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-rw-r--r--mm/page_alloc.c24
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 2bfab96c207f..304e12bf2e4e 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -3735,6 +3735,8 @@ get_page_from_freelist(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order, int alloc_flags,
struct pglist_data *last_pgdat = NULL;
bool last_pgdat_dirty_ok = false;
bool no_fallback;
+ bool skip_kswapd_nodes = nr_online_nodes > 1;
+ bool skipped_kswapd_nodes = false;
retry:
/*
@@ -3797,6 +3799,19 @@ retry:
}
}
+ /*
+ * If kswapd is already active on a node, keep looking
+ * for other nodes that might be idle. This can happen
+ * if another process has NUMA bindings and is causing
+ * kswapd wakeups on only some nodes. Avoid accidental
+ * "node_reclaim_mode"-like behavior in this case.
+ */
+ if (skip_kswapd_nodes &&
+ !waitqueue_active(&zone->zone_pgdat->kswapd_wait)) {
+ skipped_kswapd_nodes = true;
+ continue;
+ }
+
cond_accept_memory(zone, order, alloc_flags);
/*
@@ -3889,6 +3904,15 @@ try_this_zone:
}
/*
+ * If we skipped over nodes with active kswapds and found no
+ * idle nodes, retry and place anywhere the watermarks permit.
+ */
+ if (skip_kswapd_nodes && skipped_kswapd_nodes) {
+ skip_kswapd_nodes = false;
+ goto retry;
+ }
+
+ /*
* It's possible on a UMA machine to get through all zones that are
* fragmented. If avoiding fragmentation, reset and try again.
*/