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Subject: Re: New thread [BUG] JFFS2 usage of write_begin and
	write_end	functions causes kernel panic
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James wrote:
> Did the change suggested here
> http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-mtd/2008-April/021473.html
> help?

It avoids a panic if you have set panic-on-oops but the write operation fails
for the application. write(2) returning a short write count is what I saw.

Anders