JFFS2: disabling GC?
Hi there,
what would be the impact if I disabled the GC thread on my embedded system?
I use an JFFS2 partition as root fs. But usually only write to it on firmware update...
Thanks!
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Steven Scholz imc Measurement & Control
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Hi there,
what would be the impact if I disabled the GC thread on my embedded system?
If you disable GC thread, the GC function will check inodes anyway, but not in backgroun - in the context of the first process which will need to write and which will cause the GC to reserve some space.
So, disabling the GC thread one of you writer task will just be blocked for that checking time. IMHO, thats not what people usually want.
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I use an JFFS2 partition as root fs. But usually only write to it on firmware update...
Thanks!
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what would be the impact if I disabled the GC thread on my embedded system?
I use an JFFS2 partition as root fs. But usually only write to it on firmware update...
Could you just mount it r/o?
Robert
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