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diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 17497d0cd8b9..6771ea70bfe7 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -1841,16 +1841,28 @@ static inline bool should_continue_reclaim(struct zone *zone,
if (!(sc->reclaim_mode & RECLAIM_MODE_COMPACTION))
return false;
- /*
- * If we failed to reclaim and have scanned the full list, stop.
- * NOTE: Checking just nr_reclaimed would exit reclaim/compaction far
- * faster but obviously would be less likely to succeed
- * allocation. If this is desirable, use GFP_REPEAT to decide
- * if both reclaimed and scanned should be checked or just
- * reclaimed
- */
- if (!nr_reclaimed && !nr_scanned)
- return false;
+ /* Consider stopping depending on scan and reclaim activity */
+ if (sc->gfp_mask & __GFP_REPEAT) {
+ /*
+ * For __GFP_REPEAT allocations, stop reclaiming if the
+ * full LRU list has been scanned and we are still failing
+ * to reclaim pages. This full LRU scan is potentially
+ * expensive but a __GFP_REPEAT caller really wants to succeed
+ */
+ if (!nr_reclaimed && !nr_scanned)
+ return false;
+ } else {
+ /*
+ * For non-__GFP_REPEAT allocations which can presumably
+ * fail without consequence, stop if we failed to reclaim
+ * any pages from the last SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX number of
+ * pages that were scanned. This will return to the
+ * caller faster at the risk reclaim/compaction and
+ * the resulting allocation attempt fails
+ */
+ if (!nr_reclaimed)
+ return false;
+ }
/*
* If we have not reclaimed enough pages for compaction and the