--- a/mm/compaction.c~mm-compactionc-micro-optimization-remove-unnecessary-branch +++ a/mm/compaction.c @@ -180,11 +180,10 @@ bool compaction_deferred(struct zone *zo return false; /* Avoid possible overflow */ - if (++zone->compact_considered > defer_limit) + if (++zone->compact_considered >= defer_limit) { zone->compact_considered = defer_limit; - - if (zone->compact_considered >= defer_limit) return false; + } trace_mm_compaction_deferred(zone, order);