On 19.02.2014 [08:24:38 -0800], Nishanth Aravamudan wrote: > On 18.02.2014 [17:43:38 -0800], David Rientjes wrote: > > On Tue, 18 Feb 2014, Nishanth Aravamudan wrote: > > > > > How about the following? > > > > > > diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c > > > index 5de4337..1a0eced 100644 > > > --- a/mm/page_alloc.c > > > +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c > > > @@ -1854,7 +1854,8 @@ static void __paginginit init_zone_allows_reclaim(int nid) > > > int i; > > > > > > for_each_online_node(i) > > > - if (node_distance(nid, i) <= RECLAIM_DISTANCE) > > > + if (node_distance(nid, i) <= RECLAIM_DISTANCE || > > > + !NODE_DATA(i)->node_present_pages) > > > node_set(i, NODE_DATA(nid)->reclaim_nodes); > > > else > > > zone_reclaim_mode = 1; > > > > [ I changed the above from NODE_DATA(nid) -> NODE_DATA(i) as you caught > > so we're looking at the right code. ] > > > > That can't be right, it would allow reclaiming from a memoryless node. I > > think what you want is > > Gah, you're right. > > > for_each_online_node(i) { > > if (!node_present_pages(i)) > > continue; > > if (node_distance(nid, i) <= RECLAIM_DISTANCE) { > > node_set(i, NODE_DATA(nid)->reclaim_nodes); > > continue; > > } > > /* Always try to reclaim locally */ > > zone_reclaim_mode = 1; > > } > > > > but we really should be able to do for_each_node_state(i, N_MEMORY) here > > and memoryless nodes should already be excluded from that mask. > > Yep, I found that afterwards, which simplifies the logic. I'll add this > to my series :) In looking at the code, I am wondering about the following: init_zone_allows_reclaim() is called for each nid from free_area_init_node(). Which means that calculate_node_totalpages for other "later" nids and check_for_memory() [which sets up the N_MEMORY nodemask] hasn't been called yet. So, would it make sense to pull up the /* Any memory on that node */ if (pgdat->node_present_pages) node_set_state(nid, N_MEMORY); check_for_memory(pgdat, nid); into free_area_init_node()? Thanks, Nish -- 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/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>