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diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 2f45c0520f43..c3c1c6ac62da 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -1449,7 +1449,7 @@ static __always_inline void update_lru_sizes(struct lruvec *lruvec,
*
* Appropriate locks must be held before calling this function.
*
- * @nr_to_scan: The number of pages to look through on the list.
+ * @nr_to_scan: The number of eligible pages to look through on the list.
* @lruvec: The LRU vector to pull pages from.
* @dst: The temp list to put pages on to.
* @nr_scanned: The number of pages that were scanned.
@@ -1469,11 +1469,13 @@ static unsigned long isolate_lru_pages(unsigned long nr_to_scan,
unsigned long nr_zone_taken[MAX_NR_ZONES] = { 0 };
unsigned long nr_skipped[MAX_NR_ZONES] = { 0, };
unsigned long skipped = 0;
- unsigned long scan, nr_pages;
+ unsigned long scan, total_scan, nr_pages;
LIST_HEAD(pages_skipped);
- for (scan = 0; scan < nr_to_scan && nr_taken < nr_to_scan &&
- !list_empty(src); scan++) {
+ scan = 0;
+ for (total_scan = 0;
+ scan < nr_to_scan && nr_taken < nr_to_scan && !list_empty(src);
+ total_scan++) {
struct page *page;
page = lru_to_page(src);
@@ -1487,6 +1489,13 @@ static unsigned long isolate_lru_pages(unsigned long nr_to_scan,
continue;
}
+ /*
+ * Do not count skipped pages because that makes the function
+ * return with no isolated pages if the LRU mostly contains
+ * ineligible pages. This causes the VM to not reclaim any
+ * pages, triggering a premature OOM.
+ */
+ scan++;
switch (__isolate_lru_page(page, mode)) {
case 0:
nr_pages = hpage_nr_pages(page);
@@ -1524,9 +1533,9 @@ static unsigned long isolate_lru_pages(unsigned long nr_to_scan,
skipped += nr_skipped[zid];
}
}
- *nr_scanned = scan;
+ *nr_scanned = total_scan;
trace_mm_vmscan_lru_isolate(sc->reclaim_idx, sc->order, nr_to_scan,
- scan, skipped, nr_taken, mode, lru);
+ total_scan, skipped, nr_taken, mode, lru);
update_lru_sizes(lruvec, lru, nr_zone_taken);
return nr_taken;
}
@@ -3643,7 +3652,7 @@ int kswapd_run(int nid)
pgdat->kswapd = kthread_run(kswapd, pgdat, "kswapd%d", nid);
if (IS_ERR(pgdat->kswapd)) {
/* failure at boot is fatal */
- BUG_ON(system_state == SYSTEM_BOOTING);
+ BUG_ON(system_state < SYSTEM_RUNNING);
pr_err("Failed to start kswapd on node %d\n", nid);
ret = PTR_ERR(pgdat->kswapd);
pgdat->kswapd = NULL;
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