On Mon, 2026-04-27 at 03:51 -0600, Jonathan Corbet wrote: > Manuel Ebner <[email protected]> writes: > > > put the optional argument (gfp) in square brackets > > add whitespace for readability > > > > eg. ptr = kmalloc_obj(*ptr, gfp); > > -> ptr = kmalloc_obj(*ptr [, gfp] ); > > > > Signed-off-by: Manuel Ebner <[email protected]> > > --- > > Documentation/process/deprecated.rst | 12 ++++++------ > > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/Documentation/process/deprecated.rst > > b/Documentation/process/deprecated.rst > > index fed56864d036..b431993fd08e 100644 > > --- a/Documentation/process/deprecated.rst > > +++ b/Documentation/process/deprecated.rst > > @@ -392,12 +392,12 @@ allocations. For example, these open coded > > assignments:: > > > > become, respectively:: > > > > - ptr = kmalloc_obj(*ptr, gfp); > > - ptr = kzalloc_obj(*ptr, gfp); > > - ptr = kmalloc_objs(*ptr, count, gfp); > > - ptr = kzalloc_objs(*ptr, count, gfp); > > - ptr = kmalloc_flex(*ptr, flex_member, count, gfp); > > - __auto_type ptr = kmalloc_obj(struct foo, gfp); > > + ptr = kmalloc_obj(*ptr [, gfp] ); > > + ptr = kzalloc_obj(*ptr [, gfp] ); > > + ptr = kmalloc_objs(*ptr, count [, gfp] ); > > + ptr = kzalloc_objs(*ptr, count [, gfp] ); > > + ptr = kmalloc_flex(*ptr, flex_member, count [, gfp] ); > > + __auto_type ptr = kmalloc_obj(struct foo [, gfp] ); > > > > Marking the GFP argument as optional is fine, but the documentation > should surely say what the default is. > > There are, of course, other kmalloc()-related entries in that file that > could use an update, but that is a job for another time, I guess.
KTODO: Update the sections suggesting to use th deprecated kamlloc(_array)() functions. Thanks Manuel > Thanks, > > jon
