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authorAndré Fabian Silva Delgado <emulatorman@parabola.nu>2016-12-07 16:30:11 -0300
committerAndré Fabian Silva Delgado <emulatorman@parabola.nu>2016-12-07 16:30:11 -0300
commit189382f7a338c02b448ab27e1d5566e052165dc8 (patch)
tree14903209649ee76584b17afa492e31a0c9460c27 /mm
parent62e27076b7a48d1c8fc4eed59ff75f6382915c46 (diff)
Linux-libre 4.8.12-gnupck-4.8.12-gnu
Diffstat (limited to 'mm')
-rw-r--r--mm/page_alloc.c10
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index a2214c64e..7401e9960 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -3161,6 +3161,16 @@ should_compact_retry(struct alloc_context *ac, unsigned int order, int alloc_fla
if (!order || order > PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER)
return false;
+#ifdef CONFIG_COMPACTION
+ /*
+ * This is a gross workaround to compensate a lack of reliable compaction
+ * operation. We cannot simply go OOM with the current state of the compaction
+ * code because this can lead to pre mature OOM declaration.
+ */
+ if (order <= PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER)
+ return true;
+#endif
+
/*
* There are setups with compaction disabled which would prefer to loop
* inside the allocator rather than hit the oom killer prematurely.