linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/7] mm: page_alloc: Use zone node IDs to approximate locality

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Date:	Mon, 16 Dec 2013 08:20:08 -0500
From:	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
To:	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
CC:	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
	Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/7] mm: page_alloc: Use zone node IDs to approximate
 locality

On 12/13/2013 09:10 AM, Mel Gorman wrote:
> zone_local is using node_distance which is a more expensive call than
> necessary. On x86, it's another function call in the allocator fast path
> and increases cache footprint. This patch makes the assumption zones on a
> local node will share the same node ID. The necessary information should
> already be cache hot.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>

Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>

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