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| -rw-r--r-- | mm/page_alloc.c | 23 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c index 62d1ea3..6903b69 100644 --- a/mm/page_alloc.c +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c @@ -3604,6 +3604,17 @@ retry: */ alloc_flags = gfp_to_alloc_flags(gfp_mask); + /* + * Reset the zonelist iterators if memory policies can be ignored. + * These allocations are high priority and system rather than user + * orientated. + */ + if ((alloc_flags & ALLOC_NO_WATERMARKS) || !(alloc_flags & ALLOC_CPUSET)) { + ac->zonelist = node_zonelist(numa_node_id(), gfp_mask); + ac->preferred_zoneref = first_zones_zonelist(ac->zonelist, + ac->high_zoneidx, ac->nodemask); + } + /* This is the last chance, in general, before the goto nopage. */ page = get_page_from_freelist(gfp_mask, order, alloc_flags & ~ALLOC_NO_WATERMARKS, ac); @@ -3612,12 +3623,6 @@ retry: /* Allocate without watermarks if the context allows */ if (alloc_flags & ALLOC_NO_WATERMARKS) { - /* - * Ignore mempolicies if ALLOC_NO_WATERMARKS on the grounds - * the allocation is high priority and these type of - * allocations are system rather than user orientated - */ - ac->zonelist = node_zonelist(numa_node_id(), gfp_mask); page = get_page_from_freelist(gfp_mask, order, ALLOC_NO_WATERMARKS, ac); if (page) @@ -3816,7 +3821,11 @@ retry_cpuset: /* Dirty zone balancing only done in the fast path */ ac.spread_dirty_pages = (gfp_mask & __GFP_WRITE); - /* The preferred zone is used for statistics later */ + /* + * The preferred zone is used for statistics but crucially it is + * also used as the starting point for the zonelist iterator. It + * may get reset for allocations that ignore memory policies. + */ ac.preferred_zoneref = first_zones_zonelist(ac.zonelist, ac.high_zoneidx, ac.nodemask); if (!ac.preferred_zoneref) { |