From 478352e789f507105193d3d0177c3b4f26da0399 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Rientjes Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 13:42:23 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] mm: add comment about deprecation of __GFP_NOFAIL __GFP_NOFAIL was deprecated in dab48dab, so add a comment that no new users should be added. Reviewed-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki Signed-off-by: David Rientjes Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- include/linux/gfp.h | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/include/linux/gfp.h b/include/linux/gfp.h index 2e1b32c0484d..4c6d41333f98 100644 --- a/include/linux/gfp.h +++ b/include/linux/gfp.h @@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ 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. + * cannot handle allocation failures. This modifier is deprecated and no new + * users should be added. * * __GFP_NORETRY: The VM implementation must not retry indefinitely. * -- 2.20.1