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-rw-r--r--fs/ubifs/shrinker.c6
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/shrinker.c b/fs/ubifs/shrinker.c
index ca953a945029..9e1d05666fed 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/shrinker.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/shrinker.c
@@ -284,7 +284,11 @@ int ubifs_shrinker(struct shrinker *shrink, struct shrink_control *sc)
long clean_zn_cnt = atomic_long_read(&ubifs_clean_zn_cnt);
if (nr == 0)
- return clean_zn_cnt;
+ /*
+ * Due to the way UBIFS updates the clean znode counter it may
+ * temporarily be negative.
+ */
+ return clean_zn_cnt >= 0 ? clean_zn_cnt : 1;
if (!clean_zn_cnt) {
/*