Re: JFFS2 deadlock

[Thomas . Betker]

Hello Brian:

> No, I'm pretty sure this is not the first report. I think there have
> even been patches. The problem is that JFFS2 is effectively
> unmaintained, despite what MAINTAINERS has to say about it.
> 
> Previous reports:
> 
> Subject: Another JFFS2 deadlock, kernel 3.4.11
> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.drivers.mtd/62523
> 
> Subject: [JFFS2] Revision "jffs2: Fix lock acquisition order bug in
> jffs2_write_begin" introduces another dead lock.
> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.drivers.mtd/47986

> For reference: outstanding patches, waiting for a maintainer (I've been
> keeping patchwork up-to-date, mostly, but I'm not touching JFFS2 myself,
> for the most part):
> http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/linux-mtd/list/?q=jffs2

Subject: [PATCH] Revert "jffs2: Fix lock acquisition order bug in 
jffs2_write_begin"
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.drivers.mtd/62951

This is a patch revising my original patch, which I sent to linux-mtd on 
10-Nov-2015. I didn't see a response yet, but it's one of the outstanding 
patches above.

Best regards,
Thomas