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-rw-r--r--mm/vmscan.c20
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 9588973849d..a8347b677e7 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -909,7 +909,8 @@ int isolate_lru_page(struct page *page)
* of reclaimed pages
*/
static unsigned long shrink_inactive_list(unsigned long max_scan,
- struct zone *zone, struct scan_control *sc, int file)
+ struct zone *zone, struct scan_control *sc,
+ int priority, int file)
{
LIST_HEAD(page_list);
struct pagevec pvec;
@@ -927,8 +928,19 @@ static unsigned long shrink_inactive_list(unsigned long max_scan,
unsigned long nr_freed;
unsigned long nr_active;
unsigned int count[NR_LRU_LISTS] = { 0, };
- int mode = (sc->order > PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER) ?
- ISOLATE_BOTH : ISOLATE_INACTIVE;
+ int mode = ISOLATE_INACTIVE;
+
+ /*
+ * If we need a large contiguous chunk of memory, or have
+ * trouble getting a small set of contiguous pages, we
+ * will reclaim both active and inactive pages.
+ *
+ * We use the same threshold as pageout congestion_wait below.
+ */
+ if (sc->order > PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER)
+ mode = ISOLATE_BOTH;
+ else if (sc->order && priority < DEF_PRIORITY - 2)
+ mode = ISOLATE_BOTH;
nr_taken = sc->isolate_pages(sc->swap_cluster_max,
&page_list, &nr_scan, sc->order, mode,
@@ -1172,7 +1184,7 @@ static unsigned long shrink_list(enum lru_list lru, unsigned long nr_to_scan,
shrink_active_list(nr_to_scan, zone, sc, priority, file);
return 0;
}
- return shrink_inactive_list(nr_to_scan, zone, sc, file);
+ return shrink_inactive_list(nr_to_scan, zone, sc, priority, file);
}
/*