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Mike Rapoport authored
Several functions in mm/slab_common.c have kernel-doc comments, it makes perfect sense to link them to the MM API reference. Signed-off-by:
Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by:
Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Mike Rapoport authoredSeveral functions in mm/slab_common.c have kernel-doc comments, it makes perfect sense to link them to the MM API reference. Signed-off-by:
Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by:
Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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mm-api.rst 1.79 KiB
Memory Management APIs
User Space Memory Access
Memory Allocation Controls
Functions which need to allocate memory often use GFP flags to express
how that memory should be allocated. The GFP acronym stands for "get
free pages", the underlying memory allocation function. Not every GFP
flag is allowed to every function which may allocate memory. Most
users will want to use a plain GFP_KERNEL
.