2 files changed, 18 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index b9a60c43b61a..d5af1cab4268 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -488,6 +488,12 @@ struct page *page_cache_alloc_cold(struct address_space *x)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(page_cache_alloc_cold);
 #endif
 
+static int __sleep_on_page_lock(void *word)
+{
+        io_schedule();
+        return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * In order to wait for pages to become available there must be
  * waitqueues associated with pages. By using a hash table of
@@ -577,6 +583,17 @@ void fastcall __lock_page(struct page *page)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__lock_page);
 
+/*
+ * Variant of lock_page that does not require the caller to hold a reference
+ * on the page's mapping.
+ */
+void fastcall __lock_page_nosync(struct page *page)
+{
+        DEFINE_WAIT_BIT(wait, &page->flags, PG_locked);
+        __wait_on_bit_lock(page_waitqueue(page), &wait, __sleep_on_page_lock,
+                                                        TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
+}
+
 /**
  * find_get_page - find and get a page reference
  * @mapping: the address_space to search
diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index b9f4c6f1be86..555752907dc3 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ int set_page_dirty_lock(struct page *page)
 {
         int ret;
 
-        lock_page(page);
+        lock_page_nosync(page);
         ret = set_page_dirty(page);
         unlock_page(page);
         return ret;