Re: [PATCH 1/5] cpuset memory spread basic implementation

[Christoph Lameter <clameter@engr.sgi.com>]

On Sat, 4 Feb 2006, Andrew Morton wrote:

> > +int cpuset_mem_spread_node(void)
> > +{
> > +	int node;
> > +
> > +	node = next_node(current->cpuset_mem_spread_rotor, current->mems_allowed);
> > +	if (node == MAX_NUMNODES)
> > +		node = first_node(current->mems_allowed);
> > +	current->cpuset_mem_spread_rotor = node;
> > +	return node;
> > +}
> 
> hm.  What guarantees that a node which is in current->mems_allowed is still
> online?

If a node is not online then the slab allocator will fall back to the 
local node. See kmem_cache_alloc_node.

The page allocator will refer to the zonelist of the node that is offline. 
Hmm... Isnt current->mems_allowed restricted by the available nodes?



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