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Commit 36be57ff authored by Paul Jackson's avatar Paul Jackson Committed by Linus Torvalds
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[PATCH] cpuset: update cpuset_zones_allowed comment



Update the kernel/cpuset.c:cpuset_zone_allowed() comment.

The rule for when mm/page_alloc.c should call cpuset_zone_allowed()
was intended to be:

  Don't call cpuset_zone_allowed() if you can't sleep, unless you
  pass in the __GFP_HARDWALL flag set in gfp_flag, which disables
  the code that might scan up ancestor cpusets and sleep.

The explanation of this rule in the comment above cpuset_zone_allowed() was
stale, as a result of a restructuring of some __alloc_pages() code in
November 2005.

Rewrite that comment ...

Signed-off-by: default avatarPaul Jackson <pj@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
parent bdd804f4
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@@ -2231,19 +2231,25 @@ static const struct cpuset *nearest_exclusive_ancestor(const struct cpuset *cs)
 * So only GFP_KERNEL allocations, if all nodes in the cpuset are
 * short of memory, might require taking the callback_mutex mutex.
 *
 * The first loop over the zonelist in mm/page_alloc.c:__alloc_pages()
 * calls here with __GFP_HARDWALL always set in gfp_mask, enforcing
 * hardwall cpusets - no allocation on a node outside the cpuset is
 * allowed (unless in interrupt, of course).
 *
 * The second loop doesn't even call here for GFP_ATOMIC requests
 * (if the __alloc_pages() local variable 'wait' is set).  That check
 * and the checks below have the combined affect in the second loop of
 * the __alloc_pages() routine that:
 * The first call here from mm/page_alloc:get_page_from_freelist()
 * has __GFP_HARDWALL set in gfp_mask, enforcing hardwall cpusets, so
 * no allocation on a node outside the cpuset is allowed (unless in
 * interrupt, of course).
 *
 * The second pass through get_page_from_freelist() doesn't even call
 * here for GFP_ATOMIC calls.  For those calls, the __alloc_pages()
 * variable 'wait' is not set, and the bit ALLOC_CPUSET is not set
 * in alloc_flags.  That logic and the checks below have the combined
 * affect that:
 *	in_interrupt - any node ok (current task context irrelevant)
 *	GFP_ATOMIC   - any node ok
 *	GFP_KERNEL   - any node in enclosing mem_exclusive cpuset ok
 *	GFP_USER     - only nodes in current tasks mems allowed ok.
 *
 * Rule:
 *    Don't call cpuset_zone_allowed() if you can't sleep, unless you
 *    pass in the __GFP_HARDWALL flag set in gfp_flag, which disables
 *    the code that might scan up ancestor cpusets and sleep.
 **/

int __cpuset_zone_allowed(struct zone *z, gfp_t gfp_mask)