Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] Documentation: deprecated.rst: kmalloc-family: mark argument as optional

Geert Uytterhoeven
2026-04-22T07:14:35Z

Hi Manuel,

Thanks for your patch!

On Tue, 21 Apr 2026 at 20:09, Manuel Ebner <manuelebner@mailbox.org> wrote:
> put the optional argument (gfp) in square brackets
>
> eg. ptr = kmalloc_obj(*ptr, gfp);
> -> ptr = kmalloc_obj(*ptr, [gfp]);

Shouldn't that be "[, gfp]", e.g.

kmalloc_obj(*ptr [, gfp]);

everywhere?

> Signed-off-by: Manuel Ebner <manuelebner@mailbox.org>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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