2 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-core.c b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-core.c
index 49cef93e328e..a3ce4a36dd33 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-core.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-core.c
@@ -557,6 +557,20 @@ int pblk_submit_io_sync(struct pblk *pblk, struct nvm_rq *rqd)
         return ret;
 }
 
+int pblk_submit_io_sync_sem(struct pblk *pblk, struct nvm_rq *rqd)
+{
+        struct ppa_addr *ppa_list;
+        int ret;
+
+        ppa_list = (rqd->nr_ppas > 1) ? rqd->ppa_list : &rqd->ppa_addr;
+
+        pblk_down_chunk(pblk, ppa_list[0]);
+        ret = pblk_submit_io_sync(pblk, rqd);
+        pblk_up_chunk(pblk, ppa_list[0]);
+
+        return ret;
+}
+
 static void pblk_bio_map_addr_endio(struct bio *bio)
 {
         bio_put(bio);
@@ -787,7 +801,7 @@ static int pblk_line_smeta_write(struct pblk *pblk, struct pblk_line *line,
                 meta_list[i].lba = lba_list[paddr] = addr_empty;
         }
 
-        ret = pblk_submit_io_sync(pblk, &rqd);
+        ret = pblk_submit_io_sync_sem(pblk, &rqd);
         if (ret) {
                 pblk_err(pblk, "smeta I/O submission failed: %d\n", ret);
                 bio_put(bio);
diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk.h b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk.h
index 02e2c02b0cf4..4c015c457197 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk.h
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk.h
@@ -792,6 +792,7 @@ void pblk_log_write_err(struct pblk *pblk, struct nvm_rq *rqd);
 void pblk_log_read_err(struct pblk *pblk, struct nvm_rq *rqd);
 int pblk_submit_io(struct pblk *pblk, struct nvm_rq *rqd);
 int pblk_submit_io_sync(struct pblk *pblk, struct nvm_rq *rqd);
+int pblk_submit_io_sync_sem(struct pblk *pblk, struct nvm_rq *rqd);
 int pblk_submit_meta_io(struct pblk *pblk, struct pblk_line *meta_line);
 void pblk_check_chunk_state_update(struct pblk *pblk, struct nvm_rq *rqd);
 struct bio *pblk_bio_map_addr(struct pblk *pblk, void *data,