[PATCH 07/16] UBI: Fastmap: Address jet another TOOD

Richard Weinberger richard at nod.at
Wed Jun 27 11:57:47 EDT 2012


Writing the fastmap upon attach time if ai->is_empty=1
does not make sense. At this stage the erase worker is busy
with erasing all PEBs and fastmap won't get a free anchor PEB.
While detaching we write anyway a fastmap.

Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard at nod.at>
---
 drivers/mtd/ubi/attach.c |    8 --------
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/attach.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/attach.c
index 021c7d3..068f11a 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/attach.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/attach.c
@@ -1301,14 +1301,6 @@ int ubi_attach(struct ubi_device *ubi, int force_scan)
 	}
 
 	destroy_ai(ubi, ai);
-
-	/* TODO: UBI auto formats the flash if it is empty (see ubi->is_empty).
-	 * It is currently done so that every sub-system writes initializes its
-	 * own stuff. Well, now it is only the vtbl sub-system - it creates
-	 * empty volume table. And this is why we have "early" function for
-	 * getting free PEBs. Fastmap should do the same - so I guess it is
-	 * good to do it somewhere here. Also, we need to re-create the fastmap
-	 * on-flash data-structures if they were corrupted. */
 	return 0;
 
 out_wl:
-- 
1.7.6.5




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