linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/6] Use one zonelist that is filtered by nodemask

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0711121106250.26682@schroedinger.engr.sgi.com>
Date:	Mon, 12 Nov 2007 11:07:00 -0800 (PST)
From:	Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>
To:	Mel Gorman <mel@...net.ie>
cc:	Lee Schermerhorn <Lee.Schermerhorn@...com>,
	Nishanth Aravamudan <nacc@...ibm.com>,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, rientjes@...gle.com,
	kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/6] Use one zonelist that is filtered by nodemask

On Sun, 11 Nov 2007, Mel Gorman wrote:

> If MPOL_BIND is in effect, the allocation will be filtered based on the
> current allowed nodemask. If they specify THISNODE and the specified
> node or current node is not in the mask, I would expect the allocation
> to fail. Is that unexpected to anybody?

Currently GFP_THISNODE with MPOL_BIND results an allocation on the first 
node.

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