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| -rw-r--r-- | mm/page_alloc.c | 15 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c index 6994f28..f82bedd 100644 --- a/mm/page_alloc.c +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c @@ -3515,11 +3515,10 @@ bool gfp_pfmemalloc_allowed(gfp_t gfp_mask) /* * Checks whether it makes sense to retry the reclaim to make a forward progress * for the given allocation request. - * The reclaim feedback represented by did_some_progress (any progress during - * the last reclaim round) and no_progress_loops (number of reclaim rounds without - * any progress in a row) is considered as well as the reclaimable pages on the - * applicable zone list (with a backoff mechanism which is a function of - * no_progress_loops). + * + * We give up when we either have tried MAX_RECLAIM_RETRIES in a row + * without success, or when we couldn't even meet the watermark if we + * reclaimed all remaining pages on the LRU lists. * * Returns true if a retry is viable or false to enter the oom path. */ @@ -3564,13 +3563,11 @@ should_reclaim_retry(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned order, bool wmark; available = reclaimable = zone_reclaimable_pages(zone); - available -= DIV_ROUND_UP((*no_progress_loops) * available, - MAX_RECLAIM_RETRIES); available += zone_page_state_snapshot(zone, NR_FREE_PAGES); /* - * Would the allocation succeed if we reclaimed the whole - * available? + * Would the allocation succeed if we reclaimed all + * reclaimable pages? */ wmark = __zone_watermark_ok(zone, order, min_wmark, ac_classzone_idx(ac), alloc_flags, available); |
