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authorPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>2022-02-05 08:58:25 +0300
committerPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>2022-02-05 08:58:25 +0300
commit7e6a6b400db8048bd1c06e497e338388413cf5bc (patch)
tree794f9fcdc7a1bfb9a2812e90fc76809d810203b2 /include/linux/sched/mm.h
parent6e37ec8825a113bc2dd1b280be10e5ac6eb4f6b1 (diff)
parent1dd498e5e26ad71e3e9130daf72cfb6a693fee03 (diff)
downloadlinux-7e6a6b400db8048bd1c06e497e338388413cf5bc.tar.xz
Merge tag 'kvmarm-fixes-5.17-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kvmarm/kvmarm into HEAD
KVM/arm64 fixes for 5.17, take #2 - A couple of fixes when handling an exception while a SError has been delivered - Workaround for Cortex-A510's single-step[ erratum
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/sched/mm.h')
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diff --git a/include/linux/sched/mm.h b/include/linux/sched/mm.h
index aca874d33fe6..aa5f09ca5bcf 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched/mm.h
@@ -214,6 +214,32 @@ static inline void fs_reclaim_acquire(gfp_t gfp_mask) { }
static inline void fs_reclaim_release(gfp_t gfp_mask) { }
#endif
+/* Any memory-allocation retry loop should use
+ * memalloc_retry_wait(), and pass the flags for the most
+ * constrained allocation attempt that might have failed.
+ * This provides useful documentation of where loops are,
+ * and a central place to fine tune the waiting as the MM
+ * implementation changes.
+ */
+static inline void memalloc_retry_wait(gfp_t gfp_flags)
+{
+ /* We use io_schedule_timeout because waiting for memory
+ * typically included waiting for dirty pages to be
+ * written out, which requires IO.
+ */
+ __set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
+ gfp_flags = current_gfp_context(gfp_flags);
+ if (gfpflags_allow_blocking(gfp_flags) &&
+ !(gfp_flags & __GFP_NORETRY))
+ /* Probably waited already, no need for much more */
+ io_schedule_timeout(1);
+ else
+ /* Probably didn't wait, and has now released a lock,
+ * so now is a good time to wait
+ */
+ io_schedule_timeout(HZ/50);
+}
+
/**
* might_alloc - Mark possible allocation sites
* @gfp_mask: gfp_t flags that would be used to allocate