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Date: Wed, 08 Apr 2009 08:56:51 +0800
From: Miao Xie <miaox@cn.fujitsu.com>
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To: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
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Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/3] cpuset,mm: fix memory spread bug
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on 2009-4-8 5:04 Christoph Lameter wrote:
> Interesting patch set but I cannot find parts 2 and 3. The locking changes
> get rid of the generation scheme in cpusets which is a good thing if it
> works right.

Sorry for the late reply and my mistake. The following URLs is the patches'
address.

patch 1: restructure the function cpuset_update_task_memory_state()
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123910183705576&w=2

patch 2: update tasks' page/slab spread flags in time
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123910199505770&w=2

patch 3: update tasks' mems_allowed in time
http://marc.info/?l=linux-mm&m=123910199605776&w=2

Thanks
Miao

> 
> On Tue, 7 Apr 2009, Miao Xie wrote:
> 
>> The kernel still allocated the page caches on old node after modifying its
>> cpuset's mems when 'memory_spread_page' was set, or it didn't spread the page
>> cache evenly over all the nodes that faulting task is allowed to usr after
>> memory_spread_page was set. it is caused by the old mem_allowed and flags
>> of the task, the current kernel doesn't updates them unless some function
>> invokes cpuset_update_task_memory_state(), it is too late sometimes.We must
>> update the mem_allowed and the flags of the tasks in time.
>>
>> Slab has the same problem.
>>
>> The following patches fix this bug by updating tasks' mem_allowed and spread
>> flag after its cpuset's mems or spread flag is changed.
>>
>> patch 1: restructure the function cpuset_update_task_memory_state()
>> patch 2: update tasks' page/slab spread flags in time
>> patch 3: update tasks' mems_allowed in time
>>
>>
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