[PATCH v6 15/15] ubi: fastmap: Fix high cpu usage of ubi_bgt by making sure wl_pool not empty

[Zhihao Cheng]

Hi Richard,
> Fix it by:
>    1) Adding 2 PEBs reserved for fm_anchor and fm_next_anchor.
>    2) Abandoning filling wl_pool until free count belows beb_rsvd_pebs.
> Then, there are at least 2(EBA_RESERVED_PEBS + MIN_FASTMAP_RESERVED_PEBS -
> MIN_FASTMAP_TAKEN_PEBS[1]) PEBs in pool and 1(WL_RESERVED_PEBS) PEB in
> wl_pool after calling ubi_refill_pools() with all erase works done.
> 
> This modification will cause a compatibility problem with old UBI image.
> If UBI volumes take the maximun number of PEBs for one certain UBI device,
> there are no available PEBs to satisfy 2 new reserved PEBs, bad reserved
> PEBs are taken firstly, if still not enough, ENOSPC will returned from ubi
> initialization.
> 
Can you come up with a better solution that can be compatible with old 
images? In other words, can we solve this problem not by adding new 
reserved PEBs?