On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:25:33 -0500
Lee Schermerhorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > -   pn = kmalloc_node(sizeof(*pn), GFP_KERNEL, node);
> > +   /*
> > +    * This routine is called against possible nodes.
> > +    * But it's BUG to call kmalloc() against offline node.
> > +    *
> > +    * TODO: this routine can waste much memory for nodes which will
> > +    *       never be onlined. It's better to use memory hotplug callback
> > +    *       function.
> > +    */
> > +   if (node_state(node, N_HIGH_MEMORY))
> > +           pn = kmalloc_node(sizeof(*pn), GFP_KERNEL, node);
> > +   else
> > +           pn = kmalloc(sizeof(*pn), GFP_KERNEL);
> >     if (!pn)
> >             return 1;
> >  
> > 
> 
> This worked for me.  Can boot 24-rc3-mm2 [if I turn off async scsi scan,
> that is--not related to mem controller].  
> 
Thank you !

> Just FYI, on my ia64 platform, with NODES_SHIFT == 8 [RHEL & SLES ship
> with 10, I believe], the size of the mem_cgroup structure is ~10KB.
> 
Yes. But...
I'll ask Goto-san how memory hotplug callback works and try it.

Thanks,
-Kame


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