- if (order <= PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER) {
- if (compaction_withdrawn(compact_result))
- return true;
- if (compaction_retries <= MAX_COMPACT_RETRIES)
- return true;
- }
+ if (compaction_withdrawn(compact_result))
+ return compaction_zonelist_suitable(ac, order, alloc_flags);
+
+ /*
+ * !costly requests are much more important than __GFP_REPEAT
+ * costly ones because they are de facto nofail and invoke OOM
+ * killer to move on while costly can fail and users are ready
+ * to cope with that. 1/4 retries is rather arbitrary but we
+ * would need much more detailed feedback from compaction to
+ * make a better decision.
+ */
+ if (order > PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER)
+ max_retries /= 4;
+ if (compaction_retries <= max_retries)
+ return true;