Commit 81cfc9f1 authored by Joakim Tjernlund's avatar Joakim Tjernlund Committed by David Woodhouse

jffs2: Fix serious write stall due to erase

Drop the alloc_sem before erasing flash in
jffs2_garbage_collect_pass().
Otherwise writes are put on hold until the erase
has finised.
Signed-off-by: default avatarJoakim Tjernlund <Joakim.Tjernlund@transmode.se>
Signed-off-by: default avatarArtem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com>
parent 733daa52
......@@ -219,13 +219,14 @@ int jffs2_garbage_collect_pass(struct jffs2_sb_info *c)
if (!list_empty(&c->erase_complete_list) ||
!list_empty(&c->erase_pending_list)) {
spin_unlock(&c->erase_completion_lock);
D1(printk(KERN_DEBUG "jffs2_garbage_collect_pass() erasing pending blocks\n"));
if (jffs2_erase_pending_blocks(c, 1)) {
mutex_unlock(&c->alloc_sem);
D1(printk(KERN_DEBUG "jffs2_garbage_collect_pass() erasing pending blocks\n"));
if (jffs2_erase_pending_blocks(c, 1))
return 0;
}
D1(printk(KERN_DEBUG "No progress from erasing blocks; doing GC anyway\n"));
spin_lock(&c->erase_completion_lock);
mutex_lock(&c->alloc_sem);
}
/* First, work out which block we're garbage-collecting */
......
Markdown is supported
0%
or
You are about to add 0 people to the discussion. Proceed with caution.
Finish editing this message first!
Please register or to comment