On Wed 01-08-18 15:04:17, Jeremy Linton wrote:
[...]
> @@ -2519,6 +2519,8 @@ static void *___slab_alloc(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t
> gfpflags, int node,
> if (unlikely(!node_match(page, searchnode))) {
> stat(s, ALLOC_NODE_MISMATCH);
> deactivate_slab(s, page, c->freelist, c);
> + if (!node_online(searchnode))
> + node = NUMA_NO_NODE;
> goto new_slab;
This is inherently racy. Numa node can get offline at any point after
you check it here. Making it race free would involve some sort of
locking and I am not really convinced this is a good idea.
> }
> }
> --
> 2.14.3
>
--
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs
