Re: [PATCH] Use numa policy API for boot time policy

[Manfred Spraul]

Andi Kleen wrote:

> On Sat, 05 Jun 2004 03:56:53 +0200
> Manfred Spraul <manfred@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>  
>
> > Does it work for order != 0 allocations? It's important that the big 
> > hash tables do not end up all in node 0. AFAICS alloc_pages_current() 
> > calls interleave_nodes() only for order==0 allocs.
> >    
>
> That's correct. It will only work for order 0 allocations.
>
>  
What's the purpose of the "&& order == 0)" test for MPOL_INTERLEAVE in 
alloc_pages_current?
What would break if it's removed?

And what about in_interrupt() allocations? During boot everything should 
be interleaved - I'd modify default_policy to MPOL_INTERLEAVE instead of 
setting process affinity.

--
   Manfred
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