memalloc_flags_save(9)

💖 NAME 💖

memalloc_flags_save — add a PF_* flag to current->flags and save the old value, bestie 💅

okay so welcome to the memalloc_flags_save(9) page from the Kernel API Manual — this is the little helper that handles the flag-saving moment for you ✨

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

unsigned memalloc_flags_save (unsigned flags );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• flags — the flags to add, periodt 🫶

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so this is the whole vibe: it lets you conveniently add PF_* flags, irrespective of the current value, and then the old version gets restored with memalloc_flags_restore 💖

like, it’s giving “save the old state, add the new flag, no cap” — and the restore part is literally handled by memalloc_flags_restore 🌸

bestie, this is the convenient flag-adding + old-value-saving combo. the old version comes back via memalloc_flags_restore, iykyk 💫

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

peep the kernel file ./include/linux/sched/mm.h and these iconic besties 💜

• mmgrab(9)
• mmget(9)
• might_alloc(9)
• memalloc_noio_save(9)
• memalloc_noio_restore(9)
• memalloc_nofs_save(9)
• memalloc_nofs_restore(9)
• memalloc_noreclaim_save(9)
• memalloc_noreclaim_restore(9)
• memalloc_pin_save(9)
• memalloc_pin_restore(9)
• set_active_memcg(9)

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mwah 💋 this page’s source is ./include/linux/sched, it’s from the Kernel API Manual, dated October 2026, and the page itself is memalloc_flags_save(9) — slay 🎀✨