linux-kernel - [PATCH 16/25] mm, vmscan: Update classzone_idx if buffer_heads_over

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Date:	Mon,  8 Jun 2015 14:56:22 +0100
From:	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
To:	Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>
Cc:	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
Subject: [PATCH 16/25] mm, vmscan: Update classzone_idx if buffer_heads_over_limit

If buffer heads are over the limit then the direct reclaim gfp_mask
is promoted to __GFP_HIGHMEM so that lowmem is indirectly freed. With
node-based reclaim, it is also required that the classzone_idx be updated
or the pages will be skipped.

Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
---
 mm/vmscan.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 2a3050d7dc95..140aeefdebe1 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -2497,8 +2497,10 @@ static bool shrink_zones(struct zonelist *zonelist, struct scan_control *sc,
 	 * highmem pages could be pinning lowmem pages storing buffer_heads
 	 */
 	orig_mask = sc->gfp_mask;
-	if (buffer_heads_over_limit)
+	if (buffer_heads_over_limit) {
 		sc->gfp_mask |= __GFP_HIGHMEM;
+		classzone_idx = gfp_zone(sc->gfp_mask);
+	}
 
 	for_each_zone_zonelist_nodemask(zone, z, zonelist,
 					classzone_idx, sc->nodemask) {
-- 
2.3.5

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