On Mon, 15 Nov 2010, Mel Gorman wrote: > With recent per-cpu allocator changes, are we guaranteed that the per-cpu > structures exist and are valid? We always guarantee that all per cpu areas for all possible cpus exist. That has always been the case. There was a discussion about changing that though. Could be difficult given the need for additional locking. -- 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/ . Fight unfair telecom policy in Canada: sign http://dissolvethecrtc.ca/ Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>