From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from dell-paw-3.cambridge.redhat.com ([195.224.55.237] helo=passion.cambridge.redhat.com) by pentafluge.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 172WyF-0000I4-00 for ; Tue, 30 Apr 2002 13:43:03 +0100 From: David Woodhouse In-Reply-To: References: To: Frederic Giasson Cc: "'linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org'" Subject: Re: Endless gc spining on nearly full JFFS2 fs Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 13:43:02 +0100 Message-ID: <20574.1020170582@redhat.com> Sender: linux-mtd-admin@lists.infradead.org Errors-To: linux-mtd-admin@lists.infradead.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux MTD discussion mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: fgiasson@mediatrix.com said: > I have noticed that the gc sometimes seems to spin-around for a > very long time, if not endlessly, when files are copied to a nearly > full JFFS2 drive. Hmmm. This shouldn't happen. Can you provide a log with the debugging enabled? Somehow, some space is being marked dirty when we're garbage-collecting, so it thinks it can still make some progress. -- dwmw2