yang chen wrote:
> McKay,All
> 
> Any new update on this issue?  Thanks.  I just came across similar issue 
> in which readdir(..) can't return NULL...causing endless loop...
> 

I just stopped the directory from rewinding if it was read or written.  It would 
cause a loop where it would continuously rewind if there were more entries than 
could be buffered in a single read.

Here's  a patch.  Not sure if it'll apply directly to your source, but should 
give you the idea of how I fixed it.

--- yaffs_fs.c  21 Dec 2007 00:24:37 -0000      1.1.8.1
+++ yaffs_fs.c  5 Sep 2008 19:36:29 -0000       1.1.8.1.24.1
@@ -960,7 +960,7 @@
            readdir, rewind to after the 2 canned entries. */

         if (f->f_version != inode->i_version) {
-               offset = 2;
+               //offset = 2;  //ARG!!! This is causing readdir to infinitely 
repeat directory listings.  Don't Rewind!
                 f->f_pos = offset;
                 f->f_version = inode->i_version;
         }

Andrew McKay
Iders Inc.