[PATCH]fs/jffs2/wbuf.c: add compatibility support for OOB data block

Ferenc Havasi havasi at inf.u-szeged.hu
Tue Jul 26 06:03:45 EDT 2005


Jörn Engel wrote:
>>Is there any chance to extend the code so that EBS will use the first mount 
>>to generate a summary instead having the need of a user space tool to 
>>create an JFFS2 image with EBS?
> 
> That's a lot of code for something inherently inefficient.  EBS should
> create summaries for *new* blocks that are written, sure.  But if you
> try to GC every single block without summary, your mount time will be
> well beyond it would have been without EBS.

I agree. It would be technically difficult to implement and would make 
the first mount time very-very long.

Ferenc




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