3 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/fs/nfs/file.c b/fs/nfs/file.c
index 36a5e74f51b4..f036153d9f50 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/file.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
 #include <linux/aio.h>
 #include <linux/gfp.h>
+#include <linux/swap.h>
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/system.h>
@@ -493,11 +494,19 @@ static void nfs_invalidate_page(struct page *page, unsigned long offset)
  */
 static int nfs_release_page(struct page *page, gfp_t gfp)
 {
+        struct address_space *mapping = page->mapping;
+
         dfprintk(PAGECACHE, "NFS: release_page(%p)\n", page);
 
         /* Only do I/O if gfp is a superset of GFP_KERNEL */
-        if ((gfp & GFP_KERNEL) == GFP_KERNEL)
-                nfs_wb_page(page->mapping->host, page);
+        if (mapping && (gfp & GFP_KERNEL) == GFP_KERNEL) {
+                int how = FLUSH_SYNC;
+
+                /* Don't let kswapd deadlock waiting for OOM RPC calls */
+                if (current_is_kswapd())
+                        how = 0;
+                nfs_commit_inode(mapping->host, how);
+        }
         /* If PagePrivate() is set, then the page is not freeable */
         if (PagePrivate(page))
                 return 0;
diff --git a/fs/nfs/write.c b/fs/nfs/write.c
index 91679e2631ee..0a6c65a1f9d7 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/write.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/write.c
@@ -1379,7 +1379,7 @@ static const struct rpc_call_ops nfs_commit_ops = {
         .rpc_release = nfs_commit_release,
 };
 
-static int nfs_commit_inode(struct inode *inode, int how)
+int nfs_commit_inode(struct inode *inode, int how)
 {
         LIST_HEAD(head);
         int may_wait = how & FLUSH_SYNC;
@@ -1443,7 +1443,7 @@ out_mark_dirty:
         return ret;
 }
 #else
-static int nfs_commit_inode(struct inode *inode, int how)
+int nfs_commit_inode(struct inode *inode, int how)
 {
         return 0;
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
index 77c2ae53431c..f6e2455f13d1 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
@@ -493,6 +493,7 @@ extern int nfs_wb_all(struct inode *inode);
 extern int nfs_wb_page(struct inode *inode, struct page* page);
 extern int nfs_wb_page_cancel(struct inode *inode, struct page* page);
 #if defined(CONFIG_NFS_V3) || defined(CONFIG_NFS_V4)
+extern int  nfs_commit_inode(struct inode *, int);
 extern struct nfs_write_data *nfs_commitdata_alloc(void);
 extern void nfs_commit_free(struct nfs_write_data *wdata);
 #endif