Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S935302Ab0BZLnO (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Feb 2010 06:43:14 -0500 Received: from one.firstfloor.org ([213.235.205.2]:34032 "EHLO one.firstfloor.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S934718Ab0BZLnN (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Feb 2010 06:43:13 -0500 Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:43:12 +0100 From: Andi Kleen To: Pekka Enberg Cc: Christoph Lameter , David Rientjes , Andi Kleen , Nick Piggin , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, haicheng.li@intel.com, KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki Subject: Re: [PATCH] [4/4] SLAB: Fix node add timer race in cache_reap Message-ID: <20100226114312.GB16335@basil.fritz.box> References: <20100215110135.GN5723@laptop> <20100220090154.GB11287@basil.fritz.box> <4B862623.5090608@cs.helsinki.fi> <4B87A62E.5030307@cs.helsinki.fi> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4B87A62E.5030307@cs.helsinki.fi> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 950 Lines: 28 On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 12:45:02PM +0200, Pekka Enberg wrote: > Christoph Lameter kirjoitti: >>> kmalloc_node() in generic kernel code. All that is done under >>> MEM_GOING_ONLINE and not MEM_ONLINE, which is why I suggest the first and >>> fourth patch in this series may not be necessary if we prevent setting the >>> bit in the nodemask or building the zonelists until the slab nodelists are >>> ready. >> >> That sounds good. > > Andi? Well if Christoph wants to submit a better patch that is tested and solves the problems he can do that. if he doesn't then I think my patch kit which has been tested is the best alternative currently. -Andi -- ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only. -- 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/