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Diffstat (limited to 'mm/page_alloc.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/page_alloc.c | 12 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c index 7f79b78bc829..0b9f577b1a2a 100644 --- a/mm/page_alloc.c +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c @@ -2170,6 +2170,18 @@ static inline void boost_watermark(struct zone *zone) max_boost = mult_frac(zone->_watermark[WMARK_HIGH], watermark_boost_factor, 10000); + + /* + * high watermark may be uninitialised if fragmentation occurs + * very early in boot so do not boost. We do not fall + * through and boost by pageblock_nr_pages as failing + * allocations that early means that reclaim is not going + * to help and it may even be impossible to reclaim the + * boosted watermark resulting in a hang. + */ + if (!max_boost) + return; + max_boost = max(pageblock_nr_pages, max_boost); zone->watermark_boost = min(zone->watermark_boost + pageblock_nr_pages, |