On Tue, 19 May 2026 15:28:46 +0200, Sascha Hauer wrote:
> JFFS2 uses kmem_cache_alloc() to allocate an ubifs_inode. The memory
> returned from kmem_cache_alloc() is not zeroed. jffs2_alloc_inode()
> zeroes all fields in the ubifs_inode except the embedded struct inode.
> In Linux this is done in the kmem_cache constructor function which calls
> inode_init_once(). In barebox we have the constructor function as well,
> but we don't have an equivalent of inode_init_once(), so the constructor
> is empty. zero the inode in the constructor instead so that barebox
> gets a zeroed inode.
>
> [...]
Applied, thanks!
[2/2] fs: jffs2: zero initialize allocated inode
https://git.pengutronix.de/cgit/barebox/commit/?id=e6610f524cec (link may
not be stable)
Best regards,
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Sascha Hauer <[email protected]>
