migrate_to_node() is intended to migrate a page from one source node to a target node. Today, migrate_to_node() could end up migrating to any node, not only the target node. This is because the page migration allocator, new_node_page() does not pass __GFP_THISNODE to alloc_pages_exact_node(). This causes the target node to be preferred but allows fallback to any other node in order of affinity. Prevent this by allocating with __GFP_THISNODE. If memory is not available, -ENOMEM will be returned as appropriate. Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/mempolicy.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c --- a/mm/mempolicy.c +++ b/mm/mempolicy.c @@ -945,7 +945,8 @@ static struct page *new_node_page(struct page *page, unsigned long node, int **x return alloc_huge_page_node(page_hstate(compound_head(page)), node); else - return alloc_pages_exact_node(node, GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE, 0); + return alloc_pages_exact_node(node, GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE | + __GFP_THISNODE, 0); } /* -- 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>