[1] fixed bad deferring policy but made mistake about checking compact_order_failed in __compact_pgdat so it can't update compact_order_failed with new order. It ends up preventing working of deffering policy rightly. This patch fixes it. [1] aff62249, vmscan: only defer compaction for failed order and higher Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mel Gorman <mel@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Minchan Kim <minchan@xxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/compaction.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/mm/compaction.c b/mm/compaction.c index e78cb96..b6984e2 100644 --- a/mm/compaction.c +++ b/mm/compaction.c @@ -861,7 +861,7 @@ static int __compact_pgdat(pg_data_t *pgdat, struct compact_control *cc) if (cc->order > 0) { int ok = zone_watermark_ok(zone, cc->order, low_wmark_pages(zone), 0, 0); - if (ok && cc->order > zone->compact_order_failed) + if (ok && cc->order >= zone->compact_order_failed) zone->compact_order_failed = cc->order + 1; /* Currently async compaction is never deferred. */ else if (!ok && cc->sync) -- 1.7.9.5 -- 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/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>