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

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.00.1004161109070.7710@router.home>
Date:	Fri, 16 Apr 2010 11:10:01 -0500 (CDT)
From:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
cc:	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@...il.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>, Bob Liu <lliubbo@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/6] change alloc function in alloc_slab_page

On Wed, 14 Apr 2010, Pekka Enberg wrote:

> Minchan, care to send a v2 with proper changelog and reviewed-by attributions?

Still wondering what the big deal about alloc_pages_node_exact is. Its not
exact since we can fall back to another node. It is better to clarify the
API for alloc_pages_node and forbid / clarify the use of -1.

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