From: "Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)" <vbabka@kernel.org>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Jakov Novak <jakovnovak30@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Harry Yoo <harry@kernel.org>, Hao Li <hao.li@linux.dev>,
Christoph Lameter <cl@gentwo.org>,
David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>,
Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@linux.dev>,
linux-kernel-mentees@lists.linux.dev,
Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Docs/mm: fix documentation warning for GFP parameter in kmalloc_obj, kmalloc_objs and kmalloc_flex
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 11:11:04 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <fdcf9684-56cc-4389-a845-c53386171974@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260624184856.55fe055b85e17ed2c6572182@linux-foundation.org>
On 6/25/26 03:48, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Jun 2026 13:36:22 +0200 Jakov Novak <jakovnovak30@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Subject: [PATCH] Docs/mm: fix documentation warning for GFP parameter in kmalloc_obj, kmalloc_objs and kmalloc_flex
>
> Thanks.
>
> "mm/slab: ..." would be a better subject.
>
>> Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2026 13:36:22 +0200
>> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.54.0
>>
>> Compiling the documentation currently gives the errors:
>>
>> WARNING: ./include/linux/slab.h:1100 Excess function parameter 'GFP' description in 'kmalloc_obj'
>> WARNING: ./include/linux/slab.h:1112 Excess function parameter 'GFP' description in 'kmalloc_objs'
>> WARNING: ./include/linux/slab.h:1127 Excess function parameter 'GFP' description in 'kmalloc_flex'
>> WARNING: ./include/linux/slab.h:1100 Excess function parameter 'GFP' description in 'kmalloc_obj'
>> WARNING: ./include/linux/slab.h:1112 Excess function parameter 'GFP' description in 'kmalloc_objs'
>> WARNING: ./include/linux/slab.h:1127 Excess function parameter 'GFP' description in 'kmalloc_flex'
>>
>> This effectively omits the GFP parameter from the current kernel
>> documentation. This patch marks the "..." parameter with the previous
>> description of the GFP parameter along with an "optional" tag in
>> parantheses.
>
> "parentheses".
>
> I'll assume that Vlastimil will be processing this patch.
As Harry pointed out, Randy already fixed this, since then it's in mainline.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-25 9:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-19 11:36 [PATCH] Docs/mm: fix documentation warning for GFP parameter in kmalloc_obj, kmalloc_objs and kmalloc_flex Jakov Novak
2026-06-22 7:27 ` Harry Yoo
2026-06-25 1:48 ` Andrew Morton
2026-06-25 9:11 ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) [this message]
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