mm: add comment about deprecation of __GFP_NOFAIL

__GFP_NOFAIL was deprecated in dab48da, so add a comment that no new users should be added. Reviewed-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
vieko · Mar 6, 2010 · 478352e · 478352e
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diff --git 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.
  *