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-rw-r--r--mm/vmscan.c11
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 7e7d25504651..c7ce2c161225 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -476,6 +476,17 @@ static unsigned long do_shrink_slab(struct shrink_control *shrinkctl,
delta = freeable >> priority;
delta *= 4;
do_div(delta, shrinker->seeks);
+
+ /*
+ * Make sure we apply some minimal pressure on default priority
+ * even on small cgroups. Stale objects are not only consuming memory
+ * by themselves, but can also hold a reference to a dying cgroup,
+ * preventing it from being reclaimed. A dying cgroup with all
+ * corresponding structures like per-cpu stats and kmem caches
+ * can be really big, so it may lead to a significant waste of memory.
+ */
+ delta = max_t(unsigned long long, delta, min(freeable, batch_size));
+
total_scan += delta;
if (total_scan < 0) {
pr_err("shrink_slab: %pF negative objects to delete nr=%ld\n",