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| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/gfp.h | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/gfp.h b/include/linux/gfp.h index 67a0774e080b..2e8370cf60c7 100644 --- a/include/linux/gfp.h +++ b/include/linux/gfp.h @@ -238,7 +238,9 @@ struct vm_area_struct; * %__GFP_FOO flags as necessary. * * %GFP_ATOMIC users can not sleep and need the allocation to succeed. A lower - * watermark is applied to allow access to "atomic reserves" + * watermark is applied to allow access to "atomic reserves". + * The current implementation doesn't support NMI and few other strict + * non-preemptive contexts (e.g. raw_spin_lock). The same applies to %GFP_NOWAIT. * * %GFP_KERNEL is typical for kernel-internal allocations. The caller requires * %ZONE_NORMAL or a lower zone for direct access but can direct reclaim. |