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-rw-r--r--fs/nfs/pagelist.c20
-rw-r--r--fs/nfs/write.c6
-rw-r--r--include/linux/nfs_page.h1
3 files changed, 25 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/fs/nfs/pagelist.c b/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
index cbdd1c6aaa94..c5bb51a29e80 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
@@ -355,6 +355,26 @@ void nfs_pageio_complete(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *desc)
nfs_pageio_doio(desc);
}
+/**
+ * nfs_pageio_cond_complete - Conditional I/O completion
+ * @desc: pointer to io descriptor
+ * @index: page index
+ *
+ * It is important to ensure that processes don't try to take locks
+ * on non-contiguous ranges of pages as that might deadlock. This
+ * function should be called before attempting to wait on a locked
+ * nfs_page. It will complete the I/O if the page index 'index'
+ * is not contiguous with the existing list of pages in 'desc'.
+ */
+void nfs_pageio_cond_complete(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *desc, pgoff_t index)
+{
+ if (!list_empty(&desc->pg_list)) {
+ struct nfs_page *prev = nfs_list_entry(desc->pg_list.prev);
+ if (index != prev->wb_index + 1)
+ nfs_pageio_doio(desc);
+ }
+}
+
#define NFS_SCAN_MAXENTRIES 16
/**
* nfs_scan_list - Scan a list for matching requests
diff --git a/fs/nfs/write.c b/fs/nfs/write.c
index b084c03ce493..af344a158e01 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/write.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/write.c
@@ -273,8 +273,6 @@ static int nfs_page_async_flush(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *pgio,
* request as dirty (in which case we don't care).
*/
spin_unlock(req_lock);
- /* Prevent deadlock! */
- nfs_pageio_complete(pgio);
ret = nfs_wait_on_request(req);
nfs_release_request(req);
if (ret != 0)
@@ -321,6 +319,8 @@ static int nfs_writepage_locked(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc
pgio = &mypgio;
}
+ nfs_pageio_cond_complete(pgio, page->index);
+
err = nfs_page_async_flush(pgio, page);
if (err <= 0)
goto out;
@@ -329,6 +329,8 @@ static int nfs_writepage_locked(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc
if (!offset)
goto out;
+ nfs_pageio_cond_complete(pgio, page->index);
+
ctx = nfs_find_open_context(inode, NULL, FMODE_WRITE);
if (ctx == NULL) {
err = -EBADF;
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_page.h b/include/linux/nfs_page.h
index 41afab6b5f09..bd193af80162 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_page.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_page.h
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ extern void nfs_pageio_init(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *desc,
extern int nfs_pageio_add_request(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *,
struct nfs_page *);
extern void nfs_pageio_complete(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *desc);
+extern void nfs_pageio_cond_complete(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *, pgoff_t);
extern int nfs_wait_on_request(struct nfs_page *);
extern void nfs_unlock_request(struct nfs_page *req);
extern int nfs_set_page_writeback_locked(struct nfs_page *req);