1 files changed, 4 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index 81627ebcd313..f8341b6019bf 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -320,15 +320,13 @@ static void task_dirty_limit(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned long *pdirty)
 /*
  *
  */
-static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(bdi_lock);
 static unsigned int bdi_min_ratio;
 
 int bdi_set_min_ratio(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, unsigned int min_ratio)
 {
         int ret = 0;
-        unsigned long flags;
 
-        spin_lock_irqsave(&bdi_lock, flags);
+        mutex_lock(&bdi_lock);
         if (min_ratio > bdi->max_ratio) {
                 ret = -EINVAL;
         } else {
@@ -340,27 +338,26 @@ int bdi_set_min_ratio(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, unsigned int min_ratio)
                         ret = -EINVAL;
                 }
         }
-        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&bdi_lock, flags);
+        mutex_unlock(&bdi_lock);
 
         return ret;
 }
 
 int bdi_set_max_ratio(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, unsigned max_ratio)
 {
-        unsigned long flags;
         int ret = 0;
 
         if (max_ratio > 100)
                 return -EINVAL;
 
-        spin_lock_irqsave(&bdi_lock, flags);
+        mutex_lock(&bdi_lock);
         if (bdi->min_ratio > max_ratio) {
                 ret = -EINVAL;
         } else {
                 bdi->max_ratio = max_ratio;
                 bdi->max_prop_frac = (PROP_FRAC_BASE * max_ratio) / 100;
         }
-        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&bdi_lock, flags);
+        mutex_unlock(&bdi_lock);
 
         return ret;
 }