On Thu, 21 Apr 2011, David Rientjes wrote: > I think we may want to just convert slub (and the memory controller) to > use N_HIGH_MEMORY rather than N_NORMAL_MEMORY since nothing else uses it > and the generic code seems to handle N_HIGH_MEMORY for all configs > appropriately. In 32 bit configurations some architectures (like x86) provide nodes that have only high memory. Slab allocators only handle normal memory. SLAB operates in a kind of degraded mode in that case by falling back for each allocation to the nodes that have normal memory. -- 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 internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>