linux-kernel - Re: jffs2: -ENOSPC when truncating file?!

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Date:	Mon, 3 Mar 2008 16:10:12 +0100
From:	Jörn Engel <joern@...fs.org>
To:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
Cc:	Alexander Belyakov <abelyako@...glemail.com>,
	kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	Jörn Engel <joern@...fs.org>
Subject: Re: jffs2: -ENOSPC when truncating file?!

On Mon, 3 March 2008 13:15:11 +0100, Pavel Machek wrote:
> 
> Patch is here (I whitespace-damaged it, sorry], and I've seen no
> discussion.. should it just be applied?

There was discussion.  The patch is a pure band-aid.  It should not make
a difference at all, so clearly something is very wrong and we should
dig deeper to find the real problem.  So far noone has done it.

Jörn

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