docs/core-api: memory-allocation: add mention of kmem_cache_create_userspace

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diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/memory-allocation.rst b/Documentation/core-api/memory-allocation.rst
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--- a/Documentation/core-api/memory-allocation.rst
+++ b/Documentation/core-api/memory-allocation.rst
@@ -113,9 +113,11 @@ see :c:func:`kvmalloc_node` reference documentation. Note that
 
 If you need to allocate many identical objects you can use the slab
 cache allocator. The cache should be set up with
-:c:func:`kmem_cache_create` before it can be used. Afterwards
-:c:func:`kmem_cache_alloc` and its convenience wrappers can allocate
-memory from that cache.
+:c:func:`kmem_cache_create` or :c:func:`kmem_cache_create_usercopy`
+before it can be used. The second function should be used if a part of
+the cache might be copied to the userspace.  After the cache is
+created :c:func:`kmem_cache_alloc` and its convenience wrappers can
+allocate memory from that cache.
 
 When the allocated memory is no longer needed it must be freed. You
 can use :c:func:`kvfree` for the memory allocated with `kmalloc`,