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SubjectRe: 2.6.24-rc3-mm2 (bugfix for memory cgroup per-zone-struct allocation.)
On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:25:33 -0500
Lee Schermerhorn <Lee.Schermerhorn@hp.com> wrote:
> > - pn = kmalloc_node(sizeof(*pn), GFP_KERNEL, node);
> > + /*
> > + * This routine is called against possible nodes.
> > + * But it's BUG to call kmalloc() against offline node.
> > + *
> > + * TODO: this routine can waste much memory for nodes which will
> > + * never be onlined. It's better to use memory hotplug callback
> > + * function.
> > + */
> > + if (node_state(node, N_HIGH_MEMORY))
> > + pn = kmalloc_node(sizeof(*pn), GFP_KERNEL, node);
> > + else
> > + pn = kmalloc(sizeof(*pn), GFP_KERNEL);
> > if (!pn)
> > return 1;
> >
> >
>
> This worked for me. Can boot 24-rc3-mm2 [if I turn off async scsi scan,
> that is--not related to mem controller].
>
Thank you !

> Just FYI, on my ia64 platform, with NODES_SHIFT == 8 [RHEL & SLES ship
> with 10, I believe], the size of the mem_cgroup structure is ~10KB.
>
Yes. But...
I'll ask Goto-san how memory hotplug callback works and try it.

Thanks,
-Kame


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