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authorDavid Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>2010-03-05 13:42:23 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2010-03-06 11:26:27 -0800
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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 <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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diff --git a/include/linux/gfp.h b/include/linux/gfp.h
index 2e1b32c..4c6d413 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.
*
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