Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 24 Nov 2014 17:03:42 +0200 | From | "Kirill A. Shutemov" <> | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH] mm/thp: Always allocate transparent hugepages on local node |
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On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 07:49:51PM +0530, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote: > This make sure that we try to allocate hugepages from local node. If > we can't we fallback to small page allocation based on > mempolicy. This is based on the observation that allocating pages > on local node is more beneficial that allocating hugepages on remote node.
Local node on allocation is not necessary local node for use. If policy says to use a specific node[s], we should follow.
I think it makes sense to force local allocation if policy is interleave or if current node is in preferred or bind set.
-- Kirill A. Shutemov
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