Re: [PATCH RFC 00/19] mm: Add __GFP_UNMAPPED

From: Edgecombe, Rick P

Date: Fri Mar 06 2026 - 12:38:16 EST


On Wed, 2026-02-25 at 16:34 +0000, Brendan Jackman wrote:
> __GFP_UNMAPPED

Haven't looked at this in detail, but there was some previous work that even
used the same flag name. In the end, the discussion leaned towards a dedicated
API instead of a flag. Not saying the flag approach is dead, but might useful to
explain how it fits in with that discussion.

https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230308094106.227365-1-rppt@xxxxxxxxxx/