Re: [PATCH 25/25] Use a pre-calculated value instead ofnum_online_nodes() in fast paths

[Mel Gorman]

On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 11:08:20AM +0300, Pekka Enberg wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-04-20 at 23:20 +0100, Mel Gorman wrote:
> > diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
> > index 1c680e8..41d1343 100644
> > --- a/mm/slab.c
> > +++ b/mm/slab.c
> > @@ -3579,7 +3579,7 @@ static inline void __cache_free(struct kmem_cache *cachep, void *objp)
> >  	 * variable to skip the call, which is mostly likely to be present in
> >  	 * the cache.
> >  	 */
> > -	if (numa_platform && cache_free_alien(cachep, objp))
> > +	if (numa_platform > 1 && cache_free_alien(cachep, objp))
> >  		return;
> 
> This doesn't look right. I assume you meant "nr_online_nodes > 1" here?
> If so, please go ahead and remove "numa_platform" completely.
> 

It would need to be nr_possible_nodes which would be a separate patch to add
the definition and then drop numa_platform. This change is wrong as part of
this patch. I'll drop it. Thanks

-- 
Mel Gorman
Part-time Phd Student                          Linux Technology Center
University of Limerick                         IBM Dublin Software Lab
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