On Sat, 4 Feb 2006, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Paul Jackson <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > + if (unlikely(cpuset_mem_spread_check() &&
> > + (cachep->flags & SLAB_MEM_SPREAD) &&
> > + !in_interrupt())) {
> > + int nid = cpuset_mem_spread_node();
> > +
> > + if (nid != numa_node_id())
> > + return __cache_alloc_node(cachep, flags, nid);
> > + }
>
> Need a comment here explaining the mysterious !in_interrupt() check.
If we are in interrupt context then the current pointer may not be
meaningful. cpuset settings should not be applied for any memory
allocation.
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