[Yaffs] kernel crash

Charles Manning manningc2 at actrix.gen.nz
Wed Jul 27 21:22:27 BST 2005


> > We tested a patch similar to yours here (in
> > yaffs_CheckGarbageCollection, to return immediately from
> > recursive call), and the problem dissapeared. Thanks for your
> > fast response.
>
> I have a patch to list multiple yaffs filesystems in /proc/yaffs.
> I sent it to Charles yesterday.  If one needs it NOW send me
> e-mail.

This has already been patched. 
http://www.aleph1.co.uk/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/yaffs2/yaffs_fs.c?r1=1.10&r2=1.11

>
> BTW, if you change any of the yaffs data structs, be sure to do
> "make clean; make" -- otherwise code and data don't match and
> this usually results in a crash.  The Makefile does *not* handle
> any dependancies!
>
> Same goes for MTD vs. YAFFS.  If you change MTD, be sure to
> rebuild yaffs.

Good point. Always make clean after pulling CVS.




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