From: catboat@texas.net
To: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org
Subject: testcase for JFFS2
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2006 16:05:28 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1157663128.45008998bded1@webmail.texas.net> (raw)
Hi,
I'm doing white-box testing on jffs2. It's not the very latest code, but
anyway ...
This tests the disk-full condition. On my system, this test causes bad
values in c->free_size and c->dirty_size. c->free_size gets decremented
too far, so I get values such as 0xfff838a8. c->dirty_size gets
incremented too far, and I've seen it bigger than c->flash_size. It also
causes problem for the GC thread. I have seen the GC thread trap, BUG, or
go into an infinite loop.
Steps in this testcase.
[] Mount a clean jffs2 at /mnt. Mine is 16MB. I write all 0xFF there
before mounting.
[] Create a file of random data that is 75% the size of the device. I use
random data because it is harder to compress, making the partition fill up
faster. Maybe you can use a file that is compressed already, as long as
the file is about 3/4 the size of the partition. Call it file75 for naming
sake.
[] Start filling it up by copying first file.
cp file75 /mnt/file1
This results in no error.
[] The next copy should exceed the partition size and cause a "no space"
error. Resulting file is foreshortened.
cp file75 /mnt/file2
[] Next, remove the first file copied, which makes free space.
rm /mnt/file1
[] Copy over existing file2. There should be room for it.
cp file75 /mnt/file2
At this point I have seen unusual values in c->free_size and c->dirty_size.
[] The next copy should again fill up the partition.
cp file75 /mnt/file1
At this point, I have seen the GC thread print "Argh. No free space left
for GC." and "Aborting GC thread." I have also seen the GC thread quietly
go into an infinite loop.
Can anyone reproduce this bug? Thanks.
Monte Copeland
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