On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 02:55:58PM +0100, Michal Hocko wrote: > @@ -2701,13 +2701,24 @@ static int __do_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address, > { > struct vm_fault vmf; > int ret; > + struct address_space *mapping = vma->vm_file->f_mapping; > + gfp_t mapping_gfp; > > vmf.virtual_address = (void __user *)(address & PAGE_MASK); > vmf.pgoff = pgoff; > vmf.flags = flags; > vmf.page = NULL; > > + /* > + * Some filesystems always drop __GFP_FS to prevent from reclaim > + * recursion back to FS code. This is not the case here because > + * we are at the top of the call chain. Add GFP_FS flags to prevent > + * from premature OOM killer. > + */ > + mapping_gfp = mapping_gfp_mask(mapping); > + mapping_set_gfp_mask(mapping, mapping_gfp | __GFP_FS | __GFP_IO); > ret = vma->vm_ops->fault(vma, &vmf); > + mapping_set_gfp_mask(mapping, mapping_gfp); Urk! The inode owns the mapping and makes these decisions, not the page fault path. These mapping flags may be set for reasons you don't expect or know about (e.g. a subsystem specific shrinker constraint) so paths like this have no business clearing flags they don't own. cheers, Dave. -- Dave Chinner david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- 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>