Re: JFFS2 deadlock

2016-02-25 Thread Brian Norris
On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 11:22:12AM +, David Woodhouse wrote: > OK, of the four fixes I had in my branch, three are Cc:stable and I > have pushed them to linux-mtd.git. I'll give them a day or two in > linux-next and then send a pull request. > > The fourth, which is just a mount speedup, I've

Re: JFFS2 deadlock

2016-02-25 Thread David Woodhouse
On Thu, 2016-02-25 at 10:57 +0100, thomas.bet...@rohde-schwarz.com wrote: > Hello Joakim: > > > Can we get this upstream before next release? I don't think there  > > will much more > > testing at this point. > > I would second this. Actually, I did some additional stress testing, but  > didn't s

Re: JFFS2 deadlock

2016-02-25 Thread Thomas . Betker
Hello Joakim: > Can we get this upstream before next release? I don't think there > will much more > testing at this point. I would second this. Actually, I did some additional stress testing, but didn't see any problems. Best regards, Thomas

Re: JFFS2 deadlock

2016-02-24 Thread Joakim Tjernlund
On Thu, 2016-02-18 at 10:57 +0100, thomas.bet...@rohde-schwarz.com wrote: > Hello David: > > > > > > > > > Please could you try what's in the tree at > > > http://git.infradead.org/users/dwmw2/jffs2-fixes.git > > > > Your patch looks much simpler, and I will definitely test it. It may > > take

Re: JFFS2 deadlock

2016-02-18 Thread Thomas . Betker
Hello David: > > Please could you try what's in the tree at > > http://git.infradead.org/users/dwmw2/jffs2-fixes.git > Your patch looks much simpler, and I will definitely test it. It may > take a few days, though, as I have to unearth the test scripts, and > find a time slot for testing. Here

Re: JFFS2 deadlock

2016-02-01 Thread Thomas . Betker
Hello David: > > Subject: [PATCH] Revert "jffs2: Fix lock acquisition order bug in > > jffs2_write_begin" > > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.drivers.mtd/62951 > > > > This is a patch revising my original patch, which I sent to linux-mtd on > > 10-Nov-2015. I didn't see a response yet, bu

Re: JFFS2 deadlock

2016-02-01 Thread David Woodhouse
On Thu, 2016-01-28 at 09:16 +0100, thomas.bet...@rohde-schwarz.com wrote: > > Subject: [PATCH] Revert "jffs2: Fix lock acquisition order bug in  > jffs2_write_begin" > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.drivers.mtd/62951 > > This is a patch revising my original patch, which I sent to linux-mtd

Re: JFFS2 deadlock

2016-01-28 Thread Thomas . Betker
Hello Brian: > No, I'm pretty sure this is not the first report. I think there have > even been patches. The problem is that JFFS2 is effectively > unmaintained, despite what MAINTAINERS has to say about it. > > Previous reports: > > Subject: Another JFFS2 dead

Re: JFFS2 deadlock

2016-01-27 Thread Brian Norris
> I am not sure if this is the first time I hear this or if someone else has > reported > a similar issue. No, I'm pretty sure this is not the first report. I think there have even been patches. The problem is that JFFS2 is effectively unmaintained, despite what MAINTAINERS has t

Re: linux-next: JFFS2 deadlock

2013-02-27 Thread Mark Jackson
On 26/02/13 23:17, Stephen Rothwell wrote: > Hi Mark, > > On Tue, 26 Feb 2013 11:54:56 + Mark Jackson wrote: >> >> Just tested the current next-20130226 on a custom AM335X board, and I >> received the JFFS2 deadlock shown below. > > Is this new today? is

Re: linux-next: JFFS2 deadlock

2013-02-26 Thread Al Viro
On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 10:17:04AM +1100, Stephen Rothwell wrote: > Hi Mark, > > On Tue, 26 Feb 2013 11:54:56 + Mark Jackson wrote: > > > > Just tested the current next-20130226 on a custom AM335X board, and I > > received the JFFS2 deadlock shown below. >

Re: linux-next: JFFS2 deadlock

2013-02-26 Thread Stephen Rothwell
Hi Mark, On Tue, 26 Feb 2013 11:54:56 + Mark Jackson wrote: > > Just tested the current next-20130226 on a custom AM335X board, and I > received the JFFS2 deadlock shown below. Is this new today? is it reproducible? Does if ail for Linus' tree? Al, could this be something

linux-next: JFFS2 deadlock

2013-02-26 Thread Mark Jackson
Just tested the current next-20130226 on a custom AM335X board, and I received the JFFS2 deadlock shown below. Regards Mark JACKSON --- [3.250349] jffs2: notice: (1) jffs2_build_xattr_subsystem: complete building xattr subsystem, 0 of xdatum (0 unchecked, 0 orphan) and 0 of xref (0 dead, 0

Re: jffs2 deadlock introduced in linux 2.6.22.5

2007-08-31 Thread Jesper Juhl
On 31/08/2007, Jason Lunz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 11:23:55AM -0700, Jason Lunz wrote: > > commit 1d8715b388c978b0f1b1bf4812fcee0e73b023d7 was added between > > 2.6.22.4 and 2.6.22.5 to cure a locking problem, but it seems to have > > introduced another (worse?) one. > >

Re: jffs2 deadlock introduced in linux 2.6.22.5

2007-08-31 Thread Jason Lunz
On Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 11:23:55AM -0700, Jason Lunz wrote: > commit 1d8715b388c978b0f1b1bf4812fcee0e73b023d7 was added between > 2.6.22.4 and 2.6.22.5 to cure a locking problem, but it seems to have > introduced another (worse?) one. I spoke too soon. I checked more carefully, and this problem wa

jffs2 deadlock introduced in linux 2.6.22.5

2007-08-30 Thread Jason Lunz
commit 1d8715b388c978b0f1b1bf4812fcee0e73b023d7 was added between 2.6.22.4 and 2.6.22.5 to cure a locking problem, but it seems to have introduced another (worse?) one. With a jffs2 filesystem (on block2mtd) on a 2.6.22.5 kernel, if I do anything that appends to a file with many small writes, I g