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authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2008-03-24 20:50:48 +1100
committerPaul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>2008-04-15 21:22:17 +1000
commitc50f68c8aea421267ba7995b1c485c281b28add6 (patch)
tree38d72f3d6c9e43a4653cc7e330af0aa0dfca3dd5 /Documentation/lguest
parent4b1d99b37f608b8cc03550033b16212ca9362efd (diff)
[LMB] Add lmb_alloc_nid()
A variant of lmb_alloc() that tries to allocate memory on a specified NUMA node 'nid' but falls back to normal lmb_alloc() if that fails. The caller provides a 'nid_range' function pointer which assists the allocator. It is given args 'start', 'end', and pointer to integer 'this_nid'. It places at 'this_nid' the NUMA node id that corresponds to 'start', and returns the end address within 'start' to 'end' at which memory assosciated with 'nid' ends. This callback allows a platform to use lmb_alloc_nid() in just about any context, even ones in which early_pfn_to_nid() might not be working yet. This function will be used by the NUMA setup code on sparc64, and also it can be used by powerpc, replacing it's hand crafted "careful_allocation()" function in arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c If x86 ever converts it's NUMA support over to using the LMB helpers, it can use this too as it has something entirely similar. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
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