2 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt
index 6dd050878a20..145e44086358 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt
@@ -94,10 +94,10 @@ largest node numbers in the range.  For example, mpol=bind:0-3,5,7,9-15
 
 Note that trying to mount a tmpfs with an mpol option will fail if the
 running kernel does not support NUMA; and will fail if its nodelist
-specifies a node >= MAX_NUMNODES.  If your system relies on that tmpfs
-being mounted, but from time to time runs a kernel built without NUMA
-capability (perhaps a safe recovery kernel), or configured to support
-fewer nodes, then it is advisable to omit the mpol option from automatic
+specifies a node which is not online.  If your system relies on that
+tmpfs being mounted, but from time to time runs a kernel built without
+NUMA capability (perhaps a safe recovery kernel), or with fewer nodes
+online, then it is advisable to omit the mpol option from automatic
 mount options.  It can be added later, when the tmpfs is already mounted
 on MountPoint, by 'mount -o remount,mpol=Policy:NodeList MountPoint'.
 
@@ -121,4 +121,4 @@ RAM/SWAP in 10240 inodes and it is only accessible by root.
 Author:
    Christoph Rohland <cr@sap.com>, 1.12.01
 Updated:
-   Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com>, 19 February 2006
+   Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com>, 4 June 2007
diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index e537317bec4d..b6aae2b33393 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -967,6 +967,8 @@ static inline int shmem_parse_mpol(char *value, int *policy, nodemask_t *policy_
                 *nodelist++ = '\0';
                 if (nodelist_parse(nodelist, *policy_nodes))
                         goto out;
+                if (!nodes_subset(*policy_nodes, node_online_map))
+                        goto out;
         }
         if (!strcmp(value, "default")) {
                 *policy = MPOL_DEFAULT;