RE: UBIFS fails to mount on second boot

[Iwo Mergler <Iwo.Mergler@netcommwireless.com>]

Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@gmail.com> wrote:
> I suspect this is a bug in the free space fixup code - my level of
> confidence on this is 80%. Could you please verify this by removing
> the -F mkfs.ubifs parameter or using the patch below. Thanks!

You're right, the problem doesn't happen without fixup.

I thought I was not flashing empty pages in U-Boot, but that turned
out not to be quite true. Without fixup, the boot died in a hailstorm
of asserts. I fixed that, but now the flashing takes noticeably longer.

In other words, I quite like the fixup feature and would prefer if it doesn't
go away permanently. Otherwise:

Tested-by: Iwo Mergler <Iwo.Mergler@netcommwireless.com>

> 
> diff --git a/fs/ubifs/super.c b/fs/ubifs/super.c
> index 5862dd9..3398114 100644
> --- a/fs/ubifs/super.c
> +++ b/fs/ubifs/super.c
> @@ -1295,11 +1295,13 @@ static int mount_ubifs(struct ubifs_info *c)
>  	if (err)
>  		goto out_master;
>  
> +#if 0
>  	if (!c->ro_mount && c->space_fixup) {
>  		err = ubifs_fixup_free_space(c);
>  		if (err)
>  			goto out_lpt;
>  	}
> +#endif
>  
>  	if (!c->ro_mount) {
>  		/*
> 

Best regards,

Iwo

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