linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] UBI: flush wl before clearing update marker

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Date:	Thu, 03 Dec 2009 09:01:45 +0200
From:	Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@...ia.com>
To:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
Cc:	Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <sebastian@...akpoint.cc>,
	"stable@...nel.org" <stable@...nel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] UBI: flush wl before clearing update marker

On Wed, 2009-12-02 at 16:42 +0100, ext Greg KH wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 02, 2009 at 08:48:43AM +0200, Artem Bityutskiy wrote:
> > From: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <sebastian@...akpoint.cc>
> > 
> > ubiupdatevol -t does the following:
> > - ubi_start_update()
> >   - set_update_marker()
> >   - for all LEBs ubi_eba_unmap_leb()
> >   - clear_update_marker()
> >   - ubi_wl_flush()
> > 
> > ubi_wl_flush() physically erases all PEB, once it returns all PEBs are
> > empty. clear_update_marker() has the update marker written after return.
> > If there is a power cut between the last two functions then the UBI
> > volume has no longer the "update" marker set and may have some valid
> > LEBs while some of them may be gone.
> > If that volume in question happens to be a UBIFS volume, then mount
> > will fail with
> > 
> > |UBIFS error (pid 1361): ubifs_read_node: bad node type (255 but expected 6)
> > |UBIFS error (pid 1361): ubifs_read_node: bad node at LEB 0:0
> > |Not a node, first 24 bytes:
> > |00000000: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
> > 
> > if there is at least one valid LEB and the wear-leveling worker managed
> > to clear LEB 0.
> > 
> > The patch waits for the wl worker to finish prior clearing the "update"
> > marker on flash. The two new LEB which are scheduled for erasing after
> > clear_update_marker() should not matter because they are only visible to
> > UBI.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <sebastian@...akpoint.cc>
> > Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@...ia.com>
> > Cc: stable@...nel.org
> > Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> > ---
> >  drivers/mtd/ubi/upd.c |   20 +++++++++++---------
> 
> 
> I'm not the mtd or ubi maintainer, so why did you send this to me?

Sorry, I thought the protocol to get to -stable is to send to you and CC
stable. I maintain UBI and just wanted to send this patch to -stable. I
googled a bit and could not find the right way.

-- 
Best Regards,
Artem Bityutskiy (Артём Битюцкий)

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