linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/6] change alloc function in alloc_slab

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Date:	Tue, 13 Apr 2010 17:14:22 +0100
From:	Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>
To:	Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@...il.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	Bob Liu <lliubbo@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/6] change alloc function in alloc_slab_page

On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 01:01:31AM +0900, Minchan Kim wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 12:52 AM, Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie> wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 12:25:00AM +0900, Minchan Kim wrote:
> >> alloc_slab_page never calls alloc_pages_node with -1.
> >
> > Are you certain? What about
> >
> > __kmalloc
> >  -> slab_alloc (passed -1 as a node from __kmalloc)
> >    -> __slab_alloc
> >      -> new_slab
> >        -> allocate_slab
> >          -> alloc_slab_page
> >
> 
> Sorry for writing confusing changelog.
> 
> I means if node == -1 alloc_slab_page always calls alloc_pages.
> So we don't need redundant check.
> 

When the changelog is fixed up, feel free to add;

Reviewed-by: Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>

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Mel Gorman
Part-time Phd Student                          Linux Technology Center
University of Limerick                         IBM Dublin Software Lab
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