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

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Date:	Sun, 18 Apr 2010 21:49:44 +0300
From:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
To:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>
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

Christoph Lameter wrote:
> 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.

Minchan's patch is a continuation of this patch:

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/penberg/slab-2.6.git;a=commit;h=6484eb3e2a81807722
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