--- a/mm/page_alloc.c~mm-page_alloc-use-free_area_empty-instead-of-open-coding +++ a/mm/page_alloc.c @@ -3460,8 +3460,7 @@ bool __zone_watermark_ok(struct zone *z, return true; } #endif - if (alloc_harder && - !list_empty(&area->free_list[MIGRATE_HIGHATOMIC])) + if (alloc_harder && !free_area_empty(area, MIGRATE_HIGHATOMIC)) return true; } return false;