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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/slab.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/slab.h | 10 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/slab.h b/include/linux/slab.h index c9cb42203183..2282e67a01c7 100644 --- a/include/linux/slab.h +++ b/include/linux/slab.h @@ -733,6 +733,16 @@ static inline __alloc_size(1, 2) void *kmalloc_array_noprof(size_t n, size_t siz * @new_n: new number of elements to alloc * @new_size: new size of a single member of the array * @flags: the type of memory to allocate (see kmalloc) + * + * If __GFP_ZERO logic is requested, callers must ensure that, starting with the + * initial memory allocation, every subsequent call to this API for the same + * memory allocation is flagged with __GFP_ZERO. Otherwise, it is possible that + * __GFP_ZERO is not fully honored by this API. + * + * See krealloc_noprof() for further details. + * + * In any case, the contents of the object pointed to are preserved up to the + * lesser of the new and old sizes. */ static inline __realloc_size(2, 3) void * __must_check krealloc_array_noprof(void *p, size_t new_n, |