When asynchronous compaction was introduced, the /proc/sys/vm/compact_memory handler should have been updated to always use synchronous compaction. This did not happen so this patch addresses it. The assumption is if a user writes to /proc/sys/vm/compact_memory, they are willing for that process to stall. Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@xxxxxxxxx> --- mm/compaction.c | 1 + 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/compaction.c b/mm/compaction.c index 237560e..615502b 100644 --- a/mm/compaction.c +++ b/mm/compaction.c @@ -666,6 +666,7 @@ static int compact_node(int nid) .nr_freepages = 0, .nr_migratepages = 0, .order = -1, + .sync = true, }; zone = &pgdat->node_zones[zoneid]; -- 1.7.3.4 -- 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/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>