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-rw-r--r--mm/huge_memory.c8
-rw-r--r--mm/internal.h1
-rw-r--r--mm/page_alloc.c2
3 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index 25fab7150fa..afe73835837 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -130,8 +130,14 @@ static int set_recommended_min_free_kbytes(void)
(unsigned long) nr_free_buffer_pages() / 20);
recommended_min <<= (PAGE_SHIFT-10);
- if (recommended_min > min_free_kbytes)
+ if (recommended_min > min_free_kbytes) {
+ if (user_min_free_kbytes >= 0)
+ pr_info("raising min_free_kbytes from %d to %lu "
+ "to help transparent hugepage allocations\n",
+ min_free_kbytes, recommended_min);
+
min_free_kbytes = recommended_min;
+ }
setup_per_zone_wmarks();
return 0;
}
diff --git a/mm/internal.h b/mm/internal.h
index dc95e979ae5..7e145e8cd1e 100644
--- a/mm/internal.h
+++ b/mm/internal.h
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ extern void prep_compound_page(struct page *page, unsigned long order);
#ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_FAILURE
extern bool is_free_buddy_page(struct page *page);
#endif
+extern int user_min_free_kbytes;
#if defined CONFIG_COMPACTION || defined CONFIG_CMA
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index a818d568ddf..e3758a09a00 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ static char * const zone_names[MAX_NR_ZONES] = {
};
int min_free_kbytes = 1024;
-int user_min_free_kbytes;
+int user_min_free_kbytes = -1;
static unsigned long __meminitdata nr_kernel_pages;
static unsigned long __meminitdata nr_all_pages;