On Tue, 2 Jan 2007, Pekka J Enberg wrote:
> +
> + if (nodeid == -1 || nodeid == numa_node_id()) {
> + if (unlikely(current->flags & (PF_SPREAD_SLAB | PF_MEMPOLICY)))
> {
> + obj = alternate_node_alloc(cache, flags);
> + if (obj)
> + goto out;
> + }
This reintroduces a bug that was fixed a while ago.
kmalloc_node() must never obey memory policies.
Alternate_node_alloc implements memory policies.
With this patch kmalloc_node(...., numa_node_id()) would get redirected
again to other nodes if a memory policy is in effect.
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