alloc_pages_node() might fail when called with NUMA_NO_NODE and
__GFP_THISNODE on a CPU belonging to a memoryless node. To make the
local-node fallback more robust and prevent such situations, use
numa_mem_id(), which was introduced for similar scenarios in the slab
context.
Suggested-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxx>
---
v3: better commit message
include/linux/gfp.h | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/gfp.h b/include/linux/gfp.h
index 4a12cae2..f92cbd2 100644
--- a/include/linux/gfp.h
+++ b/include/linux/gfp.h
@@ -318,13 +318,14 @@ __alloc_pages_node(int nid, gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order)
/*
* Allocate pages, preferring the node given as nid. When nid == NUMA_NO_NODE,
- * prefer the current CPU's node. Otherwise node must be valid and online.
+ * prefer the current CPU's closest node. Otherwise node must be valid and
+ * online.
*/
static inline struct page *alloc_pages_node(int nid, gfp_t gfp_mask,
unsigned int order)
{
if (nid == NUMA_NO_NODE)
- nid = numa_node_id();
+ nid = numa_mem_id();
return __alloc_pages_node(nid, gfp_mask, order);
}
--
2.5.0
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
