If buffer heads are over the limit then the direct reclaim gfp_mask is promoted to __GFP_HIGHMEM so that lowmem is indirectly freed. With node-based reclaim, it is also required that the classzone_idx be updated or the pages will be skipped. Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/vmscan.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c index 2f2072bc6884..0298c0977eac 100644 --- a/mm/vmscan.c +++ b/mm/vmscan.c @@ -2575,8 +2575,10 @@ static bool shrink_zones(struct zonelist *zonelist, struct scan_control *sc, * highmem pages could be pinning lowmem pages storing buffer_heads */ orig_mask = sc->gfp_mask; - if (buffer_heads_over_limit) + if (buffer_heads_over_limit) { sc->gfp_mask |= __GFP_HIGHMEM; + classzone_idx = gfp_zone(sc->gfp_mask); + } for_each_zone_zonelist_nodemask(zone, z, zonelist, classzone_idx, sc->nodemask) { -- 2.6.4 -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>