If a page allocation fails, the ZONE_BOOSTER_WATERMARK should be tested, cleared and kswapd woken whether the allocation attempt was via the PCP or directly via the buddy list. Remove the page == NULL so the ZONE_BOOSTED_WATERMARK bit is checked unconditionally. As it is unlikely that ZONE_BOOSTED_WATERMARK is set, mark the branch accordingly. Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx> --- mm/page_alloc.c | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c index 44d198af4b35..7fb262eeec2f 100644 --- a/mm/page_alloc.c +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c @@ -3777,12 +3777,10 @@ struct page *rmqueue(struct zone *preferred_zone, page = rmqueue_buddy(preferred_zone, zone, order, alloc_flags, migratetype); - if (unlikely(!page)) - return NULL; out: /* Separate test+clear to avoid unnecessary atomics */ - if (test_bit(ZONE_BOOSTED_WATERMARK, &zone->flags)) { + if (unlikely(test_bit(ZONE_BOOSTED_WATERMARK, &zone->flags))) { clear_bit(ZONE_BOOSTED_WATERMARK, &zone->flags); wakeup_kswapd(zone, 0, 0, zone_idx(zone)); } -- 2.35.3