Signed-off-by: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/page_alloc.c | 15 ++++++++++++---
1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
Hello Maxime,
Please check if this patch fixes your lockup issue. It is a bit cruel,
but it looks that in case of real low-memory situation page allocation
is very complex task which usually ends in waiting for the io/fs and
free pages that really don't arrive at all.
Best regards
--
Marek Szyprowski
Samsung Poland R&D Center
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 055aa4c..45473e9 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -5872,6 +5872,7 @@ int alloc_contig_range(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
gfp_t flags, unsigned migratetype)
{
unsigned long outer_start, outer_end;
+ unsigned int count = end - start;
int ret;
/*
@@ -5900,7 +5901,10 @@ int alloc_contig_range(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
ret = __start_isolate_page_range(pfn_to_maxpage(start),
pfn_to_maxpage_up(end), migratetype);
if (ret)
- goto done;
+ return ret;
+
+ min_free_kbytes += count * PAGE_SIZE / 1024;
+ setup_per_zone_wmarks();
ret = __alloc_contig_migrate_range(start, end);
if (ret)
@@ -5922,8 +5926,10 @@ int alloc_contig_range(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
ret = 0;
while (!PageBuddy(pfn_to_page(start & (~0UL << ret))))
- if (WARN_ON(++ret >= MAX_ORDER))
- return -EINVAL;
+ if (WARN_ON(++ret >= MAX_ORDER)) {
+ ret = -EINVAL;
+ goto done;
+ }
outer_start = start & (~0UL << ret);
outer_end = alloc_contig_freed_pages(outer_start, end, flags);
@@ -5936,6 +5942,9 @@ int alloc_contig_range(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
ret = 0;
done:
+ min_free_kbytes -= count * PAGE_SIZE / 1024;
+ setup_per_zone_wmarks();
+
__undo_isolate_page_range(pfn_to_maxpage(start), pfn_to_maxpage_up(end),
migratetype);
return ret;
--
1.7.1.569.g6f426
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