mm: gfp_types: fix __GFP_ACCOUNT, GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT documentation

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Gregory points out that these descriptions are cursed and confusing,
considering what these flags actually do.  This is mostly due to historic
implementation choices and cgroup1 baggage.  Improve the description of
their actual effects.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260701182102.1586784-1-hannes@cmpxchg.org
Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
Reported-by: Gregory Price <gourry@gourry.net>
Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) <vbabka@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@linux.dev>
Acked-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Gregory Price <gourry@gourry.net>
Acked-by: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>
Cc: Liam Howlett <liam.howlett@oracle.com>
Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org>
Cc: Muchun Song <muchun.song@linux.dev>
Cc: Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@linux.dev>
Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>

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Johannes Weiner 2026-07-01 14:21:02 -04:00 • committed by Andrew Morton

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