On Thu 05-05-11 12:46:02, Andi Kleen wrote: > From: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > dde79e005a769 added a regression that the memory cgroup data structures > all end up in node 0 because the first attempt at allocating them > would not pass in a node hint. Since the initialization runs on CPU #0 > it would all end up node 0. This is a problem on large memory systems, > where node 0 would lose a lot of memory. > > Change the alloc_pages_exact to alloc_pages_exact_node. This will > still fall back to other nodes if not enough memory is available. > > [RED-PEN: right now it would fall back first before trying > vmalloc_node. Probably not the best strategy ... But I left it like > that for now.] > > v3: Really call the correct function now. Thanks for everyone who commented. > Reported-by: Doug Nelson > Cc: rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx > CC: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxx> > Cc: Dave Hansen <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Balbir Singh <balbir@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > mm/page_alloc.c | 4 ++-- > mm/page_cgroup.c | 6 ++++-- > 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c > index 5219dac..44e175d 100644 > --- a/mm/page_alloc.c > +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c > @@ -2317,7 +2317,7 @@ void free_pages(unsigned long addr, unsigned int order) > > EXPORT_SYMBOL(free_pages); > > -static void *make_alloc_exact(void *addr, unsigned order, size_t size) > +static void *make_alloc_exact(unsigned long addr, unsigned order, size_t size) > { > if (addr) { > unsigned long alloc_end = addr + (PAGE_SIZE << order); > @@ -2371,7 +2371,7 @@ void *alloc_pages_exact_nid(int nid, size_t size, gfp_t gfp_mask) > struct page *p = alloc_pages_node(nid, gfp_mask, order); > if (!p) > return NULL; > - return make_alloc_exact(page_address(p), order, size); > + return make_alloc_exact((unsigned long)page_address(p), order, size); I am not sure whether this doesn't clash with what Dave was working on. Some pieces are already in the -mm tree but I do not see node versions to be renamed. > } > EXPORT_SYMBOL(alloc_pages_exact_nid); > > diff --git a/mm/page_cgroup.c b/mm/page_cgroup.c > index 9905501..347ab60 100644 > --- a/mm/page_cgroup.c > +++ b/mm/page_cgroup.c > @@ -134,9 +134,11 @@ static void *__init_refok alloc_page_cgroup(size_t size, int nid) > { > void *addr = NULL; > > - addr = alloc_pages_exact(size, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN); > - if (addr) > + addr = alloc_pages_exact_nid(nid, size, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN); > + if (addr) { > + printk("%s: allocated exact\n", __FUNCTION__); What is this printk for? Other than that the change looks good to me. Reviewed-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxx> Thanks -- Michal Hocko SUSE Labs SUSE LINUX s.r.o. Lihovarska 1060/12 190 00 Praha 9 Czech Republic -- 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>