Index: linux-2.6/mm/mempool.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/mm/mempool.c	2018-06-29 03:47:16.290000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6/mm/mempool.c	2018-06-29 03:47:16.270000000 +0200
@@ -369,6 +369,7 @@ void *mempool_alloc(mempool_t *pool, gfp
 	unsigned long flags;
 	wait_queue_entry_t wait;
 	gfp_t gfp_temp;
+	unsigned old_flags;
 
 	VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(gfp_mask & __GFP_ZERO);
 	might_sleep_if(gfp_mask & __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM);
@@ -381,7 +382,10 @@ void *mempool_alloc(mempool_t *pool, gfp
 
 repeat_alloc:
 
+	old_flags = current->flags & PF_LESS_THROTTLE;
+	current->flags |= PF_LESS_THROTTLE;
 	element = pool->alloc(gfp_temp, pool->pool_data);
+	current_restore_flags(old_flags, PF_LESS_THROTTLE);
 	if (likely(element != NULL))
 		return element;
 
Index: linux-2.6/block/bio.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/block/bio.c	2018-06-29 03:47:16.290000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6/block/bio.c	2018-06-29 03:47:16.270000000 +0200
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ fallback:
 	} else {
 		struct biovec_slab *bvs = bvec_slabs + *idx;
 		gfp_t __gfp_mask = gfp_mask & ~(__GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM | __GFP_IO);
+		unsigned old_flags;
 
 		/*
 		 * Make this allocation restricted and don't dump info on
@@ -229,7 +230,10 @@ fallback:
 		 * Try a slab allocation. If this fails and __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM
 		 * is set, retry with the 1-entry mempool
 		 */
+		old_flags = current->flags & PF_LESS_THROTTLE;
+		current->flags |= PF_LESS_THROTTLE;
 		bvl = kmem_cache_alloc(bvs->slab, __gfp_mask);
+		current_restore_flags(old_flags, PF_LESS_THROTTLE);
 		if (unlikely(!bvl && (gfp_mask & __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM))) {
 			*idx = BVEC_POOL_MAX;
 			goto fallback;
Index: linux-2.6/drivers/md/dm-bufio.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/md/dm-bufio.c	2018-06-29 03:47:16.290000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6/drivers/md/dm-bufio.c	2018-06-29 03:47:16.270000000 +0200
@@ -356,6 +356,7 @@ static void __cache_size_refresh(void)
 static void *alloc_buffer_data(struct dm_bufio_client *c, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 			       unsigned char *data_mode)
 {
+	void *ptr;
 	if (unlikely(c->slab_cache != NULL)) {
 		*data_mode = DATA_MODE_SLAB;
 		return kmem_cache_alloc(c->slab_cache, gfp_mask);
@@ -363,9 +364,14 @@ static void *alloc_buffer_data(struct dm
 
 	if (c->block_size <= KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE &&
 	    gfp_mask & __GFP_NORETRY) {
+		unsigned old_flags;
 		*data_mode = DATA_MODE_GET_FREE_PAGES;
-		return (void *)__get_free_pages(gfp_mask,
+		old_flags = current->flags & PF_LESS_THROTTLE;
+		current->flags |= PF_LESS_THROTTLE;
+		ptr = (void *)__get_free_pages(gfp_mask,
 						c->sectors_per_block_bits - (PAGE_SHIFT - SECTOR_SHIFT));
+		current_restore_flags(old_flags, PF_LESS_THROTTLE);
+		return ptr;
 	}
 
 	*data_mode = DATA_MODE_VMALLOC;
@@ -381,8 +387,10 @@ static void *alloc_buffer_data(struct dm
 	 */
 	if (gfp_mask & __GFP_NORETRY) {
 		unsigned noio_flag = memalloc_noio_save();
-		void *ptr = __vmalloc(c->block_size, gfp_mask, PAGE_KERNEL);
-
+		unsigned old_flags = current->flags & PF_LESS_THROTTLE;
+		current->flags |= PF_LESS_THROTTLE;
+		ptr = __vmalloc(c->block_size, gfp_mask, PAGE_KERNEL);
+		current_restore_flags(old_flags, PF_LESS_THROTTLE);
 		memalloc_noio_restore(noio_flag);
 		return ptr;
 	}
Index: linux-2.6/drivers/md/dm-integrity.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/md/dm-integrity.c	2018-06-29 03:47:16.290000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6/drivers/md/dm-integrity.c	2018-06-29 03:47:16.270000000 +0200
@@ -1318,6 +1318,7 @@ static void integrity_metadata(struct wo
 	int r;
 
 	if (ic->internal_hash) {
+		unsigned old_flags;
 		struct bvec_iter iter;
 		struct bio_vec bv;
 		unsigned digest_size = crypto_shash_digestsize(ic->internal_hash);
@@ -1331,8 +1332,11 @@ static void integrity_metadata(struct wo
 		if (unlikely(ic->mode == 'R'))
 			goto skip_io;
 
+		old_flags = current->flags & PF_LESS_THROTTLE;
+		current->flags |= PF_LESS_THROTTLE;
 		checksums = kmalloc((PAGE_SIZE >> SECTOR_SHIFT >> ic->sb->log2_sectors_per_block) * ic->tag_size + extra_space,
 				    GFP_NOIO | __GFP_NORETRY | __GFP_NOWARN);
+		current_restore_flags(old_flags, PF_LESS_THROTTLE);
 		if (!checksums)
 			checksums = checksums_onstack;
 
Index: linux-2.6/drivers/md/dm-kcopyd.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/md/dm-kcopyd.c	2018-06-29 03:47:16.290000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6/drivers/md/dm-kcopyd.c	2018-06-29 03:47:16.270000000 +0200
@@ -245,7 +245,10 @@ static int kcopyd_get_pages(struct dm_kc
 	*pages = NULL;
 
 	do {
+		unsigned old_flags = current->flags & PF_LESS_THROTTLE;
+		current->flags |= PF_LESS_THROTTLE;
 		pl = alloc_pl(__GFP_NOWARN | __GFP_NORETRY | __GFP_KSWAPD_RECLAIM);
+		current_restore_flags(old_flags, PF_LESS_THROTTLE);
 		if (unlikely(!pl)) {
 			/* Use reserved pages */
 			pl = kc->pages;
Index: linux-2.6/drivers/md/dm-verity-target.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/md/dm-verity-target.c	2018-06-29 03:47:16.290000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6/drivers/md/dm-verity-target.c	2018-06-29 03:47:16.280000000 +0200
@@ -596,9 +596,13 @@ no_prefetch_cluster:
 static void verity_submit_prefetch(struct dm_verity *v, struct dm_verity_io *io)
 {
 	struct dm_verity_prefetch_work *pw;
+	unsigned old_flags;
 
+	old_flags = current->flags & PF_LESS_THROTTLE;
+	current->flags |= PF_LESS_THROTTLE;
 	pw = kmalloc(sizeof(struct dm_verity_prefetch_work),
 		GFP_NOIO | __GFP_NORETRY | __GFP_NOMEMALLOC | __GFP_NOWARN);
+	current_restore_flags(old_flags, PF_LESS_THROTTLE);
 
 	if (!pw)
 		return;
Index: linux-2.6/drivers/md/dm-writecache.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/md/dm-writecache.c	2018-06-29 03:47:16.290000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6/drivers/md/dm-writecache.c	2018-06-29 03:47:16.280000000 +0200
@@ -1473,6 +1473,7 @@ static void __writecache_writeback_pmem(
 	unsigned max_pages;
 
 	while (wbl->size) {
+		unsigned old_flags;
 		wbl->size--;
 		e = container_of(wbl->list.prev, struct wc_entry, lru);
 		list_del(&e->lru);
@@ -1486,6 +1487,8 @@ static void __writecache_writeback_pmem(
 		bio_set_dev(&wb->bio, wc->dev->bdev);
 		wb->bio.bi_iter.bi_sector = read_original_sector(wc, e);
 		wb->page_offset = PAGE_SIZE;
+		old_flags = current->flags & PF_LESS_THROTTLE;
+		current->flags |= PF_LESS_THROTTLE;
 		if (max_pages <= WB_LIST_INLINE ||
 		    unlikely(!(wb->wc_list = kmalloc(max_pages * sizeof(struct wc_entry *),
 						     GFP_NOIO | __GFP_NORETRY |
@@ -1493,6 +1496,7 @@ static void __writecache_writeback_pmem(
 			wb->wc_list = wb->wc_list_inline;
 			max_pages = WB_LIST_INLINE;
 		}
+		current_restore_flags(old_flags, PF_LESS_THROTTLE);
 
 		BUG_ON(!wc_add_block(wb, e, GFP_NOIO));
 
Index: linux-2.6/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c	2018-06-29 03:47:16.290000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c	2018-06-29 03:47:16.280000000 +0200
@@ -2181,12 +2181,16 @@ static void *crypt_page_alloc(gfp_t gfp_
 {
 	struct crypt_config *cc = pool_data;
 	struct page *page;
+	unsigned old_flags;
 
 	if (unlikely(percpu_counter_compare(&cc->n_allocated_pages, dm_crypt_pages_per_client) >= 0) &&
 	    likely(gfp_mask & __GFP_NORETRY))
 		return NULL;
 
+	old_flags = current->flags & PF_LESS_THROTTLE;
+	current->flags |= PF_LESS_THROTTLE;
 	page = alloc_page(gfp_mask);
+	current_restore_flags(old_flags, PF_LESS_THROTTLE);
 	if (likely(page != NULL))
 		percpu_counter_add(&cc->n_allocated_pages, 1);
 
@@ -2893,7 +2897,10 @@ static int crypt_map(struct dm_target *t
 
 	if (cc->on_disk_tag_size) {
 		unsigned tag_len = cc->on_disk_tag_size * (bio_sectors(bio) >> cc->sector_shift);
+		unsigned old_flags;
 
+		old_flags = current->flags & PF_LESS_THROTTLE;
+		current->flags |= PF_LESS_THROTTLE;
 		if (unlikely(tag_len > KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE) ||
 		    unlikely(!(io->integrity_metadata = kmalloc(tag_len,
 				GFP_NOIO | __GFP_NORETRY | __GFP_NOMEMALLOC | __GFP_NOWARN)))) {
@@ -2902,6 +2909,7 @@ static int crypt_map(struct dm_target *t
 			io->integrity_metadata = mempool_alloc(&cc->tag_pool, GFP_NOIO);
 			io->integrity_metadata_from_pool = true;
 		}
+		current_restore_flags(old_flags, PF_LESS_THROTTLE);
 	}
 
 	if (crypt_integrity_aead(cc))
