1 files changed, 33 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index cb68c53db4ec..efbcab1c8f54 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -1075,8 +1075,39 @@ int __isolate_lru_page(struct page *page, isolate_mode_t mode, int file)
 
 	ret = -EBUSY;
 
-	if ((mode & ISOLATE_CLEAN) && (PageDirty(page) || PageWriteback(page)))
-		return ret;
+	/*
+	 * To minimise LRU disruption, the caller can indicate that it only
+	 * wants to isolate pages it will be able to operate on without
+	 * blocking - clean pages for the most part.
+	 *
+	 * ISOLATE_CLEAN means that only clean pages should be isolated. This
+	 * is used by reclaim when it is cannot write to backing storage
+	 *
+	 * ISOLATE_ASYNC_MIGRATE is used to indicate that it only wants to pages
+	 * that it is possible to migrate without blocking
+	 */
+	if (mode & (ISOLATE_CLEAN|ISOLATE_ASYNC_MIGRATE)) {
+		/* All the caller can do on PageWriteback is block */
+		if (PageWriteback(page))
+			return ret;
+
+		if (PageDirty(page)) {
+			struct address_space *mapping;
+
+			/* ISOLATE_CLEAN means only clean pages */
+			if (mode & ISOLATE_CLEAN)
+				return ret;
+
+			/*
+			 * Only pages without mappings or that have a
+			 * ->migratepage callback are possible to migrate
+			 * without blocking
+			 */
+			mapping = page_mapping(page);
+			if (mapping && !mapping->a_ops->migratepage)
+				return ret;
+		}
+	}
 
 	if ((mode & ISOLATE_UNMAPPED) && page_mapped(page))
 		return ret;