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1 files changed, 20 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 9bd339eb04c6..527f73e4c63f 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -1759,6 +1759,9 @@ __alloc_pages_may_oom(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
/* The OOM killer will not help higher order allocs */
if (order > PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER)
goto out;
+ /* The OOM killer does not needlessly kill tasks for lowmem */
+ if (high_zoneidx < ZONE_NORMAL)
+ goto out;
/*
* GFP_THISNODE contains __GFP_NORETRY and we never hit this.
* Sanity check for bare calls of __GFP_THISNODE, not real OOM.
@@ -2052,15 +2055,23 @@ rebalance:
if (page)
goto got_pg;
- /*
- * The OOM killer does not trigger for high-order
- * ~__GFP_NOFAIL allocations so if no progress is being
- * made, there are no other options and retrying is
- * unlikely to help.
- */
- if (order > PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER &&
- !(gfp_mask & __GFP_NOFAIL))
- goto nopage;
+ if (!(gfp_mask & __GFP_NOFAIL)) {
+ /*
+ * The oom killer is not called for high-order
+ * allocations that may fail, so if no progress
+ * is being made, there are no other options and
+ * retrying is unlikely to help.
+ */
+ if (order > PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER)
+ goto nopage;
+ /*
+ * The oom killer is not called for lowmem
+ * allocations to prevent needlessly killing
+ * innocent tasks.
+ */
+ if (high_zoneidx < ZONE_NORMAL)
+ goto nopage;
+ }
goto restart;
}