linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] UBI: add lnum and vol_id to struct ubi

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Date:	Fri, 18 May 2012 17:21:09 +0300
From:	Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@...il.com>
To:	Joel Reardon <joel@...mbassador.com>
Cc:	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] UBI: add lnum and vol_id to struct ubi_work

On Fri, 2012-05-18 at 15:40 +0200, Joel Reardon wrote:
> This is part of a multipart patch to allow UBI to force the erasure of
> particular logical eraseblock numbers. In this patch, the volume id and LEB
> number are added to ubi_work data structure, and both are also passed as a
> parameter to schedule erase to set it appropriately. Whenever ubi_wl_put_peb
> is called, the lnum is also passed to be forwarded to schedule erase. Later,
> a new ubi_sync_lnum will be added to execute immediately all work related to
> that lnum.
> 
> This was tested by outputting the vol_id and lnum during the schedule of
> erasure. The ubi thread was disabled and two ubifs drives on separate
> partitions repeated changed a small number of LEBs. The ubi module was readded, and all
> the erased LEBs, corresponding to the volumes, were added to the schedule
> erase queue.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Joel Reardon <reardonj@....ethz.ch>

Pushed to the "joel" branch, thanks. I did few amendments.

-- 
Best Regards,
Artem Bityutskiy

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