efi_name[i] = name[i];
 
        ret = efivar_entry_set_safe(efi_name, vendor, PSTORE_EFI_ATTRIBUTES,
-                             !pstore_cannot_block_path(record->reason),
-                             record->size, record->psi->buf);
+                             preemptible(), record->size, record->psi->buf);
 
        if (record->reason == KMSG_DUMP_OOPS)
                efivar_run_worker();
                return -ENOMEM;
 
        efi_pstore_info.bufsize = 1024;
-       spin_lock_init(&efi_pstore_info.buf_lock);
 
        if (pstore_register(&efi_pstore_info)) {
                kfree(efi_pstore_info.buf);
 
        }
 }
 
-bool pstore_cannot_block_path(enum kmsg_dump_reason reason)
+/*
+ * Should pstore_dump() wait for a concurrent pstore_dump()? If
+ * not, the current pstore_dump() will report a failure to dump
+ * and return.
+ */
+static bool pstore_cannot_wait(enum kmsg_dump_reason reason)
 {
-       /*
-        * In case of NMI path, pstore shouldn't be blocked
-        * regardless of reason.
-        */
+       /* In NMI path, pstore shouldn't block regardless of reason. */
        if (in_nmi())
                return true;
 
        switch (reason) {
        /* In panic case, other cpus are stopped by smp_send_stop(). */
        case KMSG_DUMP_PANIC:
-       /* Emergency restart shouldn't be blocked by spin lock. */
+       /* Emergency restart shouldn't be blocked. */
        case KMSG_DUMP_EMERG:
                return true;
        default:
                return false;
        }
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pstore_cannot_block_path);
 
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PSTORE_DEFLATE_COMPRESS)
 static int zbufsize_deflate(size_t size)
        unsigned long   total = 0;
        const char      *why;
        unsigned int    part = 1;
-       unsigned long   flags = 0;
-       int             is_locked;
        int             ret;
 
        why = get_reason_str(reason);
 
-       if (pstore_cannot_block_path(reason)) {
-               is_locked = spin_trylock_irqsave(&psinfo->buf_lock, flags);
-               if (!is_locked) {
-                       pr_err("pstore dump routine blocked in %s path, may corrupt error record\n"
-                                      , in_nmi() ? "NMI" : why);
+       if (down_trylock(&psinfo->buf_lock)) {
+               /* Failed to acquire lock: give up if we cannot wait. */
+               if (pstore_cannot_wait(reason)) {
+                       pr_err("dump skipped in %s path: may corrupt error record\n",
+                               in_nmi() ? "NMI" : why);
+                       return;
+               }
+               if (down_interruptible(&psinfo->buf_lock)) {
+                       pr_err("could not grab semaphore?!\n");
                        return;
                }
-       } else {
-               spin_lock_irqsave(&psinfo->buf_lock, flags);
-               is_locked = 1;
        }
+
        oopscount++;
        while (total < kmsg_bytes) {
                char *dst;
                record.part = part;
                record.buf = psinfo->buf;
 
-               if (big_oops_buf && is_locked) {
+               if (big_oops_buf) {
                        dst = big_oops_buf;
                        dst_size = big_oops_buf_sz;
                } else {
                                          dst_size, &dump_size))
                        break;
 
-               if (big_oops_buf && is_locked) {
+               if (big_oops_buf) {
                        zipped_len = pstore_compress(dst, psinfo->buf,
                                                header_size + dump_size,
                                                psinfo->bufsize);
                total += record.size;
                part++;
        }
-       if (is_locked)
-               spin_unlock_irqrestore(&psinfo->buf_lock, flags);
+
+       up(&psinfo->buf_lock);
 }
 
 static struct kmsg_dumper pstore_dumper = {
                psi->write_user = pstore_write_user_compat;
        psinfo = psi;
        mutex_init(&psinfo->read_mutex);
+       sema_init(&psinfo->buf_lock, 1);
        spin_unlock(&pstore_lock);
 
        if (owner && !try_module_get(owner)) {
 
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/kmsg_dump.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
-#include <linux/spinlock.h>
+#include <linux/semaphore.h>
 #include <linux/time.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 
  * @owner:     module which is responsible for this backend driver
  * @name:      name of the backend driver
  *
- * @buf_lock:  spinlock to serialize access to @buf
+ * @buf_lock:  semaphore to serialize access to @buf
  * @buf:       preallocated crash dump buffer
  * @bufsize:   size of @buf available for crash dump bytes (must match
  *             smallest number of bytes available for writing to a
        struct module   *owner;
        char            *name;
 
-       spinlock_t      buf_lock;
+       struct semaphore buf_lock;
        char            *buf;
        size_t          bufsize;
 
 
 extern int pstore_register(struct pstore_info *);
 extern void pstore_unregister(struct pstore_info *);
-extern bool pstore_cannot_block_path(enum kmsg_dump_reason reason);
 
 struct pstore_ftrace_record {
        unsigned long ip;