Lee, Is this a documentation improvement, or is it a kerenl behavior change? Cheers, Michael Lee Schermerhorn wrote:
man2/set_mempolicy.2 | 7 +++---- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) Index: man-pages-3.05/man2/set_mempolicy.2 =================================================================== --- man-pages-3.05.orig/man2/set_mempolicy.2 2008-07-29 16:52:21.000000000 -0400 +++ man-pages-3.05/man2/set_mempolicy.2 2008-07-29 16:54:23.000000000 -0400 @@ -169,10 +169,9 @@ nodes specified in If .I nodemask specifies more than one node, page allocations will come from -the node with the lowest numeric node ID first, until that node -contains no free memory. -Allocations will then come from the node with the next highest -node ID specified in +the node closest to the node from which the allocation was requested, +until that node contains no free memory. +Allocations will then come from the next closest node specified in .I nodemask and so forth, until none of the specified nodes contain free memory. Pages will not be allocated from any node not specified in the
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