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| -rw-r--r-- | mm/vmscan.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c index e73d0206ddd..828530e2794 100644 --- a/mm/vmscan.c +++ b/mm/vmscan.c @@ -1202,6 +1202,14 @@ static int too_many_isolated(struct zone *zone, int file, isolated = zone_page_state(zone, NR_ISOLATED_ANON); } + /* + * GFP_NOIO/GFP_NOFS callers are allowed to isolate more pages, so they + * won't get blocked by normal direct-reclaimers, forming a circular + * deadlock. + */ + if ((sc->gfp_mask & GFP_IOFS) == GFP_IOFS) + inactive >>= 3; + return isolated > inactive; } |