On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 11:18:32AM +0800, Li, Shaohua wrote: > > + if (!(sc->gfp_mask & __GFP_WAIT)) > > + return 0; > > + > it appears __GFP_WAIT allocation doesn't go to direct reclaim. Good point! So we are returning to its very first version ;) --- a/mm/vmscan.c +++ b/mm/vmscan.c @@ -1135,6 +1135,7 @@ static int too_many_isolated(struct zone *zone, int file, struct scan_control *sc) { unsigned long inactive, isolated; + int ratio; if (current_is_kswapd()) return 0; @@ -1150,7 +1151,9 @@ static int too_many_isolated(struct zone *zone, int file, isolated = zone_page_state(zone, NR_ISOLATED_ANON); } - return isolated > inactive; + ratio = sc->gfp_mask & (__GFP_IO | __GFP_FS) ? 1 : 8; + + return isolated > inactive * ratio; } /* -- 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>