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    SubjectRe: [2.6.24-rc8-mm1][regression?] numactl --interleave=all doesn't works on memoryless node.
    On (04/02/08 13:20), Lee Schermerhorn didst pronounce:
    > > > When the kernel behaviour changes and breaks user space then the kernel
    > > > is usually wrong. Cc'ed Lee S. who maintains the kernel code now.
    >
    > The memoryless nodes patch series changed a lot of things, so just
    > reverting this one area [mpol_check_policy()] probably won't restore the
    > prior behavior. A fully populated node mask is not necessarily a proper
    > subset of node_online_map(). And contextualize_policy() also requires
    > the mask to be a subset of mems_allowed which also defaults to nodes
    > with memory.
    >
    > I don't know how Mel Gorman's "two zonelist" series, which is still
    > awaiting a window into the -mm tree, affects this behavior. Those
    > patches will certainly be affected by whatever we decide here.
    >

    I doubt they'd make a difference to this particular problem.

    --
    Mel Gorman
    Part-time Phd Student Linux Technology Center
    University of Limerick IBM Dublin Software Lab


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