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From: Heiko Schocher <hs@denx.de>
To: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [JFFS2] Garbage collector says "Checked all inodes but still 0x5e3d0	bytes of unchecked space?"
Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2008 06:48:17 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <47FC4A91.8010104@denx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <47FB884B.9050301@besancon.parkeon.com>

Hello Fabrice,

Fabrice GIRARDOT fgirardot at besancon.parkeon.com Tue Apr 8 10:59:23 EDT 2008 wrote:
> Sometimes, after several unclean system resets, JFFS2's garbage
> collector outputs this message :
> "Checked all inodes but still 0x5e3d0 bytes of unchecked space?
>  kernel BUG at fs/jffs2/gc.c:139!"
[...]
> I don't know which exact version of jffs2 I'm using ; my gc.c
> file is version 1.144 on 21-dec-2004, which may look a bit old.
> Unfortunately, I can not switch to a newer kernel version.

Thats bad ...

> Does somebody has more information on this problem ?
> Is it a bug in jffs2 and/or its GC ? Is it fixed ?

try the following Patch:

http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-mtd-cvs/2006-May/005354.html

I had the same Problem, and the above Patch fixed it.
But the "prefered" way should be, to update your kernel.

bye,
Heiko
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      reply	other threads:[~2008-04-09  6:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-04-08 14:59 [JFFS2] Garbage collector says "Checked all inodes but still 0x5e3d0 bytes of unchecked space?" Fabrice GIRARDOT
2008-04-09  4:48 ` Heiko Schocher [this message]

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