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Diffstat (limited to 'mm')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/slab.c | 20 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c index 664c3a10acf2..98ac20bc0de9 100644 --- a/mm/slab.c +++ b/mm/slab.c @@ -3277,26 +3277,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmalloc_node); #endif /** - * kmalloc - allocate memory + * __do_kmalloc - allocate memory * @size: how many bytes of memory are required. - * @flags: the type of memory to allocate. + * @flags: the type of memory to allocate (see kmalloc). * @caller: function caller for debug tracking of the caller - * - * kmalloc is the normal method of allocating memory - * in the kernel. - * - * The @flags argument may be one of: - * - * %GFP_USER - Allocate memory on behalf of user. May sleep. - * - * %GFP_KERNEL - Allocate normal kernel ram. May sleep. - * - * %GFP_ATOMIC - Allocation will not sleep. Use inside interrupt handlers. - * - * Additionally, the %GFP_DMA flag may be set to indicate the memory - * must be suitable for DMA. This can mean different things on different - * platforms. For example, on i386, it means that the memory must come - * from the first 16MB. */ static __always_inline void *__do_kmalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags, void *caller) |