On Thu 29-05-14 12:15:56, Johannes Weiner wrote:
> Currently, __GFP_NORETRY tries charging once and gives up before even
> trying to reclaim.  Bring the behavior on par with the page allocator
> and reclaim at least once before giving up.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <han...@cmpxchg.org>

Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mho...@suse.cz>

> ---
>  mm/memcontrol.c | 6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
> index e8d5075c081f..8957d6c945b8 100644
> --- a/mm/memcontrol.c
> +++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
> @@ -2614,13 +2614,13 @@ retry:
>       if (!(gfp_mask & __GFP_WAIT))
>               goto nomem;
>  
> -     if (gfp_mask & __GFP_NORETRY)
> -             goto nomem;
> -
>       nr_reclaimed = mem_cgroup_reclaim(mem_over_limit, gfp_mask, flags);
>  
>       if (mem_cgroup_margin(mem_over_limit) >= batch)
>               goto retry;
> +
> +     if (gfp_mask & __GFP_NORETRY)
> +             goto nomem;
>       /*
>        * Even though the limit is exceeded at this point, reclaim
>        * may have been able to free some pages.  Retry the charge
> -- 
> 1.9.3
> 

-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs
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