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-rw-r--r--net/core/sock.c13
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index 292f42228bfb..469d6039c7f5 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -354,15 +354,12 @@ void sk_clear_memalloc(struct sock *sk)
/*
* SOCK_MEMALLOC is allowed to ignore rmem limits to ensure forward
- * progress of swapping. However, if SOCK_MEMALLOC is cleared while
- * it has rmem allocations there is a risk that the user of the
- * socket cannot make forward progress due to exceeding the rmem
- * limits. By rights, sk_clear_memalloc() should only be called
- * on sockets being torn down but warn and reset the accounting if
- * that assumption breaks.
+ * progress of swapping. SOCK_MEMALLOC may be cleared while
+ * it has rmem allocations due to the last swapfile being deactivated
+ * but there is a risk that the socket is unusable due to exceeding
+ * the rmem limits. Reclaim the reserves and obey rmem limits again.
*/
- if (WARN_ON(sk->sk_forward_alloc))
- sk_mem_reclaim(sk);
+ sk_mem_reclaim(sk);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sk_clear_memalloc);