5 files changed, 24 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/block/ll_rw_blk.c b/block/ll_rw_blk.c
index ddd9253f9d55..dcbd6ff1fa33 100644
--- a/block/ll_rw_blk.c
+++ b/block/ll_rw_blk.c
@@ -2734,6 +2734,18 @@ long blk_congestion_wait(int rw, long timeout)
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_congestion_wait);
 
+/**
+ * blk_congestion_end - wake up sleepers on a congestion queue
+ * @rw: READ or WRITE
+ */
+void blk_congestion_end(int rw)
+{
+        wait_queue_head_t *wqh = &congestion_wqh[rw];
+
+        if (waitqueue_active(wqh))
+                wake_up(wqh);
+}
+
 /*
  * Has to be called with the request spinlock acquired
  */
diff --git a/fs/nfs/write.c b/fs/nfs/write.c
index 453d44666ea5..38ba5c09af08 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/write.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/write.c
@@ -396,6 +396,7 @@ int nfs_writepages(struct address_space *mapping, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 out:
         clear_bit(BDI_write_congested, &bdi->state);
         wake_up_all(&nfs_write_congestion);
+        writeback_congestion_end();
         return err;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index aafe82788b4e..96c9040c00a8 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -746,6 +746,7 @@ extern void blk_queue_free_tags(request_queue_t *);
 extern int blk_queue_resize_tags(request_queue_t *, int);
 extern void blk_queue_invalidate_tags(request_queue_t *);
 extern long blk_congestion_wait(int rw, long timeout);
+extern void blk_congestion_end(int rw);
 
 extern void blk_rq_bio_prep(request_queue_t *, struct request *, struct bio *);
 extern int blkdev_issue_flush(struct block_device *, sector_t *);
diff --git a/include/linux/writeback.h b/include/linux/writeback.h
index 9e38b566d0e7..0422036af4eb 100644
--- a/include/linux/writeback.h
+++ b/include/linux/writeback.h
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ int wakeup_pdflush(long nr_pages);
 void laptop_io_completion(void);
 void laptop_sync_completion(void);
 void throttle_vm_writeout(void);
+void writeback_congestion_end(void);
 
 /* These are exported to sysctl. */
 extern int dirty_background_ratio;
diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index e630188ccc40..77a0bc4e261a 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -803,6 +803,15 @@ int test_set_page_writeback(struct page *page)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(test_set_page_writeback);
 
 /*
+ * Wakes up tasks that are being throttled due to writeback congestion
+ */
+void writeback_congestion_end(void)
+{
+        blk_congestion_end(WRITE);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_congestion_end);
+
+/*
  * Return true if any of the pages in the mapping are marged with the
  * passed tag.
  */