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-rw-r--r--drivers/mtd/ubi/fastmap-wl.c29
1 files changed, 29 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/fastmap-wl.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/fastmap-wl.c
index 675e487ae8..4cb1377c42 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/fastmap-wl.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/fastmap-wl.c
@@ -170,6 +170,30 @@ void ubi_refill_pools(struct ubi_device *ubi)
}
/**
+ * produce_free_peb - produce a free physical eraseblock.
+ * @ubi: UBI device description object
+ *
+ * This function tries to make a free PEB by means of synchronous execution of
+ * pending works. This may be needed if, for example the background thread is
+ * disabled. Returns zero in case of success and a negative error code in case
+ * of failure.
+ */
+static int produce_free_peb(struct ubi_device *ubi)
+{
+ int err;
+
+ while (!ubi->free.rb_node && ubi->works_count) {
+ dbg_wl("do one work synchronously");
+ err = do_work(ubi);
+
+ if (err)
+ return err;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/**
* ubi_wl_get_peb - get a physical eraseblock.
* @ubi: UBI device description object
*
@@ -211,6 +235,11 @@ again:
}
retried = 1;
up_read(&ubi->fm_eba_sem);
+ ret = produce_free_peb(ubi);
+ if (ret < 0) {
+ down_read(&ubi->fm_eba_sem);
+ goto out;
+ }
goto again;
}