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-rw-r--r--mm/page_alloc.c13
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 1dd0f1f..7427e0e 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -2848,6 +2848,8 @@ get_page_from_freelist(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order, int alloc_flags,
{
struct zoneref *z = ac->preferred_zoneref;
struct zone *zone;
+ struct pglist_data *last_pgdat_dirty_limit = NULL;
+
/*
* Scan zonelist, looking for a zone with enough free.
* See also __cpuset_node_allowed() comment in kernel/cpuset.c.
@@ -2880,8 +2882,15 @@ get_page_from_freelist(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order, int alloc_flags,
* will require awareness of nodes in the
* dirty-throttling and the flusher threads.
*/
- if (ac->spread_dirty_pages && !node_dirty_ok(zone->zone_pgdat))
- continue;
+ if (ac->spread_dirty_pages) {
+ if (last_pgdat_dirty_limit == zone->zone_pgdat)
+ continue;
+
+ if (!node_dirty_ok(zone->zone_pgdat)) {
+ last_pgdat_dirty_limit = zone->zone_pgdat;
+ continue;
+ }
+ }
mark = zone->watermark[alloc_flags & ALLOC_WMARK_MASK];
if (!zone_watermark_fast(zone, order, mark,