[Sorry for a late review] On Mon 12-07-21 16:09:29, Feng Tang wrote: [...] > @@ -1887,7 +1909,8 @@ nodemask_t *policy_nodemask(gfp_t gfp, struct mempolicy *policy) > /* Return the node id preferred by the given mempolicy, or the given id */ > static int policy_node(gfp_t gfp, struct mempolicy *policy, int nd) > { > - if (policy->mode == MPOL_PREFERRED) { > + if (policy->mode == MPOL_PREFERRED || > + policy->mode == MPOL_PREFERRED_MANY) { > nd = first_node(policy->nodes); > } else { > /* Do we really want to have the preferred node to be always the first node in the node mask? Shouldn't that strive for a locality as well? Existing callers already prefer numa_node_id() - aka local node - and I belive we shouldn't just throw that away here. > @@ -1931,6 +1954,7 @@ unsigned int mempolicy_slab_node(void) > > switch (policy->mode) { > case MPOL_PREFERRED: > + case MPOL_PREFERRED_MANY: > return first_node(policy->nodes); Similarly here but I am not really familiar with the slab numa code enough to have strong opinions here. > @@ -2173,10 +2198,12 @@ struct page *alloc_pages_vma(gfp_t gfp, int order, struct vm_area_struct *vma, > * node and don't fall back to other nodes, as the cost of > * remote accesses would likely offset THP benefits. > * > - * If the policy is interleave, or does not allow the current > - * node in its nodemask, we allocate the standard way. > + * If the policy is interleave or multiple preferred nodes, or > + * does not allow the current node in its nodemask, we allocate > + * the standard way. > */ > - if (pol->mode == MPOL_PREFERRED) > + if ((pol->mode == MPOL_PREFERRED || > + pol->mode == MPOL_PREFERRED_MANY)) > hpage_node = first_node(pol->nodes); Same here. > @@ -2451,6 +2479,9 @@ int mpol_misplaced(struct page *page, struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long > break; > > case MPOL_PREFERRED: > + case MPOL_PREFERRED_MANY: > + if (node_isset(curnid, pol->nodes)) > + goto out; > polnid = first_node(pol->nodes); > break; I do not follow what is the point of using first_node here. Either the node is in the mask or it is misplaced. What are you trying to achieve here? -- Michal Hocko SUSE Labs