Re: [PATCH 9/15] Mempolicy: Use MPOL_PREFERRED for system-wide default policy

[Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>]

On Fri, 04 Apr 2008 11:00:40 -0400 Lee Schermerhorn wrote:

> PATCH 09/15 Mempolicy:  Use MPOL_PREFERRED for system-wide default policy
> 
> Against:  2.6.25-rc8-mm1
> 
> Signed-off-by:  Lee Schermerhorn <lee.schermerhorn@hp.com>
> 
>  Documentation/vm/numa_memory_policy.txt |   52 ++++++++----------------
>  mm/mempolicy.c                          |   68 +++++++++++++++++++-------------
>  2 files changed, 59 insertions(+), 61 deletions(-)
> 
> Index: linux-2.6.25-rc8-mm1/Documentation/vm/numa_memory_policy.txt
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.25-rc8-mm1.orig/Documentation/vm/numa_memory_policy.txt	2008-04-02 17:47:26.000000000 -0400
> +++ linux-2.6.25-rc8-mm1/Documentation/vm/numa_memory_policy.txt	2008-04-02 17:47:37.000000000 -0400

> @@ -187,19 +170,18 @@ Components of Memory Policies
>  
>  	MPOL_PREFERRED:  This mode specifies that the allocation should be
>  	attempted from the single node specified in the policy.  If that
> -	allocation fails, the kernel will search other nodes, exactly as
> -	it would for a local allocation that started at the preferred node
> -	in increasing distance from the preferred node.  "Local" allocation
> -	policy can be viewed as a Preferred policy that starts at the node
> +	allocation fails, the kernel will search other nodes, in order of
> +	increasing distance from the preferred node based on information
> +	provided by the platform firmware.
>  	containing the cpu where the allocation takes place.

Something in the patch lines above seems to be foobarred.
I.e., the sentences/lines don't flow correctly.

>  	    Internally, the Preferred policy uses a single node--the


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~Randy

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