On Thu, 2005-07-21 at 22:43 +0530, krishna wrote: > Hi, > > Can any one tell me > why is the jiffies _128_ in jffs2_find_gc_block() in gc.c of jffs2.
jiffies isn't set in that function. The value of jiffies is modded by 128. Since jiffies is a volatile value, the value of n is usually different on each call of that function. This value is used to pick an eraseblock to garbage collect out of a series of different lists. This is done to help with effective wear leveling of flash eraseblocks. josh - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
