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| -rw-r--r-- | mm/vmscan.c | 14 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c index e36666679e1c..026199c047e0 100644 --- a/mm/vmscan.c +++ b/mm/vmscan.c @@ -2514,8 +2514,20 @@ static unsigned long shrink_inactive_list(unsigned long nr_to_scan, * the flushers simply cannot keep up with the allocation * rate. Nudge the flusher threads in case they are asleep. */ - if (stat.nr_unqueued_dirty == nr_taken) + if (stat.nr_unqueued_dirty == nr_taken) { wakeup_flusher_threads(WB_REASON_VMSCAN); + /* + * For cgroupv1 dirty throttling is achieved by waking up + * the kernel flusher here and later waiting on folios + * which are in writeback to finish (see shrink_folio_list()). + * + * Flusher may not be able to issue writeback quickly + * enough for cgroupv1 writeback throttling to work + * on a large system. + */ + if (!writeback_throttling_sane(sc)) + reclaim_throttle(pgdat, VMSCAN_THROTTLE_WRITEBACK); + } sc->nr.dirty += stat.nr_dirty; sc->nr.congested += stat.nr_congested; |