If system can create movable node which all memory of the node is allocated as ZONE_MOVABLE, setup_node_data() cannot allocate memory for the node's pg_data_t. So when memblock_alloc_nid() fails, setup_node_data() retries memblock_alloc(). --- arch/x86/mm/numa.c | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) Index: linux-3.4-rc6/arch/x86/mm/numa.c =================================================================== --- linux-3.4-rc6.orig/arch/x86/mm/numa.c 2012-05-15 06:43:38.887962970 +0900 +++ linux-3.4-rc6/arch/x86/mm/numa.c 2012-05-15 06:43:42.422918776 +0900 @@ -223,9 +223,13 @@ static void __init setup_node_data(int n remapped = true; } else { nd_pa = memblock_alloc_nid(nd_size, SMP_CACHE_BYTES, nid); - if (!nd_pa) { - pr_err("Cannot find %zu bytes in node %d\n", + if (!nd_pa) + printk(KERN_WARNING "Cannot find %zu bytes in node %d\n", nd_size, nid); + nd_pa = memblock_alloc(nd_size, SMP_CACHE_BYTES); + if (!nd_pa) { + pr_err("Cannot find %zu bytes in other node\n", + nd_size); return; } nd = __va(nd_pa); -- 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/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>