[Yaffs-archive] Re: yaffs segfaults

Nick Bane nick@cecomputing.co.uk
Tue, 3 Dec 2002 21:59:29 -0000


> On Wed, 04 Dec 2002 09:56, Nick Bane wrote:
> [snip]
> > I assume that the bug is within yaffs and not mtd ....
> >
> > One curious thing. While trying to ipkg install nfs-common, it
segfaulted
> > (reliability seems about 50:50). I immediately re-issued the command and
> > all was ok.
> >
> > Nick
>
> OK, so yaffs did not oops? If it did, could you send me the ksymoops.
> Any kernel traces?
>
Yaffs did not oops.

> Can you send me the /proc/yaffs to help too. These can help.
>
Too late at night now. I'll try again on Thursday (uk time).

> My hunch so far is that since yaffs, per se, does not seem to be falling
over
> the problem is likely in the VFS directory stuff (dcache) and yaffs is not
> telling it the right things at the right times.
>
Sounds very likely to me too.

Nick
>
> -- CHarles
>
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