Re: [discuss] mmap, mbind and write to mmap'ed memory crashes 2.6.16-rc1[2] on 2 node X86_64

On Wed, 8 Feb 2006, Andi Kleen wrote:

> > The fix could result in a zonelist with no zones. So we can answer one 
> > question in __alloc_pages().
> 
> I don't think it can happen - at least one zone <= policy-zone has to 
> have memory otherwise the machine wouldn't work at all.

One could bind to a nodeset that contains a single node. If that node has 
no memory in the policy zone then the zonelist generated by 
bind_zonelist will be empty.

-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to [email protected]
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/

---

• References:
  • Re: [discuss] mmap, mbind and write to mmap'ed memory crashes 2.6.16-rc1[2] on 2 node X86_64
    • From: Andi Kleen <[email protected]>
  • Re: [discuss] mmap, mbind and write to mmap'ed memory crashes 2.6.16-rc1[2] on 2 node X86_64
    • From: Christoph Lameter <[email protected]>
  • Re: [discuss] mmap, mbind and write to mmap'ed memory crashes 2.6.16-rc1[2] on 2 node X86_64
    • From: Andi Kleen <[email protected]>

• Prev by Date: [PATCH] fix copy_sighand() vs do_sigaction() race
• Next by Date: Re: CD writing in future Linux (stirring up a hornets' nest)
• Previous by thread: Re: [discuss] mmap, mbind and write to mmap'ed memory crashes 2.6.16-rc1[2] on 2 node X86_64
• Next by thread: Re: [discuss] mmap, mbind and write to mmap'ed memory crashes 2.6.16-rc1[2] on 2 node X86_64
• Index(es):
  • Date
  • Thread

[Index of Archives]     [Kernel Newbies]     [Netfilter]     [Bugtraq]     [Photo]     [Stuff]     [Gimp]     [Yosemite News]     [MIPS Linux]     [ARM Linux]     [Linux Security]     [Linux RAID]     [Video 4 Linux]     [Linux for the blind]     [Linux Resources]