--- a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c +++ b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c @@ -4188,7 +4188,16 @@ retry: */ scanned = 1; index = 0; - goto retry; + + /* + * If we're looping we could run into a page that is locked by a + * writer and that writer could be waiting on writeback for a + * page in our current bio, and thus deadlock, so flush the + * write bio here. + */ + ret = flush_write_bio(epd); + if (!ret) + goto retry; } if (wbc->range_cyclic || (wbc->nr_to_write > 0 && range_whole))