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diff --git a/include/linux/sched/mm.h b/include/linux/sched/mm.h
index aca874d33fe6..aa5f09ca5bcf 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched/mm.h
@@ -214,6 +214,32 @@ static inline void fs_reclaim_acquire(gfp_t gfp_mask) { }
static inline void fs_reclaim_release(gfp_t gfp_mask) { }
#endif
+/* Any memory-allocation retry loop should use
+ * memalloc_retry_wait(), and pass the flags for the most
+ * constrained allocation attempt that might have failed.
+ * This provides useful documentation of where loops are,
+ * and a central place to fine tune the waiting as the MM
+ * implementation changes.
+ */
+static inline void memalloc_retry_wait(gfp_t gfp_flags)
+{
+ /* We use io_schedule_timeout because waiting for memory
+ * typically included waiting for dirty pages to be
+ * written out, which requires IO.
+ */
+ __set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
+ gfp_flags = current_gfp_context(gfp_flags);
+ if (gfpflags_allow_blocking(gfp_flags) &&
+ !(gfp_flags & __GFP_NORETRY))
+ /* Probably waited already, no need for much more */
+ io_schedule_timeout(1);
+ else
+ /* Probably didn't wait, and has now released a lock,
+ * so now is a good time to wait
+ */
+ io_schedule_timeout(HZ/50);
+}
+
/**
* might_alloc - Mark possible allocation sites
* @gfp_mask: gfp_t flags that would be used to allocate