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Diffstat (limited to 'mm')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/vmscan.c | 13 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c index 5c596654bd37..15e3a29fdb23 100644 --- a/mm/vmscan.c +++ b/mm/vmscan.c @@ -750,7 +750,8 @@ static noinline_for_stack void free_page_list(struct list_head *free_pages) */ static unsigned long shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list, struct zone *zone, - struct scan_control *sc) + struct scan_control *sc, + int priority) { LIST_HEAD(ret_pages); LIST_HEAD(free_pages); @@ -856,9 +857,11 @@ static unsigned long shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list, /* * Only kswapd can writeback filesystem pages to - * avoid risk of stack overflow + * avoid risk of stack overflow but do not writeback + * unless under significant pressure. */ - if (page_is_file_cache(page) && !current_is_kswapd()) { + if (page_is_file_cache(page) && + (!current_is_kswapd() || priority >= DEF_PRIORITY - 2)) { inc_zone_page_state(page, NR_VMSCAN_WRITE_SKIP); goto keep_locked; } @@ -1509,12 +1512,12 @@ shrink_inactive_list(unsigned long nr_to_scan, struct zone *zone, spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock); - nr_reclaimed = shrink_page_list(&page_list, zone, sc); + nr_reclaimed = shrink_page_list(&page_list, zone, sc, priority); /* Check if we should syncronously wait for writeback */ if (should_reclaim_stall(nr_taken, nr_reclaimed, priority, sc)) { set_reclaim_mode(priority, sc, true); - nr_reclaimed += shrink_page_list(&page_list, zone, sc); + nr_reclaimed += shrink_page_list(&page_list, zone, sc, priority); } local_irq_disable(); |