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Message-ID: <20100226114312.GB16335@basil.fritz.box>
Date:	Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:43:12 +0100
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
Cc:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, haicheng.li@...el.com,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [4/4] SLAB: Fix node add timer race in cache_reap

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


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