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1 files changed, 24 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 148c6e630df..6771ea70bfe 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -1841,16 +1841,28 @@ static inline bool should_continue_reclaim(struct zone *zone,
if (!(sc->reclaim_mode & RECLAIM_MODE_COMPACTION))
return false;
- /*
- * If we failed to reclaim and have scanned the full list, stop.
- * NOTE: Checking just nr_reclaimed would exit reclaim/compaction far
- * faster but obviously would be less likely to succeed
- * allocation. If this is desirable, use GFP_REPEAT to decide
- * if both reclaimed and scanned should be checked or just
- * reclaimed
- */
- if (!nr_reclaimed && !nr_scanned)
- return false;
+ /* Consider stopping depending on scan and reclaim activity */
+ if (sc->gfp_mask & __GFP_REPEAT) {
+ /*
+ * For __GFP_REPEAT allocations, stop reclaiming if the
+ * full LRU list has been scanned and we are still failing
+ * to reclaim pages. This full LRU scan is potentially
+ * expensive but a __GFP_REPEAT caller really wants to succeed
+ */
+ if (!nr_reclaimed && !nr_scanned)
+ return false;
+ } else {
+ /*
+ * For non-__GFP_REPEAT allocations which can presumably
+ * fail without consequence, stop if we failed to reclaim
+ * any pages from the last SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX number of
+ * pages that were scanned. This will return to the
+ * caller faster at the risk reclaim/compaction and
+ * the resulting allocation attempt fails
+ */
+ if (!nr_reclaimed)
+ return false;
+ }
/*
* If we have not reclaimed enough pages for compaction and the
@@ -1882,12 +1894,12 @@ static void shrink_zone(int priority, struct zone *zone,
unsigned long nr[NR_LRU_LISTS];
unsigned long nr_to_scan;
enum lru_list l;
- unsigned long nr_reclaimed;
+ unsigned long nr_reclaimed, nr_scanned;
unsigned long nr_to_reclaim = sc->nr_to_reclaim;
- unsigned long nr_scanned = sc->nr_scanned;
restart:
nr_reclaimed = 0;
+ nr_scanned = sc->nr_scanned;
get_scan_count(zone, sc, nr, priority);
while (nr[LRU_INACTIVE_ANON] || nr[LRU_ACTIVE_FILE] ||