alloc_pages_node() might fail when called with NUMA_NO_NODE and __GFP_THISNODE on a CPU belonging to a memoryless node. To make the local-node fallback more robust and prevent such situations, use numa_mem_id(), which was introduced for similar scenarios in the slab context. Suggested-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx> Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxx> --- v3: better commit message include/linux/gfp.h | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/gfp.h b/include/linux/gfp.h index 4a12cae2..f92cbd2 100644 --- a/include/linux/gfp.h +++ b/include/linux/gfp.h @@ -318,13 +318,14 @@ __alloc_pages_node(int nid, gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order) /* * Allocate pages, preferring the node given as nid. When nid == NUMA_NO_NODE, - * prefer the current CPU's node. Otherwise node must be valid and online. + * prefer the current CPU's closest node. Otherwise node must be valid and + * online. */ static inline struct page *alloc_pages_node(int nid, gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order) { if (nid == NUMA_NO_NODE) - nid = numa_node_id(); + nid = numa_mem_id(); return __alloc_pages_node(nid, gfp_mask, order); } -- 2.5.0 -- 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>