[1] fixed bad deferring policy but made mistake about checking
compact_order_failed in __compact_pgdat so it can't update
compact_order_failed with new order. It ends up preventing working
of deffering policy rightly. This patch fixes it.
[1] aff62249, vmscan: only defer compaction for failed order and higher
Cc: Rik van Riel <r...@redhat.com>
Cc: Mel Gorman <m...@csn.ul.ie>
Signed-off-by: Minchan Kim <minc...@kernel.org>
---
mm/compaction.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/mm/compaction.c b/mm/compaction.c
index e78cb96..b6984e2 100644
--- a/mm/compaction.c
+++ b/mm/compaction.c
@@ -861,7 +861,7 @@ static int __compact_pgdat(pg_data_t *pgdat, struct
compact_control *cc)
if (cc->order > 0) {
int ok = zone_watermark_ok(zone, cc->order,
low_wmark_pages(zone), 0, 0);
- if (ok && cc->order > zone->compact_order_failed)
+ if (ok && cc->order >= zone->compact_order_failed)
zone->compact_order_failed = cc->order + 1;
/* Currently async compaction is never deferred. */
else if (!ok && cc->sync)
--
1.7.9.5
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