From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Subject: Re: [PATCH 9/15] Mempolicy: Use MPOL_PREFERRED for system-wide default policy From: Lee Schermerhorn In-Reply-To: <20080414102321.c737314a.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> References: <20080404145944.5442.2684.sendpatchset@localhost> <20080404150040.5442.49132.sendpatchset@localhost> <20080414102321.c737314a.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:05:20 -0400 Message-Id: <1208203520.5453.8.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: Randy Dunlap Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-numa@vger.kernel.org, eric.whitney@hp.com List-ID: On Mon, 2008-04-14 at 10:23 -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: > On Fri, 04 Apr 2008 11:00:40 -0400 Lee Schermerhorn wrote: > > > PATCH 09/15 Mempolicy: Use MPOL_PREFERRED for system-wide default policy > > > > Against: 2.6.25-rc8-mm1 > > > > Signed-off-by: Lee Schermerhorn > > > > Documentation/vm/numa_memory_policy.txt | 52 ++++++++---------------- > > mm/mempolicy.c | 68 +++++++++++++++++++------------- > > 2 files changed, 59 insertions(+), 61 deletions(-) > > > > Index: linux-2.6.25-rc8-mm1/Documentation/vm/numa_memory_policy.txt > > =================================================================== > > --- linux-2.6.25-rc8-mm1.orig/Documentation/vm/numa_memory_policy.txt 2008-04-02 17:47:26.000000000 -0400 > > +++ linux-2.6.25-rc8-mm1/Documentation/vm/numa_memory_policy.txt 2008-04-02 17:47:37.000000000 -0400 > > > @@ -187,19 +170,18 @@ Components of Memory Policies > > > > MPOL_PREFERRED: This mode specifies that the allocation should be > > attempted from the single node specified in the policy. If that > > - allocation fails, the kernel will search other nodes, exactly as > > - it would for a local allocation that started at the preferred node > > - in increasing distance from the preferred node. "Local" allocation > > - policy can be viewed as a Preferred policy that starts at the node > > + allocation fails, the kernel will search other nodes, in order of > > + increasing distance from the preferred node based on information > > + provided by the platform firmware. > > containing the cpu where the allocation takes place. > > Something in the patch lines above seems to be foobarred. > I.e., the sentences/lines don't flow correctly. Looks like I forgot to delete the line starting with 'containing ...'. I'll fix it, along with the 'expecially' in patch 8. [That's not a word, huh? :)] Lee -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: email@kvack.org