3.15-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@xxxxxxxxxx> commit 2743f865543c0c4a5e12fc13edb2bf89a6e9687c upstream. If we don't check the current backing device status, balance_dirty_pages can fall into infinite pausing routine. This can be occurred when a lot of directories make a small number of dirty dentry pages including files. Reported-by: Brian Chadwick <brianchad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/f2fs/node.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) --- a/fs/f2fs/node.c +++ b/fs/f2fs/node.c @@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ bool available_free_memory(struct f2fs_s mem_size = (nm_i->nat_cnt * sizeof(struct nat_entry)) >> 12; res = mem_size < ((val.totalram * nm_i->ram_thresh / 100) >> 2); } else if (type == DIRTY_DENTS) { + if (sbi->sb->s_bdi->dirty_exceeded) + return false; mem_size = get_pages(sbi, F2FS_DIRTY_DENTS); res = mem_size < ((val.totalram * nm_i->ram_thresh / 100) >> 1); } -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html