Re: [patch] mm: always set nodes with regular memory in N_NORMAL_MEMORY

[KOSAKI Motohiro]

> N_NORMAL_MEMORY is intended to include all nodes that have present memory 
> in regular zones, that is, zones below ZONE_HIGHMEM.  This should be done 
> regardless of whether CONFIG_HIGHMEM is set or not.
> 
> This fixes ia64 so that the nodes get set appropriately in the nodemask 
> for DISCONTIGMEM and mips if it does not enable CONFIG_HIGHMEM even for 
> 32-bit kernels.
> 
> If N_NORMAL_MEMORY is not accurate, slub may encounter errors since it 
> relies on this nodemask to setup kmem_cache_node data structures for each 
> cache.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  mm/page_alloc.c |    2 --
>  1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
> --- a/mm/page_alloc.c
> +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
> @@ -4727,7 +4727,6 @@ out:
>  /* Any regular memory on that node ? */
>  static void check_for_regular_memory(pg_data_t *pgdat)
>  {
> -#ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
>  	enum zone_type zone_type;
>  
>  	for (zone_type = 0; zone_type <= ZONE_NORMAL; zone_type++) {
> @@ -4735,7 +4734,6 @@ static void check_for_regular_memory(pg_data_t *pgdat)
>  		if (zone->present_pages)
>  			node_set_state(zone_to_nid(zone), N_NORMAL_MEMORY);
>  	}
> -#endif

enum node_states {
        N_POSSIBLE,             /* The node could become online at some point */
        N_ONLINE,               /* The node is online */
        N_NORMAL_MEMORY,        /* The node has regular memory */
#ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
        N_HIGH_MEMORY,          /* The node has regular or high memory */
#else
        N_HIGH_MEMORY = N_NORMAL_MEMORY,
#endif
        N_CPU,          /* The node has one or more cpus */
        NR_NODE_STATES
};

Then, only node_set_state(nid, N_HIGH_MEMORY) is enough initialization, IIUC.
Can you please explain when do we need this patch?


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