Well the difference between MPOL_DEFAULT and MPOL_LOCAL may be confusing. Mention somewhere in the MPOL_LOCAL description that the policy with MPOL_DEFAULT reverts to the policy of the process and MPOL_LOCAL to try to allocate local? Note that MPOL_LOCAL also will not be local if it just happens that the local node is overallocated. This is usually confusing for newcomers. The node/zone reclaim must be activated in order to allow node local reclaim that results in a node local allocation. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>