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Date:	Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:02:30 -0500 (CDT)
From:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] vmemmap: warn about page_structs with remote distance

On Tue, 28 Oct 2008, David Rientjes wrote:

> It's insufficient to simply compare node ids when warning about offnode
> page_structs since it's possible to still have local affinity.

Well that means that we distinguish nodes on the same motherboard (f.e. 
AMD memory architecture) from nodes that are on truly remote nodes.

Guess the delays on a single motherboard do not matter much?

Acked-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>

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