Currently, __GFP_NORETRY tries charging once and gives up before even trying to reclaim. Bring the behavior on par with the page allocator and reclaim at least once before giving up. Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxx> --- mm/memcontrol.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c index 52550bbff1ef..9c646b9b56f4 100644 --- a/mm/memcontrol.c +++ b/mm/memcontrol.c @@ -2613,13 +2613,13 @@ retry: if (!(gfp_mask & __GFP_WAIT)) goto nomem; - if (gfp_mask & __GFP_NORETRY) - goto nomem; - nr_reclaimed = mem_cgroup_reclaim(mem_over_limit, gfp_mask, flags); if (mem_cgroup_margin(mem_over_limit) >= batch) goto retry; + + if (gfp_mask & __GFP_NORETRY) + goto nomem; /* * Even though the limit is exceeded at this point, reclaim * may have been able to free some pages. Retry the charge -- 2.0.0 -- 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>