1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 73f5d4556b3d..7e5e775e97f4 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -2684,6 +2684,7 @@ void free_unref_page_list(struct list_head *list)
 {
         struct page *page, *next;
         unsigned long flags, pfn;
+        int batch_count = 0;
 
         /* Prepare pages for freeing */
         list_for_each_entry_safe(page, next, list, lru) {
@@ -2700,6 +2701,16 @@ void free_unref_page_list(struct list_head *list)
                 set_page_private(page, 0);
                 trace_mm_page_free_batched(page);
                 free_unref_page_commit(page, pfn);
+
+                /*
+                 * Guard against excessive IRQ disabled times when we get
+                 * a large list of pages to free.
+                 */
+                if (++batch_count == SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX) {
+                        local_irq_restore(flags);
+                        batch_count = 0;
+                        local_irq_save(flags);
+                }
         }
         local_irq_restore(flags);
 }