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From: "Jörn Engel" <joern@logfs.org>
To: Matthieu CASTET <matthieu.castet@parrot.com>
Cc: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org, dwmw2@infradead.org,
	Alexey Korolev <akorolev@infradead.org>,
	Iwo Mergler <iwo@call-direct.com.au>
Subject: Re: [BUG] JFFS2 power loss recovery issues on NAND
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:24:34 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080617092434.GA27539@logfs.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <48577212.9070004@parrot.com>

On Tue, 17 June 2008 10:13:06 +0200, Matthieu CASTET wrote:
> Iwo Mergler wrote:
> > 
> > About how to fix it - what about making the reading without ECC the default
> > and only re-reading with ECC if JFFS2 finds an invalid checksum?
> > 
> But what happen if a but flip happen ?

The exact same problem.

Changing the default is bogus.  Re-reading without ecc on invalid
checksums may be the only solution for jffs2, though.  Either that or
close your eyes and claim that holes in files can happen on power loss.

Jörn

-- 
Fancy algorithms are buggier than simple ones, and they're much harder
to implement. Use simple algorithms as well as simple data structures.
-- Rob Pike

  reply	other threads:[~2008-06-17  9:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-06-10 13:57 [BUG] JFFS2 power loss recovery issues on NAND Alexey Korolev
2008-06-17  1:03 ` Iwo Mergler
2008-06-17  8:13   ` Matthieu CASTET
2008-06-17  9:24     ` Jörn Engel [this message]
2008-06-17 16:00       ` Alexey Korolev
2008-06-17 16:57         ` Jörn Engel
2008-06-17 23:51     ` Iwo Mergler
2008-06-18 12:19       ` Jamie Lokier
2008-06-18 12:33         ` David Woodhouse

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