Re: 2.6.18-rc4 jffs2 problems

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Read the return value before we release the nand device otherwise the
value can become corrupted by another user of chip->ops, ultimately
resulting in filesystem corruption.

Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <[email protected]>

---

This fixes the jffs2 errors and filesystem corruption I reported. It
should be applied for 2.6.18.

 drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c |    6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Index: git/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c
===================================================================
--- git.orig/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c	2006-08-17 22:46:19.000000000 +0100
+++ git/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c	2006-08-17 22:47:27.000000000 +0100
@@ -1093,9 +1093,10 @@ static int nand_read(struct mtd_info *mt
 
 	ret = nand_do_read_ops(mtd, from, &chip->ops);
 
+	*retlen = chip->ops.retlen;
+
 	nand_release_device(mtd);
 
-	*retlen = chip->ops.retlen;
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -1691,9 +1692,10 @@ static int nand_write(struct mtd_info *m
 
 	ret = nand_do_write_ops(mtd, to, &chip->ops);
 
+	*retlen = chip->ops.retlen;
+
 	nand_release_device(mtd);
 
-	*retlen = chip->ops.retlen;
 	return ret;
 }
 


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