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authorMike Rapoport <rppt@linux.ibm.com>2018-11-11 18:48:44 +0200
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2018-11-20 09:20:34 -0700
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docs/mm: update kmalloc kernel-doc description
Add references to GFP documentation and the memory-allocation.rst and remove GFP_USER, GFP_DMA and GFP_NOIO descriptions. While on it slightly change the formatting so that the list of GFP flags will be rendered as "description" in the generated html. Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
-rw-r--r--Documentation/core-api/memory-allocation.rst2
-rw-r--r--include/linux/slab.h55
2 files changed, 29 insertions, 28 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/memory-allocation.rst b/Documentation/core-api/memory-allocation.rst
index f8bb9aa120c4..39f35ebdc82f 100644
--- a/Documentation/core-api/memory-allocation.rst
+++ b/Documentation/core-api/memory-allocation.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+.. _memory_allocation:
+
=======================
Memory Allocation Guide
=======================
diff --git a/include/linux/slab.h b/include/linux/slab.h
index 918f374e7156..4a342eb488f6 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 <mm-api-gfp-flags>`
*
- * %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 <memory_allocation>`
*
- * %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)
{