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-rw-r--r--fs/jffs2/background.c10
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/background.c b/fs/jffs2/background.c
index 8adebd3e43c..3cceef4ad2b 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/background.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/background.c
@@ -85,15 +85,15 @@ static int jffs2_garbage_collect_thread(void *_c)
for (;;) {
allow_signal(SIGHUP);
again:
+ spin_lock(&c->erase_completion_lock);
if (!jffs2_thread_should_wake(c)) {
set_current_state (TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
+ spin_unlock(&c->erase_completion_lock);
D1(printk(KERN_DEBUG "jffs2_garbage_collect_thread sleeping...\n"));
- /* Yes, there's a race here; we checked jffs2_thread_should_wake()
- before setting current->state to TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE. But it doesn't
- matter - We don't care if we miss a wakeup, because the GC thread
- is only an optimisation anyway. */
schedule();
- }
+ } else
+ spin_unlock(&c->erase_completion_lock);
+
/* This thread is purely an optimisation. But if it runs when
other things could be running, it actually makes things a