Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 27 Jul 2011 14:50:08 +0200 | From | Michal Hocko <> | Subject | Re: [patch 1/5] mm: page_alloc: increase __GFP_BITS_SHIFT to include __GFP_OTHER_NODE |
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On Mon 25-07-11 22:19:15, Johannes Weiner wrote: > From: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org> > > __GFP_OTHER_NODE is used for NUMA allocations on behalf of other > nodes. It's supposed to be passed through from the page allocator to > zone_statistics(), but it never gets there as gfp_allowed_mask is not > wide enough and masks out the flag early in the allocation path. > > The result is an accounting glitch where successful NUMA allocations > by-agent are not properly attributed as local. > > Increase __GFP_BITS_SHIFT so that it includes __GFP_OTHER_NODE. > > Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
Reviewed-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz>
> --- > include/linux/gfp.h | 2 +- > 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/include/linux/gfp.h b/include/linux/gfp.h > index cb40892..3a76faf 100644 > --- a/include/linux/gfp.h > +++ b/include/linux/gfp.h > @@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ struct vm_area_struct; > */ > #define __GFP_NOTRACK_FALSE_POSITIVE (__GFP_NOTRACK) > > -#define __GFP_BITS_SHIFT 23 /* Room for 23 __GFP_FOO bits */ > +#define __GFP_BITS_SHIFT 24 /* Room for N __GFP_FOO bits */ > #define __GFP_BITS_MASK ((__force gfp_t)((1 << __GFP_BITS_SHIFT) - 1)) > > /* This equals 0, but use constants in case they ever change */ > -- > 1.7.6
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