[PATCH] slab: fix kmalloc_node applying memory policies if nodeid == numa_node_id()
kmalloc_node() falls back to ___cache_alloc() under certain conditions and
at that point memory policies may be applied redirecting the allocation
away from the current node. Therefore kmalloc_node(...,numa_node_id()) or
kmalloc_node(...,-1) may not return memory from the local node.
Fix this by doing the policy check in __cache_alloc() instead of
____cache_alloc().
This version here is a cleanup of Kiran's patch.
- Tested on ia64.
- Extra material removed.
- Consolidate the exit path if alternate_node_alloc() returned an object.
[akpm@osdl.org: warning fix]
Signed-off-by: Alok N Kataria <alok.kataria@calsoftinc.com>
Signed-off-by: Ravikiran Thirumalai <kiran@scalex86.org>
Signed-off-by: Shai Fultheim <shai@scalex86.org>
Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index c52ebf9..69e11c4 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -3028,14 +3028,6 @@
void *objp;
struct array_cache *ac;
-#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
- if (unlikely(current->flags & (PF_SPREAD_SLAB | PF_MEMPOLICY))) {
- objp = alternate_node_alloc(cachep, flags);
- if (objp != NULL)
- return objp;
- }
-#endif
-
check_irq_off();
ac = cpu_cache_get(cachep);
if (likely(ac->avail)) {
@@ -3053,12 +3045,19 @@
gfp_t flags, void *caller)
{
unsigned long save_flags;
- void *objp;
+ void *objp = NULL;
cache_alloc_debugcheck_before(cachep, flags);
local_irq_save(save_flags);
- objp = ____cache_alloc(cachep, flags);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
+ if (unlikely(current->flags & (PF_SPREAD_SLAB | PF_MEMPOLICY)))
+ objp = alternate_node_alloc(cachep, flags);
+#endif
+
+ if (!objp)
+ objp = ____cache_alloc(cachep, flags);
local_irq_restore(save_flags);
objp = cache_alloc_debugcheck_after(cachep, flags, objp,
caller);