linux-kernel - Re: [RFC v1 00/19] Modify zonelist to nodelist v1

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Date:   Mon, 25 Nov 2019 09:39:48 +0100
From:   Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
To:     Qian Cai <cai@....pw>
Cc:     Pengfei Li <fly@...nel.page>,
        "lixinhai.lxh@...il.com" <lixinhai.lxh@...il.com>,
        akpm <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        mgorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>, cl <cl@...ux.com>,
        "iamjoonsoo.kim" <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>, guro <guro@...com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC v1 00/19] Modify zonelist to nodelist v1

On Fri 22-11-19 10:53:22, Qian Cai wrote:
[...]
> ZONE_MOVABLE is broken for ages (non-movable allocations are there all the time
> last time I tried) which indicates there is very few people care about it, so it
> is rather weak to use that as a justification for the churns it might cause.

People do care about ZONE_MOVABLE and if there is a non-movable memory
sitting there then it is a bug. Please report that.
-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs