Re: UBIFS vs Logfs (was [RFC PATCH] UBIFS - new flash file system)

From: JÃrn Engel
Date: Tue Apr 01 2008 - 06:51:36 EST


On Tue, 1 April 2008 12:39:25 +0300, Artem Bityutskiy wrote:
>
> I'm not sure what you mean. In UBIFS we have lprops area, where we store
> per-LEB accounting. UBI lets it possible to have it on a fixed position.
> The accounting is a separate B-tree. Lprops area has its own independent
> garbage collector. You should probably refer the white paper for more
> information.

Fair enough.

The obvious downside of all this is depending on UBI, which has a linear
scan. My goal was to avoid the linear scan completely. It is a harder
goal and I haven't reached it yet. Imo it is reachable and I will
continue going in that direction.

You picked the route of using UBI, which makes a lot of stuff easier.
It is a fair approach and I don't mind you taking it. It has drawbacks,
but so has everything else.

JÃrn

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