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diff --git a/include/linux/gfp.h b/include/linux/gfp.h
index dd2577c54071..c603237e006c 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.
@@ -562,8 +564,6 @@ static inline struct page *alloc_pages(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order)
#define alloc_page(gfp_mask) alloc_pages(gfp_mask, 0)
#define alloc_page_vma(gfp_mask, vma, addr) \
alloc_pages_vma(gfp_mask, 0, vma, addr, numa_node_id(), false)
-#define alloc_page_vma_node(gfp_mask, vma, addr, node) \
- alloc_pages_vma(gfp_mask, 0, vma, addr, node, false)
extern unsigned long __get_free_pages(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order);
extern unsigned long get_zeroed_page(gfp_t gfp_mask);