Re: [PATCH] mm: gfp_types: fix __GFP_ACCOUNT, GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT documentation

From: SJ Park

Date: Wed Jul 01 2026 - 19:42:19 EST


On Wed, 1 Jul 2026 14:21:02 -0400 Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Gregory points out that these descriptions are cursed and confusing,
> considering what these flags actually do. This is mostly due to
> historic implementation choices and cgroup1 baggage. Improve the
> description of their actual effects.
>
> Reported-by: Gregory Price <gourry@xxxxxxxxxx>

FWIW, checkpatch.pl complains.

WARNING: Reported-by: should be immediately followed by Closes: or Link: with a URL to the report

I think it is completely fine to ignore, though. Hence FWIW.

> Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: SJ Park <sj@xxxxxxxxxx>


Thanks,
SJ

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