linux/kernel
Johannes Weiner e97ca8e5b8 mm: fix GFP_THISNODE callers and clarify
GFP_THISNODE is for callers that implement their own clever fallback to
remote nodes.  It restricts the allocation to the specified node and
does not invoke reclaim, assuming that the caller will take care of it
when the fallback fails, e.g.  through a subsequent allocation request
without GFP_THISNODE set.

However, many current GFP_THISNODE users only want the node exclusive
aspect of the flag, without actually implementing their own fallback or
triggering reclaim if necessary.  This results in things like page
migration failing prematurely even when there is easily reclaimable
memory available, unless kswapd happens to be running already or a
concurrent allocation attempt triggers the necessary reclaim.

Convert all callsites that don't implement their own fallback strategy
to __GFP_THISNODE.  This restricts the allocation a single node too, but
at the same time allows the allocator to enter the slowpath, wake
kswapd, and invoke direct reclaim if necessary, to make the allocation
happen when memory is full.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
Cc: Jan Stancek <jstancek@redhat.com>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2014-03-10 17:26:19 -07:00
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cpu sched/preempt: Fix up missed PREEMPT_NEED_RESCHED folding 2014-01-13 17:38:55 +01:00
debug kgdb/kdb: Fix no KDB config problem 2014-01-25 08:55:09 +01:00
events perf: Fix hotplug splat 2014-02-27 12:38:03 +01:00
gcov
irq genirq: Include missing header file in irqdomain.c 2014-02-27 13:29:35 +01:00
locking Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2014-01-20 10:42:08 -08:00
power arm, pm, vmpressure: add missing slab.h includes 2014-02-03 13:24:01 -05:00
printk printk: fix syslog() overflowing user buffer 2014-02-17 12:24:45 -08:00
rcu Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2014-01-28 08:38:04 -08:00
sched sched/deadline: Prevent rt_time growth to infinity 2014-02-27 12:29:41 +01:00
time sched_clock: Prevent callers from seeing half-updated data 2014-02-19 17:07:22 +01:00
trace tracing: Do not add event files for modules that fail tracepoints 2014-03-03 21:11:05 -05:00
.gitignore
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.locks
Kconfig.preempt
Makefile
acct.c
async.c
audit.c audit: fix location of __net_initdata for audit_net_ops 2014-01-17 17:14:32 -05:00
audit.h audit: Convert int limit uses to u32 2014-01-14 14:54:00 -05:00
audit_tree.c inotify: Fix reporting of cookies for inotify events 2014-02-18 11:17:17 +01:00
audit_watch.c inotify: Fix reporting of cookies for inotify events 2014-02-18 11:17:17 +01:00
auditfilter.c audit: log on errors from filter user rules 2014-01-13 22:32:31 -05:00
auditsc.c execve: use 'struct filename *' for executable name passing 2014-02-05 12:54:53 -08:00
backtracetest.c
bounds.c
capability.c audit: Simplify and correct audit_log_capset 2014-01-13 22:26:48 -05:00
cgroup.c cgroup: update cgroup_enable_task_cg_lists() to grab siglock 2014-02-18 18:23:18 -05:00
cgroup_freezer.c
compat.c
configs.c
context_tracking.c
cpu.c
cpu_pm.c
cpuset.c cpuset: fix a race condition in __cpuset_node_allowed_softwall() 2014-02-27 09:39:54 -05:00
crash_dump.c
cred.c
delayacct.c
dma.c
elfcore.c
exec_domain.c
exit.c introduce for_each_thread() to replace the buggy while_each_thread() 2014-01-21 16:19:46 -08:00
extable.c
fork.c exec: kill task_struct->did_exec 2014-01-23 16:37:02 -08:00
freezer.c
futex.c Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2014-01-20 10:42:08 -08:00
futex_compat.c
groups.c
hrtimer.c
hung_task.c hung_task: Display every hung task warning 2014-01-25 12:13:33 +01:00
irq_work.c
itimer.c
jump_label.c
kallsyms.c
kcmp.c
kexec.c kernel/kexec.c: use vscnprintf() instead of vsnprintf() in vmcoreinfo_append_str() 2014-01-27 21:02:40 -08:00
kmod.c execve: use 'struct filename *' for executable name passing 2014-02-05 12:54:53 -08:00
kprobes.c
ksysfs.c kdump: fix exported size of vmcoreinfo note 2014-01-23 16:37:03 -08:00
kthread.c
latencytop.c
module-internal.h
module.c module: Add missing newline in printk call. 2014-01-21 09:59:16 +10:30
module_signing.c
notifier.c
nsproxy.c
padata.c
panic.c
params.c
pid.c
pid_namespace.c
posix-cpu-timers.c
posix-timers.c
profile.c mm: fix GFP_THISNODE callers and clarify 2014-03-10 17:26:19 -07:00
ptrace.c
range.c
reboot.c
relay.c
res_counter.c
resource.c
seccomp.c
signal.c kernel/signal.c: change do_signal_stop/do_sigaction to use while_each_thread() 2014-01-23 16:37:02 -08:00
smp.c kernel/smp.c: remove cpumask_ipi 2014-01-30 16:56:54 -08:00
smpboot.c
smpboot.h
softirq.c Merge branch 'timers-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2014-01-31 09:02:51 -08:00
stacktrace.c
stop_machine.c
sys.c kernel/sys.c: k_getrusage() can use while_each_thread() 2014-01-23 16:37:02 -08:00
sys_ni.c
sysctl.c Merge branch 'core-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2014-01-31 08:59:46 -08:00
sysctl_binary.c
system_certificates.S
system_keyring.c
task_work.c
taskstats.c
test_kprobes.c
time.c
timeconst.bc
timer.c
tracepoint.c tracing: Do not add event files for modules that fail tracepoints 2014-03-03 21:11:05 -05:00
tsacct.c
uid16.c
up.c
user-return-notifier.c
user.c
user_namespace.c user_namespace.c: Remove duplicated word in comment 2014-02-20 11:58:35 -08:00
utsname.c
utsname_sysctl.c
watchdog.c
workqueue.c workqueue: ensure @task is valid across kthread_stop() 2014-02-18 16:35:20 -05:00
workqueue_internal.h