1 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index 3bd7fb7e4b75..323fdcf128c4 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -132,19 +132,29 @@ static int mpol_check_policy(int mode, nodemask_t *nodes)
         }
         return nodes_subset(*nodes, node_online_map) ? 0 : -EINVAL;
 }
+
 /* Generate a custom zonelist for the BIND policy. */
 static struct zonelist *bind_zonelist(nodemask_t *nodes)
 {
         struct zonelist *zl;
-        int num, max, nd;
+        int num, max, nd, k;
 
         max = 1 + MAX_NR_ZONES * nodes_weight(*nodes);
-        zl = kmalloc(sizeof(void *) * max, GFP_KERNEL);
+        zl = kmalloc(sizeof(struct zone *) * max, GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!zl)
                 return NULL;
         num = 0;
-        for_each_node_mask(nd, *nodes)
-                zl->zones[num++] = &NODE_DATA(nd)->node_zones[policy_zone];
+        /* First put in the highest zones from all nodes, then all the next 
+           lower zones etc. Avoid empty zones because the memory allocator
+           doesn't like them. If you implement node hot removal you
+           have to fix that. */
+        for (k = policy_zone; k >= 0; k--) { 
+                for_each_node_mask(nd, *nodes) { 
+                        struct zone *z = &NODE_DATA(nd)->node_zones[k];
+                        if (z->present_pages > 0) 
+                                zl->zones[num++] = z;
+                }
+        }
         zl->zones[num] = NULL;
         return zl;
 }