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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 6/6] Use one zonelist that is filtered by nodemask
    On Tue, 9 Oct 2007, Nishanth Aravamudan wrote:

    > > > And nodemask_thisnode() always gives us a nodemask with only the node
    > > > the current process is running on set, I think?
    > > >
    > >
    > > Yes, I interpreted THISNODE to mean "this node I am running on".
    > > Callers seemed to expect this but the memoryless needs it to be "this
    > > node I am running on unless I specify a node in which case I mean that
    > > node.".
    >
    > I think that is only true (THISNODE = local node) if the callpath is not
    > via alloc_pages_node(). If the callpath is via alloc_pages_node(), then
    > it depends on whether the nid parameter is -1 (in which case it is also
    > local node) or anything (in which case it is the nid specified). Ah,
    > reading further along, that's exactly what your changelog indicates too
    > :)

    Right. THISNODE means the node we are on or the node that we indicated we
    want to allocate from.

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