put the optional argument (gfp) in square brackets add default value = GFP_KERNEL
eg. ptr = kmalloc_obj(*ptr, gfp); -> ptr = kmalloc_obj(*ptr [, gfp] ); Signed-off-by: Manuel Ebner <[email protected]> --- Documentation/process/deprecated.rst | 15 ++++++++------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/process/deprecated.rst b/Documentation/process/deprecated.rst index fed56864d036..ac75b7ecac47 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/deprecated.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/deprecated.rst @@ -392,13 +392,14 @@ allocations. For example, these open coded assignments:: become, respectively:: - ptr = kmalloc_obj(*ptr, gfp); - ptr = kzalloc_obj(*ptr, gfp); - ptr = kmalloc_objs(*ptr, count, gfp); - ptr = kzalloc_objs(*ptr, count, gfp); - ptr = kmalloc_flex(*ptr, flex_member, count, gfp); - __auto_type ptr = kmalloc_obj(struct foo, gfp); - + ptr = kmalloc_obj(*ptr [, gfp] ); + ptr = kzalloc_obj(*ptr [, gfp] ); + ptr = kmalloc_objs(*ptr, count [, gfp] ); + ptr = kzalloc_objs(*ptr, count [, gfp] ); + ptr = kmalloc_flex(*ptr, flex_member, count [, gfp] ); + __auto_type ptr = kmalloc_obj(struct foo [, gfp] ); + +The argument gfp is optional, the default value is GFP_KERNEL. If `ptr->flex_member` is annotated with __counted_by(), the allocation will automatically fail if `count` is larger than the maximum representable value that can be stored in the counter member associated -- 2.53.0
