From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lazybastard.de ([212.112.238.170] helo=longford.lazybastard.org) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.68 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1JEm40-0007re-AQ for linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org; Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:42:48 +0000 Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:33:50 +0100 From: =?utf-8?B?SsO2cm4=?= Engel To: Alexander Belyakov Subject: Re: [PATCH][JFFS2] Fix garbage collector block search Message-ID: <20080115133350.GA22338@lazybastard.org> References: <20080114132843.GA15710@lazybastard.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: Cc: "linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org" , =?utf-8?B?SsO2cm4=?= Engel , David Woodhouse , Alexander Belyakov List-Id: Linux MTD discussion mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Tue, 15 January 2008 15:24:03 +0300, Alexander Belyakov wrote: > On Jan 14, 2008 4:28 PM, Jörn Engel wrote: > > > > If it makes a difference whether the block is erasable or erase_pending, > > we have a bug. And that bug wants a fix, not a paper bandaid. > > > > I've posted this bug details almost half year ago. > http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-mtd/2007-June/018756.html > > I do agree with your objection. If you have perfect patch ideas please > let me know. Right now the important thing is to dig deeper and understand the nature of this bug. You can reproduce it, that is good. We also know that it makes a difference whether the block is on one list or the other. But we don't know yet, what difference exactly it makes. That should be the next step. Jörn -- tglx1 thinks that joern should get a (TM) for "Thinking Is Hard" -- Thomas Gleixner