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Hujianyang,

Am 31.10.2014 um 05:03 schrieb hujianyang:
> Hi Artem and Richard,
> 
> We are using atomic operation, leb_change(), for master_node
> in ubifs-level. We use two lebs for master_node even if they
> are changed with atomic operation.
> 
> I think volume_table and master_node play similar roles. Do
> you think changing VTBL record into one peb is OK? I just
> what to know if I missed something. Could you please take
> some time to explain that?

I'm not sure if I correctly understand your question.

If we use only one PEB for the VTBL existing UBI implementations
would break as they assume we have two.

Thanks,
//richard