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-rw-r--r--mm/page_alloc.c45
1 files changed, 35 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 9404b38bcdc..cb5723c491f 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -1981,14 +1981,20 @@ static struct page *
__alloc_pages_direct_compact(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
struct zonelist *zonelist, enum zone_type high_zoneidx,
nodemask_t *nodemask, int alloc_flags, struct zone *preferred_zone,
- int migratetype, unsigned long *did_some_progress,
- bool sync_migration)
+ int migratetype, bool sync_migration,
+ bool *deferred_compaction,
+ unsigned long *did_some_progress)
{
struct page *page;
- if (!order || compaction_deferred(preferred_zone))
+ if (!order)
return NULL;
+ if (compaction_deferred(preferred_zone)) {
+ *deferred_compaction = true;
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
current->flags |= PF_MEMALLOC;
*did_some_progress = try_to_compact_pages(zonelist, order, gfp_mask,
nodemask, sync_migration);
@@ -2016,7 +2022,13 @@ __alloc_pages_direct_compact(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
* but not enough to satisfy watermarks.
*/
count_vm_event(COMPACTFAIL);
- defer_compaction(preferred_zone);
+
+ /*
+ * As async compaction considers a subset of pageblocks, only
+ * defer if the failure was a sync compaction failure.
+ */
+ if (sync_migration)
+ defer_compaction(preferred_zone);
cond_resched();
}
@@ -2028,8 +2040,9 @@ static inline struct page *
__alloc_pages_direct_compact(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
struct zonelist *zonelist, enum zone_type high_zoneidx,
nodemask_t *nodemask, int alloc_flags, struct zone *preferred_zone,
- int migratetype, unsigned long *did_some_progress,
- bool sync_migration)
+ int migratetype, bool sync_migration,
+ bool *deferred_compaction,
+ unsigned long *did_some_progress)
{
return NULL;
}
@@ -2179,6 +2192,7 @@ __alloc_pages_slowpath(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
unsigned long pages_reclaimed = 0;
unsigned long did_some_progress;
bool sync_migration = false;
+ bool deferred_compaction = false;
/*
* In the slowpath, we sanity check order to avoid ever trying to
@@ -2259,12 +2273,22 @@ rebalance:
zonelist, high_zoneidx,
nodemask,
alloc_flags, preferred_zone,
- migratetype, &did_some_progress,
- sync_migration);
+ migratetype, sync_migration,
+ &deferred_compaction,
+ &did_some_progress);
if (page)
goto got_pg;
sync_migration = true;
+ /*
+ * If compaction is deferred for high-order allocations, it is because
+ * sync compaction recently failed. In this is the case and the caller
+ * has requested the system not be heavily disrupted, fail the
+ * allocation now instead of entering direct reclaim
+ */
+ if (deferred_compaction && (gfp_mask & __GFP_NO_KSWAPD))
+ goto nopage;
+
/* Try direct reclaim and then allocating */
page = __alloc_pages_direct_reclaim(gfp_mask, order,
zonelist, high_zoneidx,
@@ -2328,8 +2352,9 @@ rebalance:
zonelist, high_zoneidx,
nodemask,
alloc_flags, preferred_zone,
- migratetype, &did_some_progress,
- sync_migration);
+ migratetype, sync_migration,
+ &deferred_compaction,
+ &did_some_progress);
if (page)
goto got_pg;
}