On Thu, 30 Jul 2015, Vlastimil Babka wrote: > --- a/mm/slob.c > +++ b/mm/slob.c > void *page; > > -#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA > - if (node != NUMA_NO_NODE) > - page = alloc_pages_exact_node(node, gfp, order); > - else > -#endif > - page = alloc_pages(gfp, order); > + page = alloc_pages_node(node, gfp, order); NAK. This is changing slob behavior. With no node specified it must use alloc_pages because that obeys NUMA memory policies etc etc. It should not force allocation from the current node like what is happening here after the patch. See the code in slub.c that is similar. -- 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>