[Yaffs-archive] RE: waiting for callback after mtd->erase() …

Hi Charles,

indeed I must have missed that topic in the mailing list. My sources seam to be a bit outdated. There's just the right patch in the
latest sources...

Thanks anyway,
Stephan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charles Manning [mailto:manningc2@actrix.gen.nz]
> Sent: Sonntag, 7. Dezember 2003 19:42
> To: Stephan Linke; Yaffs List
> Subject: Re: waiting for callback after mtd->erase() failed
>
>
> On Friday 05 December 2003 21:00, Stephan Linke wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > there seames to be a problem in nandmtd_EraseBlockInNAND(). When
> > mtd->erase() failed YAFFS is still expecting the callback to be called. But
> > having a look at nand_erase() shows that the callabck is only called if the
> > return value is zero. This must lead to a deadlock situation next time
> > YAFFS tries to erase a block.
> >
>
> How recent is your version of YAFFS? I think this problem was found and fixed
> quite a while ago.
>
> The erase call is always synchonous on NAND and the callback is no longer
> used.
>
>
>
> -- CHarles
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