From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from majordomo by infradead.org with local (Exim 3.03 #1) id 13MUP5-00086f-00 for mtd-list@infradead.org; Wed, 09 Aug 2000 12:52:11 +0100 Received: from [194.200.159.162] (helo=mailserver.arcom.co.uk) by infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 3.03 #1) id 13MUP2-00086Z-00 for mtd@infradead.org; Wed, 09 Aug 2000 12:52:08 +0100 Message-ID: <39914687.2D805542@arcom.co.uk> Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 12:54:47 +0100 From: David Vrabel MIME-Version: 1.0 To: mtd@infradead.org Subject: JFFS garbage collection(?) fails Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-mtd@infradead.org List-ID: Hi, I was running a script which copies files back and forth checking their checksums. The machine would then reboot after a random time (between 5-10 min). The test had been running successfully for about 2 hrs. Here's a sample of the log produced Aug 9 12:17:33 linux-sbc logger: 1k: OK Aug 9 12:17:33 linux-sbc logger: 2k: OK Aug 9 12:17:33 linux-sbc logger: 4k: OK Aug 9 12:17:33 linux-sbc logger: 8k: OK Aug 9 12:17:33 linux-sbc logger: Success Aug 9 12:17:33 linux-sbc kernel: jffs_garbage_collect_thread(): collecting. Aug 9 12:17:33 linux-sbc last message repeated 21 times Aug 9 12:17:33 linux-sbc kernel: Waiting for chip, status = 4 [machine reboots here] Aug 9 12:18:59 linux-sbc syslogd 1.3-3: restart. Aug 9 12:18:59 linux-sbc kernel: jffs_mknod: bogus imode (140755) [The above line looks odd too...] Aug 9 12:18:59 linux-sbc logger: Starting test... Aug 9 12:18:59 linux-sbc logger: 1k: OK Aug 9 12:18:59 linux-sbc logger: 2k: OK Aug 9 12:18:59 linux-sbc logger: 4k: OK Aug 9 12:18:59 linux-sbc logger: 8k: OK Aug 9 12:18:59 linux-sbc logger: Success [lots more successes...(about 20)] Aug 9 12:19:04 linux-sbc logger: 1k: OK Aug 9 12:19:04 linux-sbc logger: 2k: OK Aug 9 12:19:05 linux-sbc logger: 4k: OK Aug 9 12:19:05 linux-sbc logger: 8k: OK Aug 9 12:19:05 linux-sbc logger: Success Aug 9 12:19:05 linux-sbc kernel: jffs_garbage_collect_thread(): collecting. Aug 9 12:19:05 linux-sbc kernel: jffs_garbage_collect_thread(): collecting. Aug 9 12:19:05 linux-sbc kernel: jffs_flash_erasable_size() given length which runs off the end of device (ofs 160000 + len 27ad4 = 187ad4, > 180000) Aug 9 12:19:05 linux-sbc kernel: jffs_erasable_size: flash_erasable_size() returned something less than zero (-3). Aug 9 12:19:05 linux-sbc kernel: jffs_erasable_size: offset = 0x00160000 Aug 9 12:19:05 linux-sbc kernel: jffs_garbage_collect_thread(): collecting. Aug 9 12:19:05 linux-sbc kernel: jffs_flash_erasable_size() given length which runs off the end of device (ofs 160000 + len 27b1c = 187b1c, > 180000) Aug 9 12:19:05 linux-sbc kernel: jffs_erasable_size: flash_erasable_size() returned something less than zero (-3). [and on and on and on...] The JFFS filesystem is now garbled. David Vrabel To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe mtd" to majordomo@infradead.org