High order page allocation can cause direct memory compaction and harm
performance. The patch makes the high order page allocation don't wait,
so not trigger direct memory compaction with memory pressure. More
details can be found in a similar patch for net core:
http://marc.info/?l=linux-mm&m=143406665720428&w=2
Cc: Amir Vadai <am...@mellanox.com>
Cc: Ido Shamay <i...@mellanox.com>
Cc: Eric Dumazet <eduma...@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <s...@fb.com>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_rx.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_rx.c
b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_rx.c
index 2a77a6b..9bc4143 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_rx.c
@@ -60,8 +60,11 @@ static int mlx4_alloc_pages(struct mlx4_en_priv *priv,
for (order = MLX4_EN_ALLOC_PREFER_ORDER; ;) {
gfp_t gfp = _gfp;
- if (order)
+ if (order) {
+ if ((PAGE_SIZE << (order - 1)) >= frag_info->frag_size)
+ gfp &= ~__GFP_WAIT;
gfp |= __GFP_COMP | __GFP_NOWARN;
+ }
page = alloc_pages(gfp, order);
if (likely(page))
break;
--
1.8.1
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