On Wed, Oct 16, 2024 at 09:49:49AM -0700, Chris Li wrote: > [ Upstream commit 0885ef4705607936fc36a38fd74356e1c465b023 ] > > I found a regression on mm-unstable during my swap stress test, using > tmpfs to compile linux. The test OOM very soon after the make spawns many > cc processes. > > It bisects down to this change: 33dfe9204f29b415bbc0abb1a50642d1ba94f5e9 > (mm/gup: clear the LRU flag of a page before adding to LRU batch) > > Yu Zhao propose the fix: "I think this is one of the potential side > effects -- Huge mentioned earlier about isolate_lru_folios():" > > I test that with it the swap stress test no longer OOM. > > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAOUHufYi9h0kz5uW3LHHS3ZrVwEq-kKp8S6N-MZUmErNAXoXmw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ > Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240905-lru-flag-v2-1-8a2d9046c594@xxxxxxxxxx > Fixes: 33dfe9204f29 ("mm/gup: clear the LRU flag of a page before adding to LRU batch") > Signed-off-by: Chris Li <chrisl@xxxxxxxxxx> > Suggested-by: Yu Zhao <yuzhao@xxxxxxxxxx> > Suggested-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx> > Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAF8kJuNP5iTj2p07QgHSGOJsiUfYpJ2f4R1Q5-3BN9JiD9W_KA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ > Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > mm/vmscan.c | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) Again, for mm changes, we need an explicit ack from the mm maintainers before we can take them. I'll wait for that. thanks, greg k-h
