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<b><a class="bz_bug_link
bz_status_NEW "
title="NEW --- - [ILK/HSW]igt/gem_tiled_swapping randomly causes OOM killer"
href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=72742#c48">Comment # 48</a>
on <a class="bz_bug_link
bz_status_NEW "
title="NEW --- - [ILK/HSW]igt/gem_tiled_swapping randomly causes OOM killer"
href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=72742">bug 72742</a>
from <span class="vcard"><a class="email" href="mailto:chris@chris-wilson.co.uk" title="Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk>"> <span class="fn">Chris Wilson</span></a>
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<pre>Alternate idea,
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index a9c74b409681..8c2cb1150d17 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -135,6 +135,10 @@ unsigned long vm_total_pages; /* The total number of
pages which the VM controls
static LIST_HEAD(shrinker_list);
static DECLARE_RWSEM(shrinker_rwsem);
+static bool throttle_direct_reclaim(gfp_t gfp_mask,
+ struct zonelist *zonelist,
+ nodemask_t *nodemask);
+
#ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG
static bool global_reclaim(struct scan_control *sc)
{
@@ -1521,7 +1525,7 @@ shrink_inactive_list(unsigned long nr_to_scan, struct
lruvec *lruvec,
* of pages under pages flagged for immediate reclaim and stall if any
* are encountered in the nr_immediate check below.
*/
- if (nr_writeback && nr_writeback == nr_taken)
+ if (nr_writeback > nr_taken / 2)
zone_set_flag(zone, ZONE_WRITEBACK);
/*
@@ -2465,6 +2469,12 @@ static unsigned long do_try_to_free_pages(struct
zonelist *zonelist,
WB_REASON_TRY_TO_FREE_PAGES);
sc->may_writepage = 1;
}
+
+ if (global_reclaim(sc) &&
+ throttle_direct_reclaim(sc->gfp_mask,
+ zonelist,
+ sc->nodemask))
+ aborted_reclaim = true;
} while (--sc->priority >= 0 && !aborted_reclaim);
out:</pre>
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