---

yaml
---
r: 336039
b: refs/heads/master
c: 50694c2
h: refs/heads/master
i:
  336037: de0edb6
  336035: 9d176b2
  336031: b906bbe
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 82b212f40059bffd6808c07266a942d444d5558a
+refs/heads/master: 50694c28f1e1dbea18272980d265742a5027fb63

trunk/mm/vmscan.c

@@ -2207,9 +2207,12 @@ static bool pfmemalloc_watermark_ok(pg_data_t *pgdat)
  * Throttle direct reclaimers if backing storage is backed by the network
  * and the PFMEMALLOC reserve for the preferred node is getting dangerously
  * depleted. kswapd will continue to make progress and wake the processes
- * when the low watermark is reached
+ * when the low watermark is reached.
+ *
+ * Returns true if a fatal signal was delivered during throttling. If this
+ * happens, the page allocator should not consider triggering the OOM killer.
  */
-static void throttle_direct_reclaim(gfp_t gfp_mask, struct zonelist *zonelist,
+static bool throttle_direct_reclaim(gfp_t gfp_mask, struct zonelist *zonelist,
 					nodemask_t *nodemask)
 {
 	struct zone *zone;
@@ -2224,13 +2227,20 @@ static void throttle_direct_reclaim(gfp_t gfp_mask, struct zonelist *zonelist,
 	 * processes to block on log_wait_commit().
 	 */
 	if (current->flags & PF_KTHREAD)
-		return;
+		goto out;
+
+	/*
+	 * If a fatal signal is pending, this process should not throttle.
+	 * It should return quickly so it can exit and free its memory
+	 */
+	if (fatal_signal_pending(current))
+		goto out;
 
 	/* Check if the pfmemalloc reserves are ok */
 	first_zones_zonelist(zonelist, high_zoneidx, NULL, &zone);
 	pgdat = zone->zone_pgdat;
 	if (pfmemalloc_watermark_ok(pgdat))
-		return;
+		goto out;
 
 	/* Account for the throttling */
 	count_vm_event(PGSCAN_DIRECT_THROTTLE);
@@ -2246,12 +2256,20 @@ static void throttle_direct_reclaim(gfp_t gfp_mask, struct zonelist *zonelist,
 	if (!(gfp_mask & __GFP_FS)) {
 		wait_event_interruptible_timeout(pgdat->pfmemalloc_wait,
 			pfmemalloc_watermark_ok(pgdat), HZ);
-		return;
+
+		goto check_pending;
 	}
 
 	/* Throttle until kswapd wakes the process */
 	wait_event_killable(zone->zone_pgdat->pfmemalloc_wait,
 		pfmemalloc_watermark_ok(pgdat));
+
+check_pending:
+	if (fatal_signal_pending(current))
+		return true;
+
+out:
+	return false;
 }
 
 unsigned long try_to_free_pages(struct zonelist *zonelist, int order,
@@ -2273,13 +2291,12 @@ unsigned long try_to_free_pages(struct zonelist *zonelist, int order,
 		.gfp_mask = sc.gfp_mask,
 	};
 
-	throttle_direct_reclaim(gfp_mask, zonelist, nodemask);
-
 	/*
-	 * Do not enter reclaim if fatal signal is pending. 1 is returned so
-	 * that the page allocator does not consider triggering OOM
+	 * Do not enter reclaim if fatal signal was delivered while throttled.
+	 * 1 is returned so that the page allocator does not OOM kill at this
+	 * point.
 	 */
-	if (fatal_signal_pending(current))
+	if (throttle_direct_reclaim(gfp_mask, zonelist, nodemask))
 		return 1;
 
 	trace_mm_vmscan_direct_reclaim_begin(order,