If ALLOC_KSWAPD is set, wake_all_kswapds() will be called to ensure kswapd doesn't accidentally go to sleep. But when reserve_flags is set, alloc_flags will be overwritten and ALLOC_KSWAPD is thus lost. Preserve the ALLOC_KSWAPD flag in alloc_flags to ensure kswapd won't go to sleep accidentally. Fixes: 0a79cdad5eb2 ("mm: use alloc_flags to record if kswapd can wake") Signed-off-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/page_alloc.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c index ba5c9402a5cb..4b97a03fa2dd 100644 --- a/mm/page_alloc.c +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c @@ -5147,7 +5147,8 @@ __alloc_pages_slowpath(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order, reserve_flags = __gfp_pfmemalloc_flags(gfp_mask); if (reserve_flags) - alloc_flags = gfp_to_alloc_flags_cma(gfp_mask, reserve_flags); + alloc_flags = gfp_to_alloc_flags_cma(gfp_mask, reserve_flags) | + (alloc_flags & ALLOC_KSWAPD); /* * Reset the nodemask and zonelist iterators if memory policies can be -- 2.23.0