linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/11] Add __GFP_MOVABLE flag and update callers

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0611270926270.1515@schroedinger.engr.sgi.com>
Date:	Mon, 27 Nov 2006 09:28:45 -0800 (PST)
From:	Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>
To:	Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>
cc:	Hugh Dickins <hugh@...itas.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>, Mel Gorman <mel@...net.ie>,
	linux-mm@...ck.org,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/11] Add __GFP_MOVABLE flag and update callers

On Mon, 27 Nov 2006, Mel Gorman wrote:

> Later, MOVABLE might be a constraint. For example, hotpluggable nodes may only
> allow MOVABLE allocations to be allocated.

Also, (a much more immediate need since we have memory hotplug already) if 
a zone has hotpluggable memory then MOVABLE/unmovable allocations need to 
be restricted to a portion of the zone. The plugin/plugout memory area of 
a zone will not be able to tolerate unmovable allocations.

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