linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 01/13] x86: get pg_data

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Date:	Wed, 22 May 2013 17:24:37 +0800
From:	Tang Chen <tangchen@...fujitsu.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 01/13] x86: get pg_data_t's memory from other node

On 05/22/2013 04:55 PM, Chen Gong wrote:
......
>> -	nd_pa = memblock_alloc_nid(nd_size, SMP_CACHE_BYTES, nid);
>> +	nd_pa = memblock_alloc_try_nid(nd_size, SMP_CACHE_BYTES, nid);
>
> go through the implementation of memblock_alloc_try_nid, it will call
> panic when allocation fails(a.k.a alloc = 0), if so, below information
> will be never printed. Do we really need this?

Oh, yes.

We don't need this. Will remove the following in the next version.

Thanks. :)

>
>>   	if (!nd_pa) {
>> -		pr_err("Cannot find %zu bytes in node %d\n",
>> -		       nd_size, nid);
>> +		pr_err("Cannot find %zu bytes in any node\n", nd_size);
>>   		return;
>>   	}
>>   	nd = __va(nd_pa);
>> --
>> 1.7.1
>>
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