Block devices do not, in general, report congestion any more, so this congestion_wait() is effectively just a sleep. It isn't entirely clear what is being waited for, but as we only wait when j_async_throttle is elevated, it seems reasonable to stop waiting when j_async_throttle becomes zero - or after the same timeout. So change to use wait_event_event_timeout() for waiting, and wake_up_var() to signal an end to waiting. Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@xxxxxxx> --- I have no idea who might take this.... Jens and Jan have both landed reiserfs patches recently... Thanks, NeilBrown fs/reiserfs/journal.c | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/journal.c b/fs/reiserfs/journal.c index 0834b101c316..a3e21160b634 100644 --- a/fs/reiserfs/journal.c +++ b/fs/reiserfs/journal.c @@ -951,7 +951,9 @@ static int reiserfs_async_progress_wait(struct super_block *s) int depth; depth = reiserfs_write_unlock_nested(s); - congestion_wait(BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ / 10); + wait_var_event_timeout(&j->j_async_throttle, + atomic_read(&j->j_async_throttle) == 0, + HZ / 10); reiserfs_write_lock_nested(s, depth); } @@ -1058,7 +1060,8 @@ static int flush_commit_list(struct super_block *s, put_bh(tbh) ; } } - atomic_dec(&journal->j_async_throttle); + if (atomic_dec_and_test(&journal->j_async_throttle)) + wake_up_var(&journal->j_async_throttle); for (i = 0; i < (jl->j_len + 1); i++) { bn = SB_ONDISK_JOURNAL_1st_BLOCK(s) + -- 2.33.1