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

From: Christoph Lameter
Date: Tue Apr 21 2009 - 12:01:37 EST


On Tue, 21 Apr 2009, Mel Gorman wrote:

> 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

nr_online_nodes would be okay as Pekka suggested.

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