Re: [PATCHv5] mm: skip CMA pages when they are not available

From: Matthew Wilcox
Date: Fri Jun 09 2023 - 21:52:02 EST


On Fri, Jun 09, 2023 at 03:35:19PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > This patch fixes unproductive reclaiming of CMA pages by skipping them when they
> > are not available for current context. It is arise from bellowing OOM issue, which
> > caused by large proportion of MIGRATE_CMA pages among free pages.
>
> We saw plenty of feedback for earlier versions, but now silence. Does
> this mean we're all OK with v5?

I'm fine with the implementation now. I have no idea if this is the right
approach.