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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] x86: fix system without memory on node0
    Jack Steiner wrote:
    > On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 06:34:31PM -0700, Yinghai Lu wrote:
    >> Jack found that crash with doesn't have memory on node0.
    >>
    >> it turns out with per_cpu changeset, node_number for BSP will be alway 0,
    >> and it is consistent to cpu_to_node() that is to near node already.
    >> aka when numa_set_node() for node0 is called early before per_cpu area is
    >> setup
    >>
    >> try to set the node_number for boot cpu, after we get per_cpu area setup.
    >>
    >> [ Impact: fix crashing on memoryless node 0]
    >>
    >> Reported-by: Jack Steiner <steiner@sgi.com>
    >> Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org>
    >>
    >> ---
    >> arch/x86/kernel/setup_percpu.c | 8 ++++++++
    >> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
    >>
    >> Index: linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/setup_percpu.c
    >> ===================================================================
    >> --- linux-2.6.orig/arch/x86/kernel/setup_percpu.c
    >> +++ linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/setup_percpu.c
    >> @@ -423,6 +423,14 @@ void __init setup_per_cpu_areas(void)
    >> early_per_cpu_ptr(x86_cpu_to_node_map) = NULL;
    >> #endif
    >>
    >> +#if defined(CONFIG_X86_64) && defined(CONFIG_NUMA)
    >> + /*
    >> + * make sure boot cpu node_number is right, when boot cpu is on the
    >> + * node that doesn't have mem installed
    >> + */
    >> + per_cpu(node_number, boot_cpu_id) = cpu_to_node(boot_cpu_id);
    >> +#endif
    >> +
    >> /* Setup node to cpumask map */
    >> setup_node_to_cpumask_map();
    >>
    >
    > With the patch above PLUS the patch below, I verified that all of our strange
    > configurations boot to shell prompt & run simple commands. There are certainly
    > some corner cases that have not been tested.
    >
    > Note that both patches are required. The system panics in early boot if either
    > patch is omitted.
    >
    > ---
    >
    >
    > Ignore offline nodes when building the zone lists. This
    > fix is needed to support configurations that hax PXMs with
    > cpus but no memory.
    >
    >
    > Signed-off-by: Jack Steiner <steiner@sgi.com>
    >
    >
    > ---
    > mm/page_alloc.c | 2 ++
    > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
    >
    > Index: linux/mm/page_alloc.c
    > ===================================================================
    > --- linux.orig/mm/page_alloc.c 2009-05-12 17:06:59.000000000 -0500
    > +++ linux/mm/page_alloc.c 2009-05-13 09:54:09.000000000 -0500
    > @@ -2370,6 +2370,8 @@ static void build_zonelists(pg_data_t *p
    > * If another node is sufficiently far away then it is better
    > * to reclaim pages in a zone before going off node.
    > */
    > + if (!node_online(node))
    > + continue;
    > if (distance > RECLAIM_DISTANCE)
    > zone_reclaim_mode = 1;
    >

    can you try this instead of your patch ?

    {PATCH] mm: clear N_HIGH_MEMORY map before se set it again

    incase some system strange SRAT table. some kind of small range.

    Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <Yinghai@kernel.org>

    ---
    mm/page_alloc.c | 5 +++++
    1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

    Index: linux-2.6/mm/page_alloc.c
    ===================================================================
    --- linux-2.6.orig/mm/page_alloc.c
    +++ linux-2.6/mm/page_alloc.c
    @@ -4041,6 +4041,11 @@ void __init free_area_init_nodes(unsigne
    early_node_map[i].start_pfn,
    early_node_map[i].end_pfn);

    + /*
    + * find_zone_movable_pfns_for_nodes/early_calculate_totalpages init
    + * that node_mask, clear it at first
    + */
    + nodes_clear(nodes_state[N_HIGH_MEMORY]);
    /* Initialise every node */
    mminit_verify_pageflags_layout();
    setup_nr_node_ids();



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