set_recommended_min_free_kbytes() adjusts zone water marks to be suitable for khugepaged. We avoid doing this if khugepaged is disabled, but don't catch the case when khugepaged is failed to start. Let's address this by checking khugepaged_thread instead of khugepaged_enabled() in set_recommended_min_free_kbytes(). It's NULL if the kernel thread is stopped or failed to start. Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/huge_memory.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c index a1594b18bc1b..370a3bbc960d 100644 --- a/mm/huge_memory.c +++ b/mm/huge_memory.c @@ -110,7 +110,8 @@ static int set_recommended_min_free_kbytes(void) int nr_zones = 0; unsigned long recommended_min; - if (!khugepaged_enabled()) + /* khugepaged thread has stopped to failed to start */ + if (!khugepaged_thread) return 0; for_each_populated_zone(zone) -- 2.1.4 -- 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>