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Re: [Xen-devel] Memory allocation in NUMA system

from [Keir Fraser] [Permanent Link][Original]
To: "Yang, Xiaowei" <xiaowei.yang@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Memory allocation in NUMA system
From: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:56:48 +0100
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On 25/7/08 11:26, "Yang, Xiaowei" <xiaowei.yang@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> Indeed the only reason we still have dma_bitsize is to break the
>> select-NUMA-node-first memory allocation search strategy. So tweaking the
>> dma_bitsize approach further to strike the correct NUMA-vs-DMA balance does
>> seem the right thing to do. Feel free to work up a patch.
>> 
>>  -- Keir
>> 
>> 
>> 
> How about this one?

Hmmm.. something like that. Let's wait until 3.4 development opens to get
this checked in.

 -- Keir



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