On 4/29/26 09:27, Manuel Ebner wrote: > 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]>
Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) <[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
