Re: about the _dtype_ parameter

[Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind@infradead.org>]

On Mon, 2009-01-05 at 22:59 +0800, xiaochuan xu wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> >> In my test, I found that the third parameter of ubi_wl_get_peb()
> >> function _dtype_ is always UBI_SHORTTERM.
> 
> >Which test?
> I write a temporary file in the ubifs with O_TRUNC flag over and over.
> I see that all the @dtype variables are equal to 2 not 3.
> why does this happen?

Hmm, indeed, UBIFS uses UBI_SHORTTERM in 'reserve_space()', which looks
wrong - thanks for noticing. Could you please try the attached patch?

> Even though, as you say, most of the data are type of UBI_UNKNOWN,
> the @dtype variable seems to make less sense in the current implemenation.
> If this is ture, I think it's necessary to implement a
> dynamic-data-type-classification
> policy.

Agree. I'll be happy to merge such an improvement, but I do not have
plans to do this myself.

Patch:

diff --git a/fs/ubifs/journal.c b/fs/ubifs/journal.c
index 10ae25b..6a885c5 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/journal.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/journal.c
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ again:
 	offs = 0;
 
 out:
-	err = ubifs_wbuf_seek_nolock(wbuf, lnum, offs, UBI_SHORTTERM);
+	err = ubifs_wbuf_seek_nolock(wbuf, lnum, offs, UBI_UNKNOWN);
 	if (err)
 		goto out_unlock;

-- 
Best regards,
Artem Bityutskiy (Битюцкий Артём)