Re: ubi_wl_get_peb: Unable to get a free PEB from user WL pool

[Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>]

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Am 06.08.2015 um 10:10 schrieb Jörg Krause:
> I will turn fastmap off for now, but feel free to send more patches to
> try.

Can you please give the attached patch a try?

Thanks,
//richard

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diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/fastmap-wl.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/fastmap-wl.c
index b2a6653..bbd30dc 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/fastmap-wl.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/fastmap-wl.c
@@ -172,6 +172,30 @@ void ubi_refill_pools(struct ubi_device *ubi)
 }
 
 /**
+ * produce_free_peb - produce a free physical eraseblock.
+ * @ubi: UBI device description object
+ *
+ * This function tries to make a free PEB by means of synchronous execution of
+ * pending works. This may be needed if, for example the background thread is
+ * disabled. Returns zero in case of success and a negative error code in case
+ * of failure.
+ */
+static int produce_free_peb(struct ubi_device *ubi)
+{
+	int err;
+
+	while (!ubi->free.rb_node && ubi->works_count) {
+		dbg_wl("do one work synchronously");
+		err = do_work(ubi);
+
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
  * ubi_wl_get_peb - get a physical eraseblock.
  * @ubi: UBI device description object
  *
@@ -213,6 +237,7 @@ again:
 		}
 		retried = 1;
 		up_read(&ubi->fm_eba_sem);
+		produce_free_peb(ubi);
 		goto again;
 	}