Commit 394e31d2c introduced new_node_page() for memory hotplug. In new_node_page(), the nid is cleared before calling __alloc_pages_nodemask(). But if it is the only node of the system, and the first round allocation fails, it will not be able to get memory from an empty nodemask, and trigger oom. The patch checks whether it is the last node on the system, and if it is, then don't clear the nid in the nodemask. Reported-by: John Allen <jallen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Li Zhong <zhong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/memory_hotplug.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c index 41266dc..b58906b 100644 --- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c +++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c @@ -1567,7 +1567,9 @@ static struct page *new_node_page(struct page *page, unsigned long private, return alloc_huge_page_node(page_hstate(compound_head(page)), next_node_in(nid, nmask)); - node_clear(nid, nmask); + if (nid != next_node_in(nid, nmask)) + node_clear(nid, nmask); + if (PageHighMem(page) || (zone_idx(page_zone(page)) == ZONE_MOVABLE)) gfp_mask |= __GFP_HIGHMEM; -- 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>