ubi_assert(list_empty(&used)) in ubi_attach_fastmap

[Nikhilesh Reddy <reddyn@codeaurora.org>]

Hi

I am running kernel 3.10.

I recently saw an issue where ubi_assert(list_empty(&used)) in 
ubi_attach_fastmap always hits on a partition.

Searching this issue I found
http://git.infradead.org/linux-ubifs.git/commitdiff/a83832a7c8d023f446ec865926190951bd18a4b1?hp=36a87e44f642966442fd0d23f2ec536851e00236
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/fastmap.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/fastmap.c
index 600c4f9..9858bfb 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/fastmap.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/fastmap.c
@@ -814,7 +814,9 @@ static int ubi_attach_fastmap(struct ubi_device *ubi,
         list_for_each_entry_safe(tmp_aeb, _tmp_aeb, &free, u.list)
                 list_move_tail(&tmp_aeb->u.list, &ai->free);

-       ubi_assert(list_empty(&used));
+       list_for_each_entry_safe(tmp_aeb, _tmp_aeb, &used, u.list)
+               list_move_tail(&tmp_aeb->u.list, &ai->erase);
+
         ubi_assert(list_empty(&eba_orphans));
         ubi_assert(list_empty(&free));


Can you please give me a background on this patch.
Is this safe to apply without any of patches in the list

http://lwn.net/Articles/618410/

Can this occur when trying to attach an empty partition?
i.e. one that doesn't contain a UBI image.

Please let me know.
I would really appreciate any help that you can give me.


-- 
Thanks
Nikhilesh Reddy

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