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Diffstat (limited to 'mm/vmalloc.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/vmalloc.c | 28 |
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c index ef910bf349e1..bef6cf2b4d46 100644 --- a/mm/vmalloc.c +++ b/mm/vmalloc.c @@ -2883,6 +2883,8 @@ vm_area_alloc_pages(gfp_t gfp, int nid, unsigned int order, unsigned int nr_pages, struct page **pages) { unsigned int nr_allocated = 0; + gfp_t alloc_gfp = gfp; + bool nofail = false; struct page *page; int i; @@ -2893,6 +2895,7 @@ vm_area_alloc_pages(gfp_t gfp, int nid, * more permissive. */ if (!order) { + /* bulk allocator doesn't support nofail req. officially */ gfp_t bulk_gfp = gfp & ~__GFP_NOFAIL; while (nr_allocated < nr_pages) { @@ -2931,20 +2934,35 @@ vm_area_alloc_pages(gfp_t gfp, int nid, if (nr != nr_pages_request) break; } + } else if (gfp & __GFP_NOFAIL) { + /* + * Higher order nofail allocations are really expensive and + * potentially dangerous (pre-mature OOM, disruptive reclaim + * and compaction etc. + */ + alloc_gfp &= ~__GFP_NOFAIL; + nofail = true; } /* High-order pages or fallback path if "bulk" fails. */ - while (nr_allocated < nr_pages) { if (fatal_signal_pending(current)) break; if (nid == NUMA_NO_NODE) - page = alloc_pages(gfp, order); + page = alloc_pages(alloc_gfp, order); else - page = alloc_pages_node(nid, gfp, order); - if (unlikely(!page)) - break; + page = alloc_pages_node(nid, alloc_gfp, order); + if (unlikely(!page)) { + if (!nofail) + break; + + /* fall back to the zero order allocations */ + alloc_gfp |= __GFP_NOFAIL; + order = 0; + continue; + } + /* * Higher order allocations must be able to be treated as * indepdenent small pages by callers (as they can with |