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diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index b620d74b0f66..3783e45bfc92 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -6736,6 +6736,7 @@ static bool pgdat_balanced(pg_data_t *pgdat, int order, int highest_zoneidx)
* meet watermarks.
*/
for_each_managed_zone_pgdat(zone, pgdat, i, highest_zoneidx) {
+ enum zone_stat_item item;
unsigned long free_pages;
if (sysctl_numa_balancing_mode & NUMA_BALANCING_MEMORY_TIERING)
@@ -6746,11 +6747,33 @@ static bool pgdat_balanced(pg_data_t *pgdat, int order, int highest_zoneidx)
/*
* In defrag_mode, watermarks must be met in whole
* blocks to avoid polluting allocator fallbacks.
+ *
+ * However, kswapd usually cannot accomplish this on
+ * its own and needs kcompactd support. Once it's
+ * reclaimed a compaction gap, and kswapd_shrink_node
+ * has dropped order, simply ensure there are enough
+ * base pages for compaction, wake kcompactd & sleep.
*/
- if (defrag_mode)
- free_pages = zone_page_state(zone, NR_FREE_PAGES_BLOCKS);
+ if (defrag_mode && order)
+ item = NR_FREE_PAGES_BLOCKS;
else
- free_pages = zone_page_state(zone, NR_FREE_PAGES);
+ item = NR_FREE_PAGES;
+
+ /*
+ * When there is a high number of CPUs in the system,
+ * the cumulative error from the vmstat per-cpu cache
+ * can blur the line between the watermarks. In that
+ * case, be safe and get an accurate snapshot.
+ *
+ * TODO: NR_FREE_PAGES_BLOCKS moves in steps of
+ * pageblock_nr_pages, while the vmstat pcp threshold
+ * is limited to 125. On many configurations that
+ * counter won't actually be per-cpu cached. But keep
+ * things simple for now; revisit when somebody cares.
+ */
+ free_pages = zone_page_state(zone, item);
+ if (zone->percpu_drift_mark && free_pages < zone->percpu_drift_mark)
+ free_pages = zone_page_state_snapshot(zone, item);
if (__zone_watermark_ok(zone, order, mark, highest_zoneidx,
0, free_pages))