--- a/mm/sparse.c~mm-sparsec-allocate-memmap-preferring-the-given-node +++ a/mm/sparse.c @@ -664,8 +664,8 @@ static void free_map_bootmem(struct page struct page * __meminit populate_section_memmap(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages, int nid, struct vmem_altmap *altmap) { - return kvmalloc(array_size(sizeof(struct page), - PAGES_PER_SECTION), GFP_KERNEL); + return kvmalloc_node(array_size(sizeof(struct page), + PAGES_PER_SECTION), GFP_KERNEL, nid); } static void depopulate_section_memmap(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages,