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-rw-r--r--mm/vmscan.c33
1 files changed, 33 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 75c2997..f90b760 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -1034,6 +1034,31 @@ int isolate_lru_page(struct page *page)
}
/*
+ * Are there way too many processes in the direct reclaim path already?
+ */
+static int too_many_isolated(struct zone *zone, int file,
+ struct scan_control *sc)
+{
+ unsigned long inactive, isolated;
+
+ if (current_is_kswapd())
+ return 0;
+
+ if (!scanning_global_lru(sc))
+ return 0;
+
+ if (file) {
+ inactive = zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_FILE);
+ isolated = zone_page_state(zone, NR_ISOLATED_FILE);
+ } else {
+ inactive = zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_ANON);
+ isolated = zone_page_state(zone, NR_ISOLATED_ANON);
+ }
+
+ return isolated > inactive;
+}
+
+/*
* shrink_inactive_list() is a helper for shrink_zone(). It returns the number
* of reclaimed pages
*/
@@ -1048,6 +1073,14 @@ static unsigned long shrink_inactive_list(unsigned long max_scan,
struct zone_reclaim_stat *reclaim_stat = get_reclaim_stat(zone, sc);
int lumpy_reclaim = 0;
+ while (unlikely(too_many_isolated(zone, file, sc))) {
+ congestion_wait(WRITE, HZ/10);
+
+ /* We are about to die and free our memory. Return now. */
+ if (fatal_signal_pending(current))
+ return SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX;
+ }
+
/*
* If we need a large contiguous chunk of memory, or have
* trouble getting a small set of contiguous pages, we
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