Bug 194301 - mm/slab.c slab_alloc_node fault ____cache_alloc does not fallback to other nodes
Summary: mm/slab.c slab_alloc_node fault ____cache_alloc does not fallback to other nodes
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: Memory Management
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Slab Allocator (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: P1 enhancement
Assignee: Andrew Morton
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Reported: 2017-02-07 05:57 UTC by Michael
Modified: 2017-02-07 05:57 UTC (History)
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Kernel Version: 4.10
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Regression: No
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Description Michael 2017-02-07 05:57:43 UTC 
This is addressed already in the code comments, but ____cache_alloc and ____cache_alloc_node should be merged or restructured to allow fallback to other nodes in the fastpath (local cache) allocations.
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