linux-kernel - Re: What is wrong?

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Message-ID: <20140304083325.GJ13420@norris-Latitude-E6410>
Date:	Tue, 4 Mar 2014 00:33:25 -0800
From:	Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>
To:	Leon Pollak <leonp@...is.com>, Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@...il.com>
Subject: Re: What is wrong?

On Mon, Mar 03, 2014 at 03:13:36PM -0600, Andrew Ruder wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 01:22:08PM -0800, Brian Norris wrote:
> > Perhaps Richard or Andrew can comment on whether this patch should help
> > you. But I think JFFS2 on NAND uses write-buffered support which can be
> > affected by this bug.
> 
> Definitely sounds like the same issue and I'm kind of glad to see it
> crop up in another filesystem.

We haven't confirmed that the *patch* actually affects Leon's problem;
just that if he runs an additional 'sync' it solves his problem. Leon,
did you get to try the patch?

Anyway, should commit 807612db2f9940b9fa6deaef054eb16d51bd3e00 be marked
for -stable? 

Brian
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