@@ -172,6 +172,30 @@ void ubi_refill_pools(struct ubi_device *ubi)
}
/**
+ * produce_free_peb - produce a free physical eraseblock.
+ * @ubi: UBI device description object
+ *
+ * This function tries to make a free PEB by means of synchronous execution of
+ * pending works. This may be needed if, for example the background thread is
+ * disabled. Returns zero in case of success and a negative error code in case
+ * of failure.
+ */
+static int produce_free_peb(struct ubi_device *ubi)
+{
+ int err;
+
+ while (!ubi->free.rb_node && ubi->works_count) {
+ dbg_wl("do one work synchronously");
+ err = do_work(ubi);
+
+ if (err)
+ return err;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/**
* ubi_wl_get_peb - get a physical eraseblock.
* @ubi: UBI device description object
*
@@ -213,6 +237,11 @@ again:
}
retried = 1;
up_read(&ubi->fm_eba_sem);
+ ret = produce_free_peb(ubi);
+ if (ret < 0) {
+ down_read(&ubi->fm_eba_sem);
+ goto out;
+ }
goto again;
}