Which Flag to Use When
Situation Solution
Process context, can sleep Use GFP_KERNEL
Process context, cannot sleep Use GFP_ATOMIC, or perform your allocations
with GFP_KERNEL at an earlier or later point
when you can sleep.
Interrupt handler Use GFP_ATOMIC
Softirq Use GFP_ATOMIC
Tasklet Use GFP_ATOMIC
Need DMA-able memory, can sleep Use (GFP_DMA | GFP_KERNEL)
Need DMA-able memory, cannot sleep Use (GFP_DMA | GFP_ATOMIC), or perform your
allocation at an earlier point when you can sleep
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