In case when mapping fails (called from writer thread) due to lack of lines, currently we are calling pblk_pipeline_stop(), which waits for pending write IOs, so it will lead to the deadlock. Switching to __pblk_pipeline_stop() in that case instead will fix that. Signed-off-by: Igor Konopko <igor.j.konopko@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/lightnvm/pblk-map.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-map.c b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-map.c index 5408e32..afc10306 100644 --- a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-map.c +++ b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-map.c @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ static int pblk_map_page_data(struct pblk *pblk, unsigned int sentry, pblk_line_close_meta(pblk, prev_line); if (!line) { - pblk_pipeline_stop(pblk); + __pblk_pipeline_stop(pblk); return -ENOSPC; } -- 2.9.5