Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754864AbXKLTHS (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:07:18 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751250AbXKLTHG (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:07:06 -0500 Received: from netops-testserver-3-out.sgi.com ([192.48.171.28]:54899 "EHLO relay.sgi.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751029AbXKLTHE (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:07:04 -0500 Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 11:07:00 -0800 (PST) From: Christoph Lameter X-X-Sender: clameter@schroedinger.engr.sgi.com To: Mel Gorman cc: Lee Schermerhorn , Nishanth Aravamudan , akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, rientjes@google.com, kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/6] Use one zonelist that is filtered by nodemask In-Reply-To: <20071111141609.GA6967@skynet.ie> Message-ID: References: <20071109143226.23540.12907.sendpatchset@skynet.skynet.ie> <20071109143426.23540.44459.sendpatchset@skynet.skynet.ie> <20071109161455.GB32088@skynet.ie> <20071109164537.GG7507@us.ibm.com> <1194628732.5296.14.camel@localhost> <20071111141609.GA6967@skynet.ie> 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: 626 Lines: 15 On Sun, 11 Nov 2007, Mel Gorman wrote: > If MPOL_BIND is in effect, the allocation will be filtered based on the > current allowed nodemask. If they specify THISNODE and the specified > node or current node is not in the mask, I would expect the allocation > to fail. Is that unexpected to anybody? Currently GFP_THISNODE with MPOL_BIND results an allocation on the first node. - 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/