linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] jffs2:freely allocate memory when parameters are invalid

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Date:   Sat, 21 Sep 2019 09:24:17 +0800
From:   Hou Tao <houtao1@...wei.com>
To:     Richard Weinberger <richard.weinberger@...il.com>,
        Xiaoming Ni <nixiaoming@...wei.com>
CC:     Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Boris Brezillon <bbrezillon@...nel.org>,
        Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>, <dilinger@...ued.net>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <daniel.santos@...ox.com>,
        <linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org>,
        David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] jffs2:freely allocate memory when parameters are invalid

Hi Richard,

On 2019/9/20 22:38, Richard Weinberger wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 20, 2019 at 4:14 PM Xiaoming Ni <nixiaoming@...wei.com> wrote:
>> I still think this is easier to understand:
>>  Free the memory allocated by the current function in the failed branch
> 
> Please note that jffs2 is in "odd fixes only" maintenance mode.
> Therefore patches like this cannot be processed.
> 
> On my never ending review queue are some other jffs2 patches which
> seem to address
> real problems. These go first.
> 
> I see that many patches come form Huawei, maybe one of you can help
> maintaining jffs2?
> Reviews, tests, etc.. are very welcome!
> 
In Huawei we use jffs2 broadly in our products to support filesystem on raw
NOR flash and NAND flash, so fixing the bugs in jffs2 means a lot to us.

Although I have not read all of jffs2 code thoroughly, I had find and "fixed"
some bugs in jffs2 and I am willing to do any help in the jffs2 community. Maybe
we can start by testing and reviewing the pending patches in patch work ?

Regards,
Tao