8 100644 --- a/include/linux/gfp.h +++ b/include/linux/gfp.h @@ -57,8 +57,10 @@ struct vm_area_struct; * _might_ fail. This depends upon the particular VM implementation. * * __GFP_NOFAIL: The VM implementation _must_ retry infinitely: the caller - * cannot handle allocation failures. This modifier is deprecated and no new - * users should be added. + * cannot handle allocation failures. New users should be evaluated carefully + * (and the flag should be used only when there is no reasonable failure policy) + * 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. * |