linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] cpusets: randomize node rotor used in cpuset_mem_spread

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Date:	Fri, 15 Apr 2011 16:42:13 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
To:	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>
cc:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jack Steiner <steiner@....com>,
	Lee Schermerhorn <lee.schermerhorn@...com>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>,
	Paul Menage <menage@...gle.com>, Robin Holt <holt@....com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] cpusets: randomize node rotor used in
 cpuset_mem_spread_node()

On Fri, 15 Apr 2011, Michal Hocko wrote:

> You are right. I was thinking about lazy approach and initialize those
> values when they are used for the first time. What about the patch
> below?
> 
> Change from v1:
> - initialize cpuset_{mem,slab}_spread_rotor lazily
> 

The difference between this v2 patch and what is already in the -mm tree 
(http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/cpusets-randomize-node-rotor-used-in-cpuset_mem_spread_node.patch) 
is the lazy initialization by adding cpuset_{mem,slab}_spread_node()?

It'd probably be better to just make an incremental patch on top of 
mmotm-2011-04-14-15-08 with a new changelog and then propose with with 
your list of reviewed-by lines.

Andrew could easily drop the earlier version and merge this v2, but I'm 
asking for selfish reasons: please use NUMA_NO_NODE instead of -1.

Thanks!
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