If number of reclaimable slabs are zero, shrink_icache_memory() and shrink_dcache_memory() return 0. but strangely shrink_slab() ignore it and continue meaningless loop iteration. This patch fixes it. Signed-off-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/vmscan.c | 5 +++++ 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c index 0f9f624..8f61adb 100644 --- a/mm/vmscan.c +++ b/mm/vmscan.c @@ -243,6 +243,11 @@ unsigned long shrink_slab(unsigned long scanned, gfp_t gfp_mask, int nr_before; nr_before = (*shrinker->shrink)(0, gfp_mask); + /* no slab objects, no more reclaim. */ + if (nr_before == 0) { + total_scan = 0; + break; + } shrink_ret = (*shrinker->shrink)(this_scan, gfp_mask); if (shrink_ret == -1) break; -- 1.6.5.2 -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxx For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>