Re: [RFC Patch V1 01/30] mm, kernel: Use cpu_to_mem()/numa_mem_id() to support memoryless node

On 2014-07-11 09:37, Jiang Liu wrote:
> When CONFIG_HAVE_MEMORYLESS_NODES is enabled, cpu_to_node()/numa_node_id()
> may return a node without memory, and later cause system failure/panic
> when calling kmalloc_node() and friends with returned node id.
> So use cpu_to_mem()/numa_mem_id() instead to get the nearest node with
> memory for the/current cpu.
>
> If CONFIG_HAVE_MEMORYLESS_NODES is disabled, cpu_to_mem()/numa_mem_id()
> is the same as cpu_to_node()/numa_node_id().

I think blk-mq requires some of the same help, as do other places in the 
block layer. I'll take a look at that.

As for you smp.c bits here:

Acked-by: Jens Axboe <[email protected]>

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