linux-kernel - Re: [patch,v3 04/10] scsi: allocate scsi_cmnd-s from the device's local numa node

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Date:	Mon, 12 Nov 2012 09:25:05 -0500
From:	Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com>
To:	Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
	"James E.J. Bottomley" <JBottomley@...allels.com>
Subject: Re: [patch,v3 04/10] scsi: allocate scsi_cmnd-s from the device's local numa node

Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org> writes:

> On 11/09/12 20:18, Jeff Moyer wrote:
>> -	cmd = kmem_cache_zalloc(pool->cmd_slab, gfp_mask | pool->gfp_mask);
>> +	cmd = kmem_cache_alloc_node(pool->cmd_slab,
>> +				    gfp_mask | pool->gfp_mask | __GFP_ZERO,
>> +				    node);
>
> Hello Jeff,
>
> Is it necessary to add __GFP_ZERO here ? And if so, why ?

Hi, Bart,

The code used to do zeroing, so I just kept that aspect the same.  There
is no kmem_cache_zalloc_node, and it didn't seem worth adding one.

Cheers,
Jeff
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