1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/drop_caches.c b/fs/drop_caches.c
index 82377017130f..d31b6c72b476 100644
--- a/fs/drop_caches.c
+++ b/fs/drop_caches.c
@@ -21,8 +21,13 @@ static void drop_pagecache_sb(struct super_block *sb, void *unused)
         spin_lock(&sb->s_inode_list_lock);
         list_for_each_entry(inode, &sb->s_inodes, i_sb_list) {
                 spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+                /*
+                 * We must skip inodes in unusual state. We may also skip
+                 * inodes without pages but we deliberately won't in case
+                 * we need to reschedule to avoid softlockups.
+                 */
                 if ((inode->i_state & (I_FREEING|I_WILL_FREE|I_NEW)) ||
-                    (inode->i_mapping->nrpages == 0)) {
+                    (inode->i_mapping->nrpages == 0 && !need_resched())) {
                         spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
                         continue;
                 }
@@ -30,6 +35,7 @@ static void drop_pagecache_sb(struct super_block *sb, void *unused)
                 spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
                 spin_unlock(&sb->s_inode_list_lock);
 
+                cond_resched();
                 invalidate_mapping_pages(inode->i_mapping, 0, -1);
                 iput(toput_inode);
                 toput_inode = inode;