On Fri, Jan 06, 2023 at 01:24:11PM -0400, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> I think it is just better to follow kernel convention and have
> allocation functions include the GFP because it is a clear signal to
> the user that there is an allocation hidden inside the API. The whole
> point of gfp is not to have multitudes of every function for every
> allocation mode.
Well, having GFP parameters is not a strict kernel convention. There are
places doing it differently and have sleeping and atomic variants of
APIs. I have to say I like the latter more. But given that this leads to
an invasion of API functions here which all do the same under the hood, I
agree it is better to go with a GFP parameter here.
Regards,
Joerg
