Re: [PATCH] String conversions for memory policy

[Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com>]

Christoph wrote:
> Ok. The str_to_mpol function needs to be executed from the task whose 
> memory policies are to be displayed but why would mpol_to_str need that?

You are probably right.  I doubt mpol_to_str needs that.  I was
probably painting with too wide a brush.


> I am quite concerned about policy layer due to :

I will leave this portion of the discussion to others.

I attempted to tackle some related concerns in a patch I sent lkml on
Aug 2, 2004 (exactly 1 year ago ;) under the Subject:

  subset zonelists and big numa friendly mempolicy MPOL_MBIND
  http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0408.0/0398.html

However this patch was unsuccessful, and I have not had any further
great insights to present here (if ever I had any ;).

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