linux-kernel - Re: [patch 3/4] mempolicy: add MPOL_F_STATIC

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Date:	Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:45:14 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
To:	Paul Jackson <pj@....com>
cc:	Lee.Schermerhorn@...com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	clameter@....com, ak@...e.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	mel@....ul.ie
Subject: Re: [patch 3/4] mempolicy: add MPOL_F_STATIC_NODES flag

On Thu, 14 Feb 2008, Paul Jackson wrote:

> No and yes.  The manner in which too many nodes (as requested in a
> RELATIVE mask) are folded into too small a cpuset is not actually
> that critical, so long as it doesn't come up empty.  However, what
> I'll be recommending, in a follow-up patch, will be folding the
> larger set into the smaller one modulo the size of the smaller one.
> 

So basically the "relative" nodemask that is passed with 
MPOL_F_RELATIVE_NODES is wrapped around the allowed nodes?

	relative nodemask	mems_allowed	result
	1,3,5			4		4
	1,3,5			4-6		4-6
	1,3,5			4-8		4-5,7
	1,3,5			4-10		4,6,8

Is that correct?

		David
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