Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 5/6] Filter based on a nodemask as well as a gfp_mask | From | Lee Schermerhorn <> | Date | Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:49:24 -0500 |
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On Thu, 2008-02-28 at 23:01 -0600, Paul Jackson wrote: > Mel wrote: > > A positive benefit of > > this is that allocations using MPOL_BIND now use the local-node-ordered > > zonelist instead of a custom node-id-ordered zonelist. > > Could you update the now obsolete documentation (perhaps just delete > the no longer correct remark): > > Documentation/vm/numa_memory_policy.txt: > > MPOL_BIND: This mode specifies that memory must come from the > set of nodes specified by the policy. > > The memory policy APIs do not specify an order in which the nodes > will be searched. However, unlike "local allocation", the Bind > policy does not consider the distance between the nodes. Rather, > allocations will fallback to the nodes specified by the policy in > order of numeric node id. Like everything in Linux, this is subject > to change. >
Yes, will do.
Thanks, Lee
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