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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/sched')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/sched/mm.h | 26 |
1 files changed, 26 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/sched/mm.h b/include/linux/sched/mm.h index aca874d33fe6..aa5f09ca5bcf 100644 --- a/include/linux/sched/mm.h +++ b/include/linux/sched/mm.h @@ -214,6 +214,32 @@ static inline void fs_reclaim_acquire(gfp_t gfp_mask) { } static inline void fs_reclaim_release(gfp_t gfp_mask) { } #endif +/* Any memory-allocation retry loop should use + * memalloc_retry_wait(), and pass the flags for the most + * constrained allocation attempt that might have failed. + * This provides useful documentation of where loops are, + * and a central place to fine tune the waiting as the MM + * implementation changes. + */ +static inline void memalloc_retry_wait(gfp_t gfp_flags) +{ + /* We use io_schedule_timeout because waiting for memory + * typically included waiting for dirty pages to be + * written out, which requires IO. + */ + __set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE); + gfp_flags = current_gfp_context(gfp_flags); + if (gfpflags_allow_blocking(gfp_flags) && + !(gfp_flags & __GFP_NORETRY)) + /* Probably waited already, no need for much more */ + io_schedule_timeout(1); + else + /* Probably didn't wait, and has now released a lock, + * so now is a good time to wait + */ + io_schedule_timeout(HZ/50); +} + /** * might_alloc - Mark possible allocation sites * @gfp_mask: gfp_t flags that would be used to allocate |