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-rw-r--r--mm/page_alloc.c4
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index ae28c22a7fdb..2dbb2fc68837 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -1794,6 +1794,10 @@ rebalance:
if (p->flags & PF_MEMALLOC)
goto nopage;
+ /* Avoid allocations with no watermarks from looping endlessly */
+ if (test_thread_flag(TIF_MEMDIE) && !(gfp_mask & __GFP_NOFAIL))
+ goto nopage;
+
/* Try direct reclaim and then allocating */
page = __alloc_pages_direct_reclaim(gfp_mask, order,
zonelist, high_zoneidx,