Re: [PATCH: 010/017](RFC) Memory hotplug for new nodes v.3. (allocate wait table)

From: Andi Kleen
Date: Thu Mar 09 2006 - 07:20:46 EST


On Thursday 09 March 2006 13:00, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Yasunori Goto <y-goto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > + /* we can use kmalloc() in run time */
> > + do {
> > + table_size = zone->wait_table_size
> > + * sizeof(wait_queue_head_t);
> > + zone->wait_table = kmalloc(table_size, GFP_ATOMIC);
>
> Again, GFP_KERNEL would be better is possible.
>
> Won't this place the node's wait_table into a different node's memory?

Yes, kmalloc_node would be better.

-Andi


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