3 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
index 34019c8b6158..8b1d06fa222d 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
@@ -787,6 +787,9 @@ enum {
          * main phase. The fs_info::balance_ctl is initialized.
          */
         BTRFS_FS_BALANCE_RUNNING,
+
+        /* Indicate that the cleaner thread is awake and doing something. */
+        BTRFS_FS_CLEANER_RUNNING,
 };
 
 struct btrfs_fs_info {
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index 18eefc5b2532..6a2a2a951705 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -1682,6 +1682,8 @@ static int cleaner_kthread(void *arg)
         while (1) {
                 again = 0;
 
+                set_bit(BTRFS_FS_CLEANER_RUNNING, &fs_info->flags);
+
                 /* Make the cleaner go to sleep early. */
                 if (btrfs_need_cleaner_sleep(fs_info))
                         goto sleep;
@@ -1728,6 +1730,7 @@ static int cleaner_kthread(void *arg)
                  */
                 btrfs_delete_unused_bgs(fs_info);
 sleep:
+                clear_bit(BTRFS_FS_CLEANER_RUNNING, &fs_info->flags);
                 if (kthread_should_park())
                         kthread_parkme();
                 if (kthread_should_stop())
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index b6025b5d0b25..5c349667c761 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -3251,6 +3251,8 @@ void btrfs_add_delayed_iput(struct inode *inode)
         ASSERT(list_empty(&binode->delayed_iput));
         list_add_tail(&binode->delayed_iput, &fs_info->delayed_iputs);
         spin_unlock(&fs_info->delayed_iput_lock);
+        if (!test_bit(BTRFS_FS_CLEANER_RUNNING, &fs_info->flags))
+                wake_up_process(fs_info->cleaner_kthread);
 }
 
 void btrfs_run_delayed_iputs(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)