Re: [BUG][PATCH] fix mempolcy's check on a system with memory-less-node take2

[Andi Kleen]

> This panic(hang) was found by a numa test-set on a system with 3 nodes, where
> node(2) was memory-less-node.

I still think it's the wrong fix -- just get rid of the memory less node.
I expect you'll likely run into more problems with that setup anyways.

>  static struct mempolicy *mpol_new(int mode, nodemask_t *nodes)
>  {
>  	struct mempolicy *policy;
> +	void  *val;

Using void * here is nasty when it's a zonelist pointer.

-Andi
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