linux-kernel - [PATCH] x86: don't clear nodes_states[N_NORMAL_MEMORY] when numa is not compiled in -v2

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Date:	Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:50:19 -0700
From:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>, alex.shi@...el.com,
	Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	yanmin.zhang@...el.com, tim.c.chen@...el.com
Subject: [PATCH] x86: don't clear nodes_states[N_NORMAL_MEMORY] when numa
 is not compiled in -v2



Alex found:
for x86_64 machine the specjbb2005 still can not run with hugepage

only happens when numa is not compiled in

the root cause: node_set_state will not set it back for us in that case

so don't clear that when numa is not select in config

v2: use node_clear_state instead

Reported-and-Tested-by: Alex Shi <alex.shi@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>

---
 arch/x86/mm/init_64.c |   11 +++++++++--
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
+++ linux-2.6/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
@@ -598,8 +598,15 @@ void __init paging_init(void)
 
 	sparse_memory_present_with_active_regions(MAX_NUMNODES);
 	sparse_init();
-	/* clear the default setting with node 0 */
-	nodes_clear(node_states[N_NORMAL_MEMORY]);
+
+	/*
+	 * clear the default setting with node 0
+	 * note: don't use nodes_clear here, that is really clearing when
+	 *	 numa support is not compiled in, and later node_set_state
+	 *	 will not set it back.
+	 */
+	node_clear_state(0, N_NORMAL_MEMORY);
+
 	free_area_init_nodes(max_zone_pfns);
 }
 

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