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-rw-r--r--mm/compaction.c18
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/mm/compaction.c b/mm/compaction.c
index 38ce48805c0..b27802e04b9 100644
--- a/mm/compaction.c
+++ b/mm/compaction.c
@@ -153,7 +153,6 @@ static void isolate_freepages(struct zone *zone,
* pages on cc->migratepages. We stop searching if the migrate
* and free page scanners meet or enough free pages are isolated.
*/
- spin_lock_irqsave(&zone->lock, flags);
for (; pfn > low_pfn && cc->nr_migratepages > nr_freepages;
pfn -= pageblock_nr_pages) {
unsigned long isolated;
@@ -176,9 +175,19 @@ static void isolate_freepages(struct zone *zone,
if (!suitable_migration_target(page))
continue;
- /* Found a block suitable for isolating free pages from */
- isolated = isolate_freepages_block(zone, pfn, freelist);
- nr_freepages += isolated;
+ /*
+ * Found a block suitable for isolating free pages from. Now
+ * we disabled interrupts, double check things are ok and
+ * isolate the pages. This is to minimise the time IRQs
+ * are disabled
+ */
+ isolated = 0;
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&zone->lock, flags);
+ if (suitable_migration_target(page)) {
+ isolated = isolate_freepages_block(zone, pfn, freelist);
+ nr_freepages += isolated;
+ }
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&zone->lock, flags);
/*
* Record the highest PFN we isolated pages from. When next
@@ -188,7 +197,6 @@ static void isolate_freepages(struct zone *zone,
if (isolated)
high_pfn = max(high_pfn, pfn);
}
- spin_unlock_irqrestore(&zone->lock, flags);
/* split_free_page does not map the pages */
list_for_each_entry(page, freelist, lru) {