kmalloc_node() and friends can be passed a constant -1 to indicate that no choice was made for the node from which the object needs to come. Add a constant for this. Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/slab.h | 2 ++ mm/slub.c | 10 +++++----- 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6/include/linux/slab.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/include/linux/slab.h 2010-04-27 12:31:57.000000000 -0500 +++ linux-2.6/include/linux/slab.h 2010-04-27 12:32:26.000000000 -0500 @@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ #define ZERO_OR_NULL_PTR(x) ((unsigned long)(x) <= \ (unsigned long)ZERO_SIZE_PTR) +#define SLAB_NODE_UNSPECIFIED (-1L) + /* * struct kmem_cache related prototypes */ Index: linux-2.6/mm/slub.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/mm/slub.c 2010-04-27 12:32:30.000000000 -0500 +++ linux-2.6/mm/slub.c 2010-04-27 12:33:37.000000000 -0500 @@ -1081,7 +1081,7 @@ static inline struct page *alloc_slab_pa flags |= __GFP_NOTRACK; - if (node == -1) + if (node == SLAB_NODE_UNSPECIFIED) return alloc_pages(flags, order); else return alloc_pages_node(node, flags, order); @@ -1731,7 +1731,7 @@ static __always_inline void *slab_alloc( void *kmem_cache_alloc(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t gfpflags) { - void *ret = slab_alloc(s, gfpflags, -1, _RET_IP_); + void *ret = slab_alloc(s, gfpflags, SLAB_NODE_UNSPECIFIED, _RET_IP_); trace_kmem_cache_alloc(_RET_IP_, ret, s->objsize, s->size, gfpflags); @@ -1742,7 +1742,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_alloc); #ifdef CONFIG_TRACING void *kmem_cache_alloc_notrace(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t gfpflags) { - return slab_alloc(s, gfpflags, -1, _RET_IP_); + return slab_alloc(s, gfpflags, SLAB_NODE_UNSPECIFIED, _RET_IP_); } EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_alloc_notrace); #endif @@ -2740,7 +2740,7 @@ void *__kmalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags if (unlikely(ZERO_OR_NULL_PTR(s))) return s; - ret = slab_alloc(s, flags, -1, _RET_IP_); + ret = slab_alloc(s, flags, SLAB_NODE_UNSPECIFIED, _RET_IP_); trace_kmalloc(_RET_IP_, ret, size, s->size, flags); @@ -3324,7 +3324,7 @@ void *__kmalloc_track_caller(size_t size if (unlikely(ZERO_OR_NULL_PTR(s))) return s; - ret = slab_alloc(s, gfpflags, -1, caller); + ret = slab_alloc(s, gfpflags, SLAB_NODE_UNSPECIFIED, caller); /* Honor the call site pointer we recieved. */ trace_kmalloc(caller, ret, size, s->size, gfpflags); -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxx For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>