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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/gfp.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/gfp.h | 23 |
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/gfp.h b/include/linux/gfp.h index fb07b503dc45..61f2f6ff9467 100644 --- a/include/linux/gfp.h +++ b/include/linux/gfp.h @@ -325,6 +325,29 @@ static inline bool gfpflags_allow_blocking(const gfp_t gfp_flags) return !!(gfp_flags & __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM); } +/** + * gfpflags_normal_context - is gfp_flags a normal sleepable context? + * @gfp_flags: gfp_flags to test + * + * Test whether @gfp_flags indicates that the allocation is from the + * %current context and allowed to sleep. + * + * An allocation being allowed to block doesn't mean it owns the %current + * context. When direct reclaim path tries to allocate memory, the + * allocation context is nested inside whatever %current was doing at the + * time of the original allocation. The nested allocation may be allowed + * to block but modifying anything %current owns can corrupt the outer + * context's expectations. + * + * %true result from this function indicates that the allocation context + * can sleep and use anything that's associated with %current. + */ +static inline bool gfpflags_normal_context(const gfp_t gfp_flags) +{ + return (gfp_flags & (__GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM | __GFP_MEMALLOC)) == + __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM; +} + #ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM #define OPT_ZONE_HIGHMEM ZONE_HIGHMEM #else |