linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] slab: cache alloc cleanups

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Date:	Tue, 2 Jan 2007 22:27:19 +0200
From:	"Pekka Enberg" <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
To:	"Christoph Lameter" <clameter@....com>
Cc:	akpm@...l.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, apw@...dowen.org,
	hch@....de, manfred@...orfullife.com, christoph@...eter.com,
	pj@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] slab: cache alloc cleanups

On Tue, 2 Jan 2007, Pekka J Enberg wrote:
> > +
> > +     if (nodeid == -1 || nodeid == numa_node_id()) {
> > +             if (unlikely(current->flags & (PF_SPREAD_SLAB | PF_MEMPOLICY))) {
> > +                     obj = alternate_node_alloc(cache, flags);
> > +                     if (obj)
> > +                             goto out;
> > +             }

On 1/2/07, Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com> wrote:
> This reintroduces a bug that was fixed a while ago.

Aah, well, we could have a can_mempolicy parameter, but I'm not sure
if it's an improvement to the current version still...
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