Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 31 May 2021 16:29:22 +0800 | From | Feng Tang <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v1 4/4] mm/mempolicy: kill MPOL_F_LOCAL bit |
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On Mon, May 31, 2021 at 10:22:51AM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote: > On Mon 31-05-21 15:32:52, Feng Tang wrote: > > On Mon, May 31, 2021 at 09:00:25AM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote: > [...] > > > I can see you have posted a newer version which I haven't seen yet but > > > this is really better to get resolved before building up more on top. > > > And let me be explicit. I do believe that rebinding preferred policy is > > > just bogus and it should be dropped altogether on the ground that a > > > preference is a mere hint from userspace where to start the allocation. > > > > Yes, the current mpol_rebind_preferred()'s logic is confusing. Let me > > try to understand it correctly, are you suggesting to do nothing for > > 'prefer's rebinding regarding MPOL_F_STATIC_NODES and MPOL_F_RELATIVE_NODES, > > while just setting 'pol->w.cpuset_mems_allowed' to the new nodemask? > > yes this is exactly what I've had in mind.
Thanks for confirming. Will spin another version.
- Feng
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