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-rw-r--r--fs/jffs2/gc.c8
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/gc.c b/fs/jffs2/gc.c
index 26c7992c45ca..bad005664e30 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/gc.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/gc.c
@@ -221,7 +221,13 @@ int jffs2_garbage_collect_pass(struct jffs2_sb_info *c)
jeb = jffs2_find_gc_block(c);
if (!jeb) {
- D1 (printk(KERN_NOTICE "jffs2: Couldn't find erase block to garbage collect!\n"));
+ /* Couldn't find a free block. But maybe we can just erase one and make 'progress'? */
+ if (!list_empty(&c->erase_pending_list)) {
+ spin_unlock(&c->erase_completion_lock);
+ mutex_unlock(&c->alloc_sem);
+ return -EAGAIN;
+ }
+ D1(printk(KERN_NOTICE "jffs2: Couldn't find erase block to garbage collect!\n"));
spin_unlock(&c->erase_completion_lock);
mutex_unlock(&c->alloc_sem);
return -EIO;