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diff --git a/mm/compaction.c b/mm/compaction.c
index f94cbc0b99a5..d8187f9cabbf 100644
--- a/mm/compaction.c
+++ b/mm/compaction.c
@@ -66,24 +66,15 @@ static inline bool isolation_suitable(struct compact_control *cc,
* should be skipped for page isolation when the migrate and free page scanner
* meet.
*/
-static void reset_isolation_suitable(struct zone *zone)
+static void __reset_isolation_suitable(struct zone *zone)
{
unsigned long start_pfn = zone->zone_start_pfn;
unsigned long end_pfn = zone->zone_start_pfn + zone->spanned_pages;
unsigned long pfn;
- /*
- * Do not reset more than once every five seconds. If allocations are
- * failing sufficiently quickly to allow this to happen then continually
- * scanning for compaction is not going to help. The choice of five
- * seconds is arbitrary but will mitigate excessive scanning.
- */
- if (time_before(jiffies, zone->compact_blockskip_expire))
- return;
-
zone->compact_cached_migrate_pfn = start_pfn;
zone->compact_cached_free_pfn = end_pfn;
- zone->compact_blockskip_expire = jiffies + (HZ * 5);
+ zone->compact_blockskip_flush = false;
/* Walk the zone and mark every pageblock as suitable for isolation */
for (pfn = start_pfn; pfn < end_pfn; pfn += pageblock_nr_pages) {
@@ -102,9 +93,24 @@ static void reset_isolation_suitable(struct zone *zone)
}
}
+void reset_isolation_suitable(pg_data_t *pgdat)
+{
+ int zoneid;
+
+ for (zoneid = 0; zoneid < MAX_NR_ZONES; zoneid++) {
+ struct zone *zone = &pgdat->node_zones[zoneid];
+ if (!populated_zone(zone))
+ continue;
+
+ /* Only flush if a full compaction finished recently */
+ if (zone->compact_blockskip_flush)
+ __reset_isolation_suitable(zone);
+ }
+}
+
/*
* If no pages were isolated then mark this pageblock to be skipped in the
- * future. The information is later cleared by reset_isolation_suitable().
+ * future. The information is later cleared by __reset_isolation_suitable().
*/
static void update_pageblock_skip(struct compact_control *cc,
struct page *page, unsigned long nr_isolated,
@@ -820,7 +826,15 @@ static int compact_finished(struct zone *zone,
/* Compaction run completes if the migrate and free scanner meet */
if (cc->free_pfn <= cc->migrate_pfn) {
- reset_isolation_suitable(cc->zone);
+ /*
+ * Mark that the PG_migrate_skip information should be cleared
+ * by kswapd when it goes to sleep. kswapd does not set the
+ * flag itself as the decision to be clear should be directly
+ * based on an allocation request.
+ */
+ if (!current_is_kswapd())
+ zone->compact_blockskip_flush = true;
+
return COMPACT_COMPLETE;
}
@@ -943,9 +957,13 @@ static int compact_zone(struct zone *zone, struct compact_control *cc)
zone->compact_cached_migrate_pfn = cc->migrate_pfn;
}
- /* Clear pageblock skip if there are numerous alloc failures */
- if (zone->compact_defer_shift == COMPACT_MAX_DEFER_SHIFT)
- reset_isolation_suitable(zone);
+ /*
+ * Clear pageblock skip if there were failures recently and compaction
+ * is about to be retried after being deferred. kswapd does not do
+ * this reset as it'll reset the cached information when going to sleep.
+ */
+ if (compaction_restarting(zone, cc->order) && !current_is_kswapd())
+ __reset_isolation_suitable(zone);
migrate_prep_local();