The backoff mechanism is not needed. If we have MAX_RECLAIM_RETRIES loops without progress, we'll OOM anyway; backing off might cut one or two iterations off that in the rare OOM case. If we have intermittent success reclaiming a few pages, the backoff function gets reset also, and so is of little help in these scenarios. We might want a backoff function for when there IS progress, but not enough to be satisfactory. But this isn't that. Remove it. Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/page_alloc.c | 15 ++++++--------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c index 9ac639864bed..223644afed28 100644 --- a/mm/page_alloc.c +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c @@ -3511,11 +3511,10 @@ bool gfp_pfmemalloc_allowed(gfp_t gfp_mask) /* * Checks whether it makes sense to retry the reclaim to make a forward progress * for the given allocation request. - * The reclaim feedback represented by did_some_progress (any progress during - * the last reclaim round) and no_progress_loops (number of reclaim rounds without - * any progress in a row) is considered as well as the reclaimable pages on the - * applicable zone list (with a backoff mechanism which is a function of - * no_progress_loops). + * + * We give up when we either have tried MAX_RECLAIM_RETRIES in a row + * without success, or when we couldn't even meet the watermark if we + * reclaimed all remaining pages on the LRU lists. * * Returns true if a retry is viable or false to enter the oom path. */ @@ -3560,13 +3559,11 @@ should_reclaim_retry(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned order, bool wmark; available = reclaimable = zone_reclaimable_pages(zone); - available -= DIV_ROUND_UP((*no_progress_loops) * available, - MAX_RECLAIM_RETRIES); available += zone_page_state_snapshot(zone, NR_FREE_PAGES); /* - * Would the allocation succeed if we reclaimed the whole - * available? + * Would the allocation succeed if we reclaimed all + * reclaimable pages? */ wmark = __zone_watermark_ok(zone, order, min_wmark, ac_classzone_idx(ac), alloc_flags, available); -- 2.11.1 -- 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>
