---

yaml
---
r: 35597
b: refs/heads/master
c: db37648
h: refs/heads/master
i:
  35595: 3edfe31
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 28e4d965e6131ace1e813e93aebca89ac6b82dc1
+refs/heads/master: db37648cd6ce9b828abd6d49aa3d269926ee7b7d

trunk/include/linux/pagemap.h

@@ -130,14 +130,29 @@ static inline pgoff_t linear_page_index(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 }
 
 extern void FASTCALL(__lock_page(struct page *page));
+extern void FASTCALL(__lock_page_nosync(struct page *page));
 extern void FASTCALL(unlock_page(struct page *page));
 
+/*
+ * lock_page may only be called if we have the page's inode pinned.
+ */
 static inline void lock_page(struct page *page)
 {
 	might_sleep();
 	if (TestSetPageLocked(page))
 		__lock_page(page);
 }
+
+/*
+ * lock_page_nosync should only be used if we can't pin the page's inode.
+ * Doesn't play quite so well with block device plugging.
+ */
+static inline void lock_page_nosync(struct page *page)
+{
+	might_sleep();
+	if (TestSetPageLocked(page))
+		__lock_page_nosync(page);
+}
 
 /*
  * This is exported only for wait_on_page_locked/wait_on_page_writeback.

trunk/mm/filemap.c

@@ -488,6 +488,12 @@ struct page *page_cache_alloc_cold(struct address_space *x)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(page_cache_alloc_cold);
 #endif
 
+static int __sleep_on_page_lock(void *word)
+{
+	io_schedule();
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * In order to wait for pages to become available there must be
  * waitqueues associated with pages. By using a hash table of
@@ -577,6 +583,17 @@ void fastcall __lock_page(struct page *page)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__lock_page);
 
+/*
+ * Variant of lock_page that does not require the caller to hold a reference
+ * on the page's mapping.
+ */
+void fastcall __lock_page_nosync(struct page *page)
+{
+	DEFINE_WAIT_BIT(wait, &page->flags, PG_locked);
+	__wait_on_bit_lock(page_waitqueue(page), &wait, __sleep_on_page_lock,
+							TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
+}
+
 /**
  * find_get_page - find and get a page reference
  * @mapping: the address_space to search

trunk/mm/page-writeback.c

@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ int set_page_dirty_lock(struct page *page)
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	lock_page(page);
+	lock_page_nosync(page);
 	ret = set_page_dirty(page);
 	unlock_page(page);
 	return ret;