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diff --git a/include/linux/slab.h b/include/linux/slab.h
index da3a546571e7..b35e2db7eb0e 100644
--- a/include/linux/slab.h
+++ b/include/linux/slab.h
@@ -930,6 +930,16 @@ 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,
@@ -1038,8 +1048,8 @@ kvmalloc_array_node_noprof(size_t n, size_t size, gfp_t flags, int node)
#define kvcalloc_node(...) alloc_hooks(kvcalloc_node_noprof(__VA_ARGS__))
#define kvcalloc(...) alloc_hooks(kvcalloc_noprof(__VA_ARGS__))
-extern void *kvrealloc_noprof(const void *p, size_t oldsize, size_t newsize, gfp_t flags)
- __realloc_size(3);
+void *kvrealloc_noprof(const void *p, size_t size, gfp_t flags)
+ __realloc_size(2);
#define kvrealloc(...) alloc_hooks(kvrealloc_noprof(__VA_ARGS__))
extern void kvfree(const void *addr);