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diff --git a/include/linux/gfp.h b/include/linux/gfp.h
index 8fcc38467af6..20f6fbe12993 100644
--- a/include/linux/gfp.h
+++ b/include/linux/gfp.h
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ struct vm_area_struct;
* DOC: Page mobility and placement hints
*
* Page mobility and placement hints
- * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ * ---------------------------------
*
* These flags provide hints about how mobile the page is. Pages with similar
* mobility are placed within the same pageblocks to minimise problems due
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ struct vm_area_struct;
* DOC: Watermark modifiers
*
* Watermark modifiers -- controls access to emergency reserves
- * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ * ------------------------------------------------------------
*
* %__GFP_HIGH indicates that the caller is high-priority and that granting
* the request is necessary before the system can make forward progress.
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ struct vm_area_struct;
* DOC: Reclaim modifiers
*
* Reclaim modifiers
- * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ * -----------------
* Please note that all the following flags are only applicable to sleepable
* allocations (e.g. %GFP_NOWAIT and %GFP_ATOMIC will ignore them).
*
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ struct vm_area_struct;
* DOC: Action modifiers
*
* Action modifiers
- * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ * ----------------
*
* %__GFP_NOWARN suppresses allocation failure reports.
*
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ struct vm_area_struct;
* DOC: Useful GFP flag combinations
*
* Useful GFP flag combinations
- * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ * ----------------------------
*
* Useful GFP flag combinations that are commonly used. It is recommended
* that subsystems start with one of these combinations and then set/clear
@@ -302,7 +302,9 @@ struct vm_area_struct;
* lowest zone as a type of emergency reserve.
*
* %GFP_DMA32 is similar to %GFP_DMA except that the caller requires a 32-bit
- * address.
+ * address. Note that kmalloc(..., GFP_DMA32) does not return DMA32 memory
+ * because the DMA32 kmalloc cache array is not implemented.
+ * (Reason: there is no such user in kernel).
*
* %GFP_HIGHUSER is for userspace allocations that may be mapped to userspace,
* do not need to be directly accessible by the kernel but that cannot
@@ -598,9 +600,9 @@ struct page *alloc_pages(gfp_t gfp, unsigned int order);
struct folio *folio_alloc(gfp_t gfp, unsigned order);
extern struct page *alloc_pages_vma(gfp_t gfp_mask, int order,
struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
- int node, bool hugepage);
+ bool hugepage);
#define alloc_hugepage_vma(gfp_mask, vma, addr, order) \
- alloc_pages_vma(gfp_mask, order, vma, addr, numa_node_id(), true)
+ alloc_pages_vma(gfp_mask, order, vma, addr, true)
#else
static inline struct page *alloc_pages(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order)
{
@@ -610,14 +612,14 @@ static inline struct folio *folio_alloc(gfp_t gfp, unsigned int order)
{
return __folio_alloc_node(gfp, order, numa_node_id());
}
-#define alloc_pages_vma(gfp_mask, order, vma, addr, node, false)\
+#define alloc_pages_vma(gfp_mask, order, vma, addr, false)\
alloc_pages(gfp_mask, order)
#define alloc_hugepage_vma(gfp_mask, vma, addr, order) \
alloc_pages(gfp_mask, order)
#endif
#define alloc_page(gfp_mask) alloc_pages(gfp_mask, 0)
#define alloc_page_vma(gfp_mask, vma, addr) \
- alloc_pages_vma(gfp_mask, 0, vma, addr, numa_node_id(), false)
+ alloc_pages_vma(gfp_mask, 0, vma, addr, false)
extern unsigned long __get_free_pages(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order);
extern unsigned long get_zeroed_page(gfp_t gfp_mask);