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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/gfp_types.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/gfp_types.h | 10 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/gfp_types.h b/include/linux/gfp_types.h index 6c75df30a281..cd4972a7c97c 100644 --- a/include/linux/gfp_types.h +++ b/include/linux/gfp_types.h @@ -273,11 +273,11 @@ enum { * * %__GFP_ZERO returns a zeroed page on success. * - * %__GFP_ZEROTAGS zeroes memory tags at allocation time if the memory itself - * is being zeroed (either via __GFP_ZERO or via init_on_alloc, provided that - * __GFP_SKIP_ZERO is not set). This flag is intended for optimization: setting - * memory tags at the same time as zeroing memory has minimal additional - * performance impact. + * %__GFP_ZEROTAGS zeroes memory tags at allocation time. Setting memory tags at + * the same time as zeroing memory (e.g., with __GFP_ZERO) has minimal + * additional performance impact. However, __GFP_ZEROTAGS also zeroes the tags + * even if memory is not getting zeroed at allocation time (e.g., + * with init_on_free). * * %__GFP_SKIP_KASAN makes KASAN skip unpoisoning on page allocation. * Used for userspace and vmalloc pages; the latter are unpoisoned by |