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-rw-r--r--mm/compaction.c13
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/mm/compaction.c b/mm/compaction.c
index cf7086c..9b94eaf 100644
--- a/mm/compaction.c
+++ b/mm/compaction.c
@@ -144,9 +144,20 @@ static void isolate_freepages(struct zone *zone,
int nr_freepages = cc->nr_freepages;
struct list_head *freelist = &cc->freepages;
+ /*
+ * Initialise the free scanner. The starting point is where we last
+ * scanned from (or the end of the zone if starting). The low point
+ * is the end of the pageblock the migration scanner is using.
+ */
pfn = cc->free_pfn;
low_pfn = cc->migrate_pfn + pageblock_nr_pages;
- high_pfn = low_pfn;
+
+ /*
+ * Take care that if the migration scanner is at the end of the zone
+ * that the free scanner does not accidentally move to the next zone
+ * in the next isolation cycle.
+ */
+ high_pfn = min(low_pfn, pfn);
/*
* Isolate free pages until enough are available to migrate the
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