From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.nokia.com ([192.100.122.233] helo=mgw-mx06.nokia.com) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.69 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1N3Wrq-0007mu-Ch for linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org; Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:24:55 +0000 Subject: Re: [PATCH v12 1/4]: mtdoops: Keep track of used/unused mtdoops pages in an array From: Artem Bityutskiy To: Simon Kagstrom In-Reply-To: <20091029134111.315e6fdc@marrow.netinsight.se> References: <20091015094057.7298e0d7@marrow.netinsight.se> <20091029133535.2ea65f72@marrow.netinsight.se> <20091029134111.315e6fdc@marrow.netinsight.se> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:24:43 +0200 Message-Id: <1256829883.29885.857.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: linux-mtd Reply-To: dedekind1@gmail.com List-Id: Linux MTD discussion mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Thu, 2009-10-29 at 13:41 +0100, Simon Kagstrom wrote: > This patch makes mtdoops keep track of used/unused pages in an array > instead of scanning the flash after a write. The advantage with this > approach is that it avoids calling mtd->read on a panic, which is not > possible for all mtd drivers. > > Signed-off-by: Simon Kagstrom > Reviewed-by: Anders Grafstrom Pushed this one to my tree, thanks. -- Best Regards, Artem Bityutskiy (Артём Битюцкий)