Don't repeat direct reclaim when we enter the regular reclaim slowpath under the min watermark. Signed-off-by: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@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 f5ea1147..0519181 100644 --- a/mm/page_alloc.c +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c @@ -1941,7 +1941,8 @@ zonelist_scan: } if (zone_reclaim_mode == 0 || - !zone_allows_reclaim(preferred_zone, zone)) + !zone_allows_reclaim(preferred_zone, zone) || + !(alloc_flags & ALLOC_WMARK_LOW)) goto this_zone_full; /* -- 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>