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SubjectRe: [PATCH 01/16] mm/page_alloc: ensure kswapd doesn't accidentally go to sleep
On Fri, Sep 09, 2022 at 05:24:36PM +0800, Miaohe Lin wrote:
> If ALLOC_KSWAPD is set, wake_all_kswapds() will be called to ensure
> kswapd doesn't accidentally go to sleep. But when reserve_flags is
> set, alloc_flags will be overwritten and ALLOC_KSWAPD is thus lost.
> Preserve the ALLOC_KSWAPD flag in alloc_flags to ensure kswapd won't
> go to sleep accidentally.
>
> Fixes: 0a79cdad5eb2 ("mm: use alloc_flags to record if kswapd can wake")
> Signed-off-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@huawei.com>

Reviewed-by: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@suse.de>

> ---
> mm/page_alloc.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
> index ba5c9402a5cb..4b97a03fa2dd 100644
> --- a/mm/page_alloc.c
> +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
> @@ -5147,7 +5147,8 @@ __alloc_pages_slowpath(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
>
> reserve_flags = __gfp_pfmemalloc_flags(gfp_mask);
> if (reserve_flags)
> - alloc_flags = gfp_to_alloc_flags_cma(gfp_mask, reserve_flags);
> + alloc_flags = gfp_to_alloc_flags_cma(gfp_mask, reserve_flags) |
> + (alloc_flags & ALLOC_KSWAPD);
>
> /*
> * Reset the nodemask and zonelist iterators if memory policies can be
> --
> 2.23.0
>

--
Oscar Salvador
SUSE Labs

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