On Mon, Nov 01, 2021 at 01:13:12PM -0700, Alexey Makhalov wrote: > +++ b/include/linux/gfp.h > @@ -551,7 +551,8 @@ alloc_pages_bulk_array(gfp_t gfp, unsigned long nr_pages, struct page **page_arr > static inline unsigned long > alloc_pages_bulk_array_node(gfp_t gfp, int nid, unsigned long nr_pages, struct page **page_array) > { > - if (nid == NUMA_NO_NODE) > + if (nid == NUMA_NO_NODE || (!node_online(nid) && > + !(gfp & __GFP_THISNODE))) > nid = numa_mem_id(); > > return __alloc_pages_bulk(gfp, nid, NULL, nr_pages, NULL, page_array); I don't think it's a great idea to push node_online() and the gfp check into the caller. Can't we put this check in __alloc_pages_bulk() instead?