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| -rw-r--r-- | mm/vmscan.c | 31 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c index bee53495a829..cd5dc3faaa57 100644 --- a/mm/vmscan.c +++ b/mm/vmscan.c @@ -1780,6 +1780,20 @@ shrink_inactive_list(unsigned long nr_to_scan, struct lruvec *lruvec, set_bit(PGDAT_WRITEBACK, &pgdat->flags); /* + * If dirty pages are scanned that are not queued for IO, it + * implies that flushers are not doing their job. This can + * happen when memory pressure pushes dirty pages to the end of + * the LRU before the dirty limits are breached and the dirty + * data has expired. It can also happen when the proportion of + * dirty pages grows not through writes but through memory + * pressure reclaiming all the clean cache. And in some cases, + * the flushers simply cannot keep up with the allocation + * rate. Nudge the flusher threads in case they are asleep. + */ + if (stat.nr_unqueued_dirty == nr_taken) + wakeup_flusher_threads(WB_REASON_VMSCAN); + + /* * Legacy memcg will stall in page writeback so avoid forcibly * stalling here. */ @@ -1791,22 +1805,9 @@ shrink_inactive_list(unsigned long nr_to_scan, struct lruvec *lruvec, if (stat.nr_dirty && stat.nr_dirty == stat.nr_congested) set_bit(PGDAT_CONGESTED, &pgdat->flags); - /* - * If dirty pages are scanned that are not queued for IO, it - * implies that flushers are not doing their job. This can - * happen when memory pressure pushes dirty pages to the end of - * the LRU before the dirty limits are breached and the dirty - * data has expired. It can also happen when the proportion of - * dirty pages grows not through writes but through memory - * pressure reclaiming all the clean cache. And in some cases, - * the flushers simply cannot keep up with the allocation - * rate. Nudge the flusher threads in case they are asleep, but - * also allow kswapd to start writing pages during reclaim. - */ - if (stat.nr_unqueued_dirty == nr_taken) { - wakeup_flusher_threads(WB_REASON_VMSCAN); + /* Allow kswapd to start writing pages during reclaim. */ + if (stat.nr_unqueued_dirty == nr_taken) set_bit(PGDAT_DIRTY, &pgdat->flags); - } /* * If kswapd scans pages marked marked for immediate |
