mm/compaction: reset compaction scanner positions

When the compaction is activated via /proc/sys/vm/compact_memory it would
better scan the whole zone.  And some platforms, for instance ARM, have
the start_pfn of a zone at zero.  Therefore the first try to compact via
/proc doesn't work.  It needs to reset the compaction scanner position
first.
Signed-off-by: NGioh Kim <gioh.kim@lge.com>
Acked-by: NVlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Acked-by: NDavid Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Cc: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

mm/compaction.c

@@ -1605,6 +1605,14 @@ static void __compact_pgdat(pg_data_t *pgdat, struct compact_control *cc)
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cc->freepages);
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cc->migratepages);
 
+		/*
+		 * When called via /proc/sys/vm/compact_memory
+		 * this makes sure we compact the whole zone regardless of
+		 * cached scanner positions.
+		 */
+		if (cc->order == -1)
+			__reset_isolation_suitable(zone);
+
 		if (cc->order == -1 || !compaction_deferred(zone, cc->order))
 			compact_zone(zone, cc);