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-rw-r--r--include/linux/mmzone.h1
-rw-r--r--mm/vmscan.c9
-rw-r--r--mm/vmstat.c1
3 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/mmzone.h b/include/linux/mmzone.h
index ec57779c5a57..2c41b2c1943b 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmzone.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmzone.h
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ enum zone_stat_item {
NR_UNSTABLE_NFS, /* NFS unstable pages */
NR_BOUNCE,
NR_VMSCAN_WRITE,
+ NR_VMSCAN_WRITE_SKIP,
NR_WRITEBACK_TEMP, /* Writeback using temporary buffers */
NR_ISOLATED_ANON, /* Temporary isolated pages from anon lru */
NR_ISOLATED_FILE, /* Temporary isolated pages from file lru */
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index d29b2bdb9e03..10f9c59aed55 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -865,6 +865,15 @@ static unsigned long shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list,
if (PageDirty(page)) {
nr_dirty++;
+ /*
+ * Only kswapd can writeback filesystem pages to
+ * avoid risk of stack overflow
+ */
+ if (page_is_file_cache(page) && !current_is_kswapd()) {
+ inc_zone_page_state(page, NR_VMSCAN_WRITE_SKIP);
+ goto keep_locked;
+ }
+
if (references == PAGEREF_RECLAIM_CLEAN)
goto keep_locked;
if (!may_enter_fs)
diff --git a/mm/vmstat.c b/mm/vmstat.c
index d52b13d28e8f..210bd8ff3a6e 100644
--- a/mm/vmstat.c
+++ b/mm/vmstat.c
@@ -702,6 +702,7 @@ const char * const vmstat_text[] = {
"nr_unstable",
"nr_bounce",
"nr_vmscan_write",
+ "nr_vmscan_write_skip",
"nr_writeback_temp",
"nr_isolated_anon",
"nr_isolated_file",
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