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SubjectRe: [PATCH 03/25] Do not check NUMA node ID when the caller knows the node is valid
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> Callers of alloc_pages_node() can optionally specify -1 as a node to mean
> "allocate from the current node". However, a number of the callers in fast
> paths know for a fact their node is valid. To avoid a comparison and branch,
> this patch adds alloc_pages_exact_node() that only checks the nid with
> VM_BUG_ON(). Callers that know their node is valid are then converted.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie>
> Reviewed-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>

I think there still are convertable caller. (recently, caller increased a bit)
but it isn't important. anyway,

Reviewed-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com>





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