On Wed, 7 Feb 2007 00:04:41 -0800 (PST) Christoph Lameter <clameter@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 7 Feb 2007, KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki wrote: > > > > Hmmm... Remove the node from the node_online_map instead? > > > > > Changing defintion of node_online_map is harmfil. (there are cpu-only-nodes.) > > How about adding nodemask for nodes equips memory ? > > Ok that is better but... > > Would it be possible to attach the cpus to the > next nodes with memory and mark the node offline? That way we could avoid > another mask that we constantly have to check? > Added ia64 list to CC. I know ia64 kernel did what you say in old days (I know RHEL4/2.6.9 kernel does it). Someone changed it and created cpu-only-node for some purpose, I don't know why. > Or fix the location where the error occurred to be able to tolerate a node > with no zones? > Hmm, In this case, MPOL_MBIND, the user requests to allocate memory from specified nodes. I think it's better to tell him "you can't do that" than silently allocating memory from other places. -Kame - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ia64" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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