1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index b52aeed3f58e..33603239560e 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -1786,6 +1786,13 @@ fail:
  *      Allocate enough pages to cover @size from the page level
  *      allocator with @gfp_mask flags.  Map them into contiguous
  *      kernel virtual space, using a pagetable protection of @prot.
+ *
+ *      Reclaim modifiers in @gfp_mask - __GFP_NORETRY, __GFP_REPEAT
+ *      and __GFP_NOFAIL are not supported
+ *
+ *      Any use of gfp flags outside of GFP_KERNEL should be consulted
+ *      with mm people.
+ *
  */
 static void *__vmalloc_node(unsigned long size, unsigned long align,
                             gfp_t gfp_mask, pgprot_t prot,
@@ -1802,7 +1809,7 @@ void *__vmalloc(unsigned long size, gfp_t gfp_mask, pgprot_t prot)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__vmalloc);
 
-static inline void *__vmalloc_node_flags(unsigned long size,
+void *__vmalloc_node_flags(unsigned long size,
                                         int node, gfp_t flags)
 {
         return __vmalloc_node(size, 1, flags, PAGE_KERNEL,