On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 07:49:51PM +0530, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote: > This make sure that we try to allocate hugepages from local node. If > we can't we fallback to small page allocation based on > mempolicy. This is based on the observation that allocating pages > on local node is more beneficial that allocating hugepages on remote node.
Local node on allocation is not necessary local node for use. If policy says to use a specific node[s], we should follow. I think it makes sense to force local allocation if policy is interleave or if current node is in preferred or bind set. -- Kirill A. Shutemov -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
