Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161316AbXBGODo (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Feb 2007 09:03:44 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1161318AbXBGODo (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Feb 2007 09:03:44 -0500 Received: from omx1-ext.sgi.com ([192.48.179.11]:33672 "EHLO omx1.sgi.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1161316AbXBGODn (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Feb 2007 09:03:43 -0500 Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 06:03:29 -0800 (PST) From: Christoph Lameter To: Andi Kleen cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki , LKML , GOTO , Christoph Lameter , Andrew Morton Subject: Re: [2.6.20][PATCH] fix mempolicy error check on a system with memory-less-node In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <20070206202312.4f979bcf.kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 548 Lines: 16 On Wed, 7 Feb 2007, Andi Kleen wrote: > IMHO there shouldn't be any memory less nodes. The architecture code > should not create them. The CPU should be assigned to a nearby node instead. > At least x86-64 ensures that. Yes I wish we would do it that way on all platforms. SGI's SN2 does that too. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/