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X-BeenThere: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Linux MTD discussion mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: "linux-mtd" Errors-To: linux-mtd-bounces+linux-mtd=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org Hi, I am running kernel 5.1.0 on iMX6 using NAND flash, I write small data files about 250 bytes each every 5 minutes to a backup storage, the total size of all data files is about 600 KB, but du shown me 9.7M is used in that directory. I know NAND using page to flush files, how does the MTD handler NAND fragmentation? Does the latest version of MTD (hence the latest kernel version) resolve this problem? Thank you. Kind regards, - jupiter ______________________________________________________ Linux MTD discussion mailing list http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-mtd/