Powerfail-tests and jffs2-sync-mount

[Artem Bityutskiy]

On Thu, 2008-03-06 at 17:41 +0100, Schlägl Manfred jun. wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I did some powerfail-testing of jffs2. 
> 
> Short overview (Contact me for details):
> Arch: ARM926EJ-S with 40MB rw jffs2 part on Samsung NAND-Flash
> Kernel: linux-2.6.12 (a little bit out of date, i know ;-))
> Test: 
>  * Target-Loop
>    * filesystem-consistency:
>      * create dir
>      * copy data(> eraseblock-size) to new file
>      * delete a file
>    * file-consistency:
>      * logfile on jffs-part (simply appending text with echo)
>  * External random-time reset:
>    * external uC
>    * generates reset every 120+rand(0..30) seconds
>  * Run until no more space on filesystem
> Results:
>  * test with sync-mounted jffs2 (mount -o sync):
>    * duration 4:40 hours
>    * 131 generated resets
>    * consistent FS
>    * consistent logfile
>  * test with async mounted jffs2:
>    * duration 4:10 hours
>    * 118 generated resets
>    * consistent FS
>    * corrupted logfile (bad-chars, etc.)
> 
> Now my question: Are there any non-obvious disadvantages, mounting jffs2
> synchronal, except lower speed and a little(depends on usage) decreased
> flash-life-time (wear-out), or is this anyway the default approach?

My understanding of the things is that this should not really matter. I
thought if you have some corruption in asynchronous mode, you should
have them in synchronous too, may its worth trying more synchronous mode
testing?

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Best regards,
Artem Bityutskiy (Битюцкий Артём)