1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index caea788628e4..c313afcc8e5a 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -2308,6 +2308,10 @@ rebalance:
                 if ((gfp_mask & __GFP_FS) && !(gfp_mask & __GFP_NORETRY)) {
                         if (oom_killer_disabled)
                                 goto nopage;
+                        /* Coredumps can quickly deplete all memory reserves */
+                        if ((current->flags & PF_DUMPCORE) &&
+                            !(gfp_mask & __GFP_NOFAIL))
+                                goto nopage;
                         page = __alloc_pages_may_oom(gfp_mask, order,
                                         zonelist, high_zoneidx,
                                         nodemask, preferred_zone,