Kswapd in balance_pgdate() currently uses wake_up() on processes waiting in throttle_direct_reclaim(), which only wakes up a single process. This might leave processes waiting for longer than necessary, until the check is reached in the next loop iteration. Processes might also be left waiting if zone was fully balanced in single iteration. Note that the comment in balance_pgdat() also says "Wake them", so waking up a single process does not seem intentional.
Thus, replace wake_up() with wake_up_all(). Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <[email protected]> Cc: Mel Gorman <[email protected]> Cc: Johannes Weiner <[email protected]> Cc: Michal Hocko <[email protected]> Cc: Vladimir Davydov <[email protected]> Cc: Rik van Riel <[email protected]> --- mm/vmscan.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c index ab2505c..f73afa3 100644 --- a/mm/vmscan.c +++ b/mm/vmscan.c @@ -3175,7 +3175,7 @@ static unsigned long balance_pgdat(pg_data_t *pgdat, int order, */ if (waitqueue_active(&pgdat->pfmemalloc_wait) && pfmemalloc_watermark_ok(pgdat)) - wake_up(&pgdat->pfmemalloc_wait); + wake_up_all(&pgdat->pfmemalloc_wait); /* * Fragmentation may mean that the system cannot be rebalanced -- 2.1.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
