On 21.07.2014 [12:53:33 -0700], Alexander Duyck wrote:
> I do agree the description should probably be changed.  There shouldn't be
> any panics involved, only a performance impact as it will be reallocating
> always if it is on a node with no memory.

Yep, thanks for the review.

> My intention on this was to make certain that the memory used is from the
> closest node possible.  As such I believe this change likely honours that.

Absolutely, just wanted to make it explicit that it's not a functional
fix, just a performance fix (presuming this shows up at all on systems
that have memoryless NUMA nodes).

I'd suggest an update to the comments, as well.

Thanks,
Nish


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