linux-kernel - Re: UBI fastmap updates

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Date:	Sun, 05 Aug 2012 16:25:02 +0200
From:	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
To:	Shmulik Ladkani <shmulik.ladkani@...il.com>
CC:	artem.bityutskiy@...ux.intel.com, Tim Bird <tim.bird@...sony.com>,
	"linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org" <linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org>,
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	"adrian.hunter@...el.com" <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
	"Heinz.Egger@...utronix.de" <Heinz.Egger@...utronix.de>,
	"thomas.wucher@...utronix.de" <thomas.wucher@...utronix.de>,
	"tglx@...utronix.de" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"Marius.Mazarel@...l.ro" <Marius.Mazarel@...l.ro>,
	"nyoushchenko@...sta.com" <nyoushchenko@...sta.com>
Subject: Re: UBI fastmap updates

Am 05.08.2012 10:23, schrieb Shmulik Ladkani:
> On Thu, 2 Aug 2012 19:45:38 +0200 Richard Weinberger <richard@....at> wrote:
>> Okay, then let's explicitly reserve a few PEBs for fastmap.
>> This should be very easy task.
> 
> Need to consider what's expected when migrating from a former non-FM
> UBI system to an FM enabled system, in the case where all PEBs where
> consumed (reserved) in the former system.

If no PEBs are available no fastmap can be installed.
*Maybe* we can steal some PEBs which reserved for bad block handling.

>> How much PEB should be reserved? 2 x sizeof(fastmap)?
> 
> Since FM does not use EBA's atomic LEB change when writing the new
> fastmap, but instead implements its own FM "leb change" internally -
> then reserving 2x is needed if we'd like to avoid reusing the same
> fastmap PEB.

Yep.

Thanks,
//richard


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