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Diffstat (limited to 'mm')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/vmscan.c | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/vmstat.c | 1 |
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c index d29b2bdb9e03..10f9c59aed55 100644 --- a/mm/vmscan.c +++ b/mm/vmscan.c @@ -865,6 +865,15 @@ static unsigned long shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list, if (PageDirty(page)) { nr_dirty++; + /* + * Only kswapd can writeback filesystem pages to + * avoid risk of stack overflow + */ + if (page_is_file_cache(page) && !current_is_kswapd()) { + inc_zone_page_state(page, NR_VMSCAN_WRITE_SKIP); + goto keep_locked; + } + if (references == PAGEREF_RECLAIM_CLEAN) goto keep_locked; if (!may_enter_fs) diff --git a/mm/vmstat.c b/mm/vmstat.c index d52b13d28e8f..210bd8ff3a6e 100644 --- a/mm/vmstat.c +++ b/mm/vmstat.c @@ -702,6 +702,7 @@ const char * const vmstat_text[] = { "nr_unstable", "nr_bounce", "nr_vmscan_write", + "nr_vmscan_write_skip", "nr_writeback_temp", "nr_isolated_anon", "nr_isolated_file", |