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Diffstat (limited to 'mm/vmscan.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/vmscan.c | 14 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c index 2836b5373b2e..1a71b8b1ea34 100644 --- a/mm/vmscan.c +++ b/mm/vmscan.c @@ -2315,7 +2315,10 @@ static bool shrink_zone(struct zone *zone, struct scan_control *sc) return reclaimable; } -/* Returns true if compaction should go ahead for a high-order request */ +/* + * Returns true if compaction should go ahead for a high-order request, or + * the high-order allocation would succeed without compaction. + */ static inline bool compaction_ready(struct zone *zone, int order) { unsigned long balance_gap, watermark; @@ -2339,8 +2342,11 @@ static inline bool compaction_ready(struct zone *zone, int order) if (compaction_deferred(zone, order)) return watermark_ok; - /* If compaction is not ready to start, keep reclaiming */ - if (!compaction_suitable(zone, order)) + /* + * If compaction is not ready to start and allocation is not likely + * to succeed without it, then keep reclaiming. + */ + if (compaction_suitable(zone, order) == COMPACT_SKIPPED) return false; return watermark_ok; @@ -2818,7 +2824,7 @@ static bool zone_balanced(struct zone *zone, int order, return false; if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_COMPACTION) && order && - !compaction_suitable(zone, order)) + compaction_suitable(zone, order) == COMPACT_SKIPPED) return false; return true; |