Hi Christoph, On 12 October 2016 at 16:08, Christoph Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 12 Oct 2016, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: > >> > +arguments must specify the empty set. If the "local node" is low >> > +on free memory the kernel will try to allocate memory from other >> > +nodes. The kernel will allocate memory from the "local node" >> > +whenever memory for this node is available. If the "local node" >> > +is not allowed by the process's current cpuset context the kernel >> > +will try to allocate memory from other nodes. The kernel will >> > +allocate memory from the "local node" whenever it becomes allowed >> > +by the process's current cpuset context. In contrast >> > +.B MPOL_DEFAULT >> > +reverts to the policy of the process which may have been set with >> > +.BR set_mempolicy (2). >> > +It may not be the "local allocation". >> >> What is the sense of "may not be" here? (And repeated below). >> Is the meaning "this could be something other than"? >> Presumably the answer is yes, in which case I'll clarify >> the wording there. Let me know. > > Someone may have set for example a round robin policy with numactl > --interleave before starting the process? Then allocations will go through > all nodes. So the sense is then "this could be something other than", right? Cheers, Michael -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/ -- 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>