Re: [PATCH v5 2/6] mm/cma: introduce new zone, ZONE_CMA

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"Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> ....
>
>>  static inline void check_highest_zone(enum zone_type k)
>>  {
>> -	if (k > policy_zone && k != ZONE_MOVABLE)
>> +	if (k > policy_zone && k != ZONE_MOVABLE && !is_zone_cma_idx(k))
>>  		policy_zone = k;
>>  }
>>
>
>
> Should we apply policy to allocation from ZONE CMA ?. CMA reserve
> happens early and may mostly come from one node. Do we want the
> CMA allocation to fail if we use mbind(MPOL_BIND) with a node mask not
> including that node on which CMA is reserved, considering CMA memory is
> going to be used for special purpose.

Looking at this again, I guess CMA alloc is not going to depend on
memory policy, but this is for other movable allocation ?

-aneesh

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