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Michal Hocko 33d5310306 mm/page_alloc.c: do not loop over ALLOC_NO_WATERMARKS without triggering reclaim
__alloc_pages_slowpath is looping over ALLOC_NO_WATERMARKS requests if
__GFP_NOFAIL is requested.  This is fragile because we are basically
relying on somebody else to make the reclaim (be it the direct reclaim
or OOM killer) for us.  The caller might be holding resources (e.g.
locks) which block other other reclaimers from making any progress for
example.  Remove the retry loop and rely on __alloc_pages_slowpath to
invoke all allowed reclaim steps and retry logic.

We have to be careful about __GFP_NOFAIL allocations from the
PF_MEMALLOC context even though this is a very bad idea to begin with
because no progress can be gurateed at all.  We shouldn't break the
__GFP_NOFAIL semantic here though.  It could be argued that this is
essentially GFP_NOWAIT context which we do not support but PF_MEMALLOC
is much harder to check for existing users because they might happen
deep down the code path performed much later after setting the flag so
we cannot really rule out there is no kernel path triggering this
combination.

Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Acked-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>
Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Cc: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@i-love.sakura.ne.jp>
Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2016-01-14 16:00:49 -08:00
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kasan kasan: fix kmemleak false-positive in kasan_module_alloc() 2015-11-20 16:17:32 -08:00
Kconfig mm: make compound_head() robust 2015-11-06 17:50:42 -08:00
Kconfig.debug mm/debug_pagealloc: remove obsolete Kconfig options 2015-01-08 15:10:52 -08:00
Makefile media updates for v4.3-rc1 2015-09-11 16:42:39 -07:00
backing-dev.c mm, vmstat: allow WQ concurrency to discover memory reclaim doesn't make any progress 2015-12-12 10:15:34 -08:00
balloon_compaction.c mm: page migration trylock newpage at same level as oldpage 2015-11-05 19:34:48 -08:00
bootmem.c x86/mm: Introduce max_possible_pfn 2015-12-06 12:46:31 +01:00
cleancache.c cleancache: remove limit on the number of cleancache enabled filesystems 2015-04-14 16:49:03 -07:00
cma.c mm/cma.c: suppress warning 2015-11-05 19:34:48 -08:00
cma.h mm: cma: mark cma_bitmap_maxno() inline in header 2015-08-14 15:56:32 -07:00
cma_debug.c mm/cma_debug: correct size input to bitmap function 2015-07-17 16:39:54 -07:00
compaction.c mm, compaction: distinguish contended status in tracepoints 2015-11-05 19:34:48 -08:00
debug-pagealloc.c mm/debug-pagealloc: make debug-pagealloc boottime configurable 2014-12-13 12:42:48 -08:00
debug.c mm: make compound_head() robust 2015-11-06 17:50:42 -08:00
dmapool.c mm, page_alloc: distinguish between being unable to sleep, unwilling to sleep and avoiding waking kswapd 2015-11-06 17:50:42 -08:00
early_ioremap.c mm/early_ioremap: use offset_in_page macro 2015-11-05 19:34:48 -08:00
fadvise.c writeback: implement and use inode_congested() 2015-06-02 08:33:35 -06:00
failslab.c mm, page_alloc: rename __GFP_WAIT to __GFP_RECLAIM 2015-11-06 17:50:42 -08:00
filemap.c mm, fs: introduce mapping_gfp_constraint() 2015-11-06 17:50:42 -08:00
frame_vector.c mm: fix docbook comment for get_vaddr_frames() 2015-11-05 19:34:48 -08:00
frontswap.c frontswap: allow multiple backends 2015-06-24 17:49:45 -07:00
gup.c mm: introduce VM_LOCKONFAULT 2015-11-05 19:34:48 -08:00
highmem.c mm/highmem: make kmap cache coloring aware 2014-08-06 18:01:22 -07:00
huge_memory.c mm: loosen MADV_NOHUGEPAGE to enable Qemu postcopy on s390 2015-11-20 16:17:32 -08:00
hugetlb.c mm/hugetlb.c: fix resv map memory leak for placeholder entries 2015-12-12 10:15:34 -08:00
hugetlb_cgroup.c mm: make compound_head() robust 2015-11-06 17:50:42 -08:00
hwpoison-inject.c hwpoison: use page_cgroup_ino for filtering by memcg 2015-09-10 13:29:01 -07:00
init-mm.c
internal.h mm: use 'unsigned int' for page order 2015-11-06 17:50:42 -08:00
interval_tree.c mm: replace vma->sharead.linear with vma->shared 2015-02-10 14:30:31 -08:00
kmemcheck.c mm/slab_common: move kmem_cache definition to internal header 2014-10-09 22:25:50 -04:00
kmemleak-test.c mm/kmemleak-test.c: use pr_fmt for logging 2014-06-06 16:08:18 -07:00
kmemleak.c Revert "gfp: add __GFP_NOACCOUNT" 2016-01-14 16:00:49 -08:00
ksm.c ksm: unstable_tree_search_insert error checking cleanup 2015-11-05 19:34:48 -08:00
list_lru.c memcg: simplify and inline __mem_cgroup_from_kmem 2015-11-05 19:34:48 -08:00
maccess.c mm/maccess.c: actually return -EFAULT from strncpy_from_unsafe 2015-11-05 19:34:48 -08:00
madvise.c mm: madvise allow remove operation for hugetlbfs 2015-09-08 15:35:28 -07:00
memblock.c mm/memblock.c: memblock_is_memory()/reserved() can be boolean 2016-01-14 16:00:49 -08:00
memcontrol.c slab: add SLAB_ACCOUNT flag 2016-01-14 16:00:49 -08:00
memory-failure.c mm: make compound_head() robust 2015-11-06 17:50:42 -08:00
memory.c mm, dax: fix DAX deadlocks (COW fault) 2015-11-18 16:54:36 -08:00
memory_hotplug.c mm/memory_hotplug.c: check for missing sections in test_pages_in_a_zone() 2015-12-29 17:45:49 -08:00
mempolicy.c mm/mempolicy.c: convert the shared_policy lock to a rwlock 2016-01-14 16:00:49 -08:00
mempool.c mm, page_alloc: distinguish between being unable to sleep, unwilling to sleep and avoiding waking kswapd 2015-11-06 17:50:42 -08:00
memtest.c memtest: remove unused header files 2015-09-08 15:35:28 -07:00
migrate.c mm, page_alloc: rename __GFP_WAIT to __GFP_RECLAIM 2015-11-06 17:50:42 -08:00
mincore.c mm/mincore: use offset_in_page macro 2015-11-05 19:34:48 -08:00
mlock.c mm/mlock.c: drop unneeded initialization in munlock_vma_pages_range() 2016-01-14 16:00:49 -08:00
mm_init.c mm: meminit: remove mminit_verify_page_links 2015-06-30 19:44:56 -07:00
mmap.c mm/mmap.c: remove redundant local variables for may_expand_vm() 2016-01-14 16:00:49 -08:00
mmu_context.c sched/mm: call finish_arch_post_lock_switch in idle_task_exit and use_mm 2014-02-21 08:50:17 +01:00
mmu_notifier.c mmu-notifier: add clear_young callback 2015-09-10 13:29:01 -07:00
mmzone.c mm: microoptimize zonelist operations 2015-02-11 17:06:02 -08:00
mprotect.c userfaultfd: teach vma_merge to merge across vma->vm_userfaultfd_ctx 2015-09-04 16:54:41 -07:00
mremap.c x86/mm/pat: Add untrack_pfn_moved for mremap 2016-01-05 11:10:05 +01:00
msync.c mm/msync: use offset_in_page macro 2015-11-05 19:34:48 -08:00
nobootmem.c x86/mm: Introduce max_possible_pfn 2015-12-06 12:46:31 +01:00
nommu.c kmemcg: account certain kmem allocations to memcg 2016-01-14 16:00:49 -08:00
oom_kill.c mm/oom_kill.c: avoid attempting to kill init sharing same memory 2015-12-12 10:15:34 -08:00
page-writeback.c treewide: Remove old email address 2015-11-23 09:44:58 +01:00
page_alloc.c mm/page_alloc.c: do not loop over ALLOC_NO_WATERMARKS without triggering reclaim 2016-01-14 16:00:49 -08:00
page_counter.c mm: page_counter: let page_counter_try_charge() return bool 2015-11-05 19:34:48 -08:00
page_ext.c mm: introduce idle page tracking 2015-09-10 13:29:01 -07:00
page_idle.c mm: introduce idle page tracking 2015-09-10 13:29:01 -07:00
page_io.c fs: use helper bio_add_page() instead of open coding on bi_io_vec 2015-08-13 12:32:00 -06:00
page_isolation.c mm/page_isolation.c: add new tracepoint, test_pages_isolated 2016-01-14 16:00:49 -08:00
page_owner.c mm/page_owner: set correct gfp_mask on page_owner 2015-07-17 16:39:54 -07:00
pagewalk.c mm/pagewalk.c: prevent positive return value of walk_page_test() from being passed to callers 2015-03-25 16:20:30 -07:00
percpu-km.c percpu: implmeent pcpu_nr_empty_pop_pages and chunk->nr_populated 2014-09-02 14:46:05 -04:00
percpu-vm.c percpu: move region iterations out of pcpu_[de]populate_chunk() 2014-09-02 14:46:02 -04:00
percpu.c mm/percpu: use offset_in_page macro 2015-11-05 19:34:48 -08:00
pgtable-generic.c mm,thp: introduce flush_pmd_tlb_range 2015-10-17 17:48:20 +05:30
process_vm_access.c process_vm_access: switch to {compat_,}import_iovec() 2015-04-11 22:27:12 -04:00
quicklist.c
readahead.c mm, fs: introduce mapping_gfp_constraint() 2015-11-06 17:50:42 -08:00
rmap.c kmemcg: account certain kmem allocations to memcg 2016-01-14 16:00:49 -08:00
shmem.c kmemcg: account certain kmem allocations to memcg 2016-01-14 16:00:49 -08:00
slab.c mm/slab.c: add a helper function get_first_slab 2016-01-14 16:00:49 -08:00
slab.h slab: add SLAB_ACCOUNT flag 2016-01-14 16:00:49 -08:00
slab_common.c slab: add SLAB_ACCOUNT flag 2016-01-14 16:00:49 -08:00
slob.c slab/slub: adjust kmem_cache_alloc_bulk API 2015-11-22 11:58:44 -08:00
slub.c slab: add SLAB_ACCOUNT flag 2016-01-14 16:00:49 -08:00
sparse-vmemmap.c mm/sparse: use memblock apis for early memory allocations 2014-01-21 16:19:47 -08:00
sparse.c mm: use macros from compiler.h instead of __attribute__((...)) 2014-04-07 16:35:54 -07:00
swap.c mm: make compound_head() robust 2015-11-06 17:50:42 -08:00
swap_cgroup.c mm: page_cgroup: rename file to mm/swap_cgroup.c 2014-12-10 17:41:09 -08:00
swap_state.c mm: swap: zswap: maybe_preload & refactoring 2015-09-08 15:35:28 -07:00
swapfile.c mm: /proc/pid/smaps:: show proportional swap share of the mapping 2015-09-08 15:35:28 -07:00
truncate.c memcg: add per cgroup dirty page accounting 2015-06-02 08:33:33 -06:00
userfaultfd.c userfaultfd: avoid mmap_sem read recursion in mcopy_atomic 2015-09-04 16:54:41 -07:00
util.c new helper: memdup_user_nul() 2016-01-04 10:20:19 -05:00
vmacache.c mm/vmacache: inline vmacache_valid_mm() 2015-11-05 19:34:48 -08:00
vmalloc.c vmalloc: allow to account vmalloc to memcg 2016-01-14 16:00:49 -08:00
vmpressure.c mm/vmpressure.c: fix race in vmpressure_work_fn() 2014-12-02 17:32:07 -08:00
vmscan.c mm: change mm_vmscan_lru_shrink_inactive() proto types 2016-01-14 16:00:49 -08:00
vmstat.c vmstat: allocate vmstat_wq before it is used 2016-01-08 23:47:54 -08:00
workingset.c list_lru: add helpers to isolate items 2015-02-12 18:54:10 -08:00
zbud.c mm: zsmalloc: constify struct zs_pool name 2015-11-06 17:50:42 -08:00
zpool.c mm: zsmalloc: constify struct zs_pool name 2015-11-06 17:50:42 -08:00
zsmalloc.c zsmalloc: use page->private instead of page->first_page 2015-11-06 17:50:42 -08:00
zswap.c mm/zswap: change incorrect strncmp use to strcmp 2015-12-18 14:25:40 -08:00