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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 905c60473126..01fe4708e404 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -2552,14 +2552,6 @@ static inline bool compaction_ready(struct zone *zone, int order, int classzone_
* try to reclaim pages from zones which will satisfy the caller's allocation
* request.
*
- * We reclaim from a zone even if that zone is over high_wmark_pages(zone).
- * Because:
- * a) The caller may be trying to free *extra* pages to satisfy a higher-order
- * allocation or
- * b) The target zone may be at high_wmark_pages(zone) but the lower zones
- * must go *over* high_wmark_pages(zone) to satisfy the `incremental min'
- * zone defense algorithm.
- *
* If a zone is deemed to be full of pinned pages then just give it a light
* scan then give up on it.
*/
@@ -2571,6 +2563,7 @@ static void shrink_zones(struct zonelist *zonelist, struct scan_control *sc)
unsigned long nr_soft_scanned;
gfp_t orig_mask;
enum zone_type classzone_idx;
+ pg_data_t *last_pgdat = NULL;
/*
* If the number of buffer_heads in the machine exceeds the maximum
@@ -2630,6 +2623,15 @@ static void shrink_zones(struct zonelist *zonelist, struct scan_control *sc)
}
/*
+ * Shrink each node in the zonelist once. If the
+ * zonelist is ordered by zone (not the default) then a
+ * node may be shrunk multiple times but in that case
+ * the user prefers lower zones being preserved.
+ */
+ if (zone->zone_pgdat == last_pgdat)
+ continue;
+
+ /*
* This steals pages from memory cgroups over softlimit
* and returns the number of reclaimed pages and
* scanned pages. This works for global memory pressure
@@ -2644,6 +2646,10 @@ static void shrink_zones(struct zonelist *zonelist, struct scan_control *sc)
/* need some check for avoid more shrink_zone() */
}
+ /* See comment about same check for global reclaim above */
+ if (zone->zone_pgdat == last_pgdat)
+ continue;
+ last_pgdat = zone->zone_pgdat;
shrink_node(zone->zone_pgdat, sc, classzone_idx);
}