[PATCH] mm: remove out-dated document of __GFP_NOFAIL
From: Wei Yang
Date: Wed Aug 26 2026 - 23:06:38 EST
Commit ee040cbd6e48 ("mm/page_alloc: don't warn about large allocations
with __GFP_NOFAIL") remove a warning on allocating large folio with
__GFP_NOFAIL, which is adjusted by commit 903edea6c53f ("mm: warn about
illegal __GFP_NOFAIL usage in a more appropriate location and manner").
While in that commit, it also documented this behavior which is
out-dated now.
Adjust the document to align to current code, and adjust the comment
while at it.
Signed-off-by: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Baokun Li <libaokun1@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/gfp_types.h | 2 --
mm/page_alloc.c | 2 +-
2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/gfp_types.h b/include/linux/gfp_types.h
index 190191411009..24fde8eb73df 100644
--- a/include/linux/gfp_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/gfp_types.h
@@ -243,8 +243,6 @@ enum {
* used only when there is no reasonable failure policy) but it is
* definitely preferable to use the flag rather than opencode endless
* loop around allocator.
- * Allocating pages from the buddy with __GFP_NOFAIL and order > 1 is
- * not supported. Please consider using kvmalloc() instead.
*/
#define __GFP_IO ((__force gfp_t)___GFP_IO)
#define __GFP_FS ((__force gfp_t)___GFP_FS)
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index ab385bc252cc..146f7e0a9462 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -4804,7 +4804,7 @@ __alloc_pages_slowpath(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
if (unlikely(nofail)) {
/*
- * Also we don't support __GFP_NOFAIL without __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM,
+ * We don't support __GFP_NOFAIL without __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM,
* otherwise, we may result in lockup.
*/
WARN_ON_ONCE(!can_direct_reclaim);
--
2.34.1