Christoph Lameter a écrit :
> On Wed, 21 Sep 2005, David S. Miller wrote:
> 
> 
>>From: Christoph Lameter <clameter@engr.sgi.com>
>>Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 15:43:29 -0700 (PDT)
>>
>>
>>>Maybe we better introduce vmalloc_node() instead of improvising this for 
>>>several subsystems? The e1000 driver has similar issues.
>>
>>I agree.
> 
> 
> I did an implementation in June.
> 
> See http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-mm&m=111766643127530&w=2
> 
> Not sure if this will fit the bill. Never really tested it.


Maybe this simpler patch has more chances to be accepted ?

Thank you

[NUMA]

- Adds a vmalloc_node() function : A simple wrapper around vmalloc() to 
allocate memory from a preferred node.

This NUMA aware variant will be used by ip_tables and various network drivers.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <dada1@cosmosbay.com>