Before we try to isolate physically contiguous pages, check for page order is added, and if the reclaim order is no larger than page order, we should give up the attempt. Signed-off-by: Hillf Danton <dhillf@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxx> Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx> --- --- a/mm/vmscan.c Thu Dec 29 20:20:16 2011 +++ b/mm/vmscan.c Thu Dec 29 20:28:14 2011 @@ -1162,6 +1162,7 @@ static unsigned long isolate_lru_pages(u unsigned long end_pfn; unsigned long page_pfn; int zone_id; + unsigned int isolated_pages = 0; page = lru_to_page(src); prefetchw_prev_lru_page(page, src, flags); @@ -1172,7 +1173,7 @@ static unsigned long isolate_lru_pages(u case 0: mem_cgroup_lru_del(page); list_move(&page->lru, dst); - nr_taken += hpage_nr_pages(page); + isolated_pages = hpage_nr_pages(page); break; case -EBUSY: @@ -1184,8 +1185,11 @@ static unsigned long isolate_lru_pages(u BUG(); } + nr_taken += isolated_pages; if (!order) continue; + if (isolated_pages != 1 && isolated_pages >= (1 << order)) + continue; /* * Attempt to take all pages in the order aligned region @@ -1227,7 +1231,6 @@ static unsigned long isolate_lru_pages(u break; if (__isolate_lru_page(cursor_page, mode, file) == 0) { - unsigned int isolated_pages; mem_cgroup_lru_del(cursor_page); list_move(&cursor_page->lru, dst); -- 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>