From: Randy Dunlap Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2026 16:31:25 +0000 (-0700) Subject: slab: recognize @GFP parameter as optional in kernel-doc X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=7b5f5865fb11e60edd03c5e063e2d228b7062317;p=thirdparty%2Fkernel%2Flinux.git slab: recognize @GFP parameter as optional in kernel-doc Since the @GFP parameter in kmalloc_obj() etc. is now optional, change the kernel-doc to indicate that it is optional. This avoids kernel-doc warnings: WARNING: include/linux/slab.h:1101 Excess function parameter 'GFP' description in 'kmalloc_obj' WARNING: include/linux/slab.h:1113 Excess function parameter 'GFP' description in 'kmalloc_objs' WARNING: include/linux/slab.h:1128 Excess function parameter 'GFP' description in 'kmalloc_flex' Fixes: e19e1b480ac7 ("add default_gfp() helper macro and use it in the new *alloc_obj() helpers") Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap Acked-by: Harry Yoo (Oracle) Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260617163125.2716279-1-rdunlap@infradead.org Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) --- diff --git a/include/linux/slab.h b/include/linux/slab.h index 333c85492314..516fdcf1b6c5 100644 --- a/include/linux/slab.h +++ b/include/linux/slab.h @@ -1094,7 +1094,7 @@ void *kmalloc_nolock(size_t size, gfp_t gfp_flags, int node); /** * kmalloc_obj - Allocate a single instance of the given type * @VAR_OR_TYPE: Variable or type to allocate. - * @GFP: GFP flags for the allocation. + * @...: optional GFP flags for the allocation (GFP_KERNEL when not specified). * * Returns: newly allocated pointer to a @VAR_OR_TYPE on success, or NULL * on failure. @@ -1106,7 +1106,7 @@ void *kmalloc_nolock(size_t size, gfp_t gfp_flags, int node); * kmalloc_objs - Allocate an array of the given type * @VAR_OR_TYPE: Variable or type to allocate an array of. * @COUNT: How many elements in the array. - * @GFP: GFP flags for the allocation. + * @...: optional GFP flags for the allocation (GFP_KERNEL when not specified). * * Returns: newly allocated pointer to array of @VAR_OR_TYPE on success, * or NULL on failure. @@ -1119,7 +1119,7 @@ void *kmalloc_nolock(size_t size, gfp_t gfp_flags, int node); * @VAR_OR_TYPE: Variable or type to allocate (with its flex array). * @FAM: The name of the flexible array member of the structure. * @COUNT: How many flexible array member elements are desired. - * @GFP: GFP flags for the allocation. + * @...: optional GFP flags for the allocation (GFP_KERNEL when not specified). * * Returns: newly allocated pointer to @VAR_OR_TYPE on success, NULL on * failure. If @FAM has been annotated with __counted_by(), the allocation