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[PATCH] mm: fix __alloc_pages cpuset ALLOC_* flags
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Two changes to the setting of the ALLOC_CPUSET flag in
mm/page_alloc.c:__alloc_pages()

- A bug fix - the "ignoring mins" case should not be honoring ALLOC_CPUSET.
  This case of all cases, since it is handling a request that will free up
  more memory than is asked for (exiting tasks, e.g.) should be allowed to
  escape cpuset constraints when memory is tight.

- A logic change to make it simpler.  Honor cpusets even on GFP_ATOMIC
  (!wait) requests.  With this, cpuset confinement applies to all requests
  except ALLOC_NO_WATERMARKS, so that in a subsequent cleanup patch, I can
  remove the ALLOC_CPUSET flag entirely.  Since I don't know any real reason
  this logic has to be either way, I am choosing the path of the simplest
  code.

Signed-off-by: Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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Paul Jackson authored and Linus Torvalds committed Jan 6, 2006
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5 changes: 2 additions & 3 deletions mm/page_alloc.c
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Expand Up @@ -903,8 +903,7 @@ __alloc_pages(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
alloc_flags |= ALLOC_HARDER;
if (gfp_mask & __GFP_HIGH)
alloc_flags |= ALLOC_HIGH;
if (wait)
alloc_flags |= ALLOC_CPUSET;
alloc_flags |= ALLOC_CPUSET;

/*
* Go through the zonelist again. Let __GFP_HIGH and allocations
Expand All @@ -926,7 +925,7 @@ __alloc_pages(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
nofail_alloc:
/* go through the zonelist yet again, ignoring mins */
page = get_page_from_freelist(gfp_mask, order,
zonelist, ALLOC_NO_WATERMARKS|ALLOC_CPUSET);
zonelist, ALLOC_NO_WATERMARKS);
if (page)
goto got_pg;
if (gfp_mask & __GFP_NOFAIL) {
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