linux-kernel - Re: [BUG] JFFS2 power loss recovery issues in 2.6.25, 2.6.26-rc

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Date:	Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:56:14 +0100
From:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
To:	Alexey Korolev <akorolev@...radead.org>
Cc:	Jared Hulbert <jaredeh@...il.com>, linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [BUG] JFFS2 power loss recovery issues in 2.6.25, 2.6.26-rc

On Mon, 2008-06-02 at 12:41 +0100, Alexey Korolev wrote:
> Hi,
> > > We made some investigations for this issue and found commit number which
> > > breaks JFFS2 power loss recoverability.
> > > It is:  [JFFS2] Improve getdents vs. f_pos handling on NOR flash.
> > >        http://git.infradead.org/mtd-2.6.git?a=commitdiff;h=15953580e79b58caefb107e77f218e009b9992e6
> > >
> > > Currently we don't know why it breaks JFFS2 and how it could be fixed
> > > except roll back.
> > 
> > Does everything work when you unmerge this one commit?
> > 
> Correct, commit roll back fixes the problem. 

But leaves another one. I was away last week, and I'm home now -- I'll
try to reproduce and understand what's going on.

-- 
dwmw2

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