Remove oldestDirtySequence from checkpoint
[yaffs2.git] / yaffs_guts.c
index 74b73ddefc3d36c351b25b8b3041380c703d3ee7..e9cda9c55b6d9c60109c9b6637cfec421d013b1c 100644 (file)
  */
 
 const char *yaffs_guts_c_version =
-    "$Id: yaffs_guts.c,v 1.91 2009-10-15 00:45:46 charles Exp $";
+    "$Id: yaffs_guts.c,v 1.112 2010-03-05 01:49:00 charles Exp $";
 
 #include "yportenv.h"
+#include "yaffs_trace.h"
 
 #include "yaffsinterface.h"
 #include "yaffs_guts.h"
@@ -113,6 +114,11 @@ static yaffs_Tnode *yaffs_FindLevel0Tnode(yaffs_Device *dev,
                                        yaffs_FileStructure *fStruct,
                                        __u32 chunkId);
 
+static void yaffs_SkipRestOfBlock(yaffs_Device *dev);
+static int yaffs_VerifyChunkWritten(yaffs_Device *dev,
+                                       int chunkInNAND,
+                                       const __u8 *data,
+                                       yaffs_ExtendedTags *tags);
 
 /* Function to calculate chunk and offset */
 
@@ -204,7 +210,7 @@ static int yaffs_InitialiseTempBuffers(yaffs_Device *dev)
        for (i = 0; buf && i < YAFFS_N_TEMP_BUFFERS; i++) {
                dev->tempBuffer[i].line = 0;    /* not in use */
                dev->tempBuffer[i].buffer = buf =
-                   YMALLOC_DMA(dev->totalBytesPerChunk);
+                   YMALLOC_DMA(dev->param.totalBytesPerChunk);
        }
 
        return buf ? YAFFS_OK : YAFFS_FAIL;
@@ -287,7 +293,7 @@ int yaffs_IsManagedTempBuffer(yaffs_Device *dev, const __u8 *buffer)
                        return 1;
        }
 
-       for (i = 0; i < dev->nShortOpCaches; i++) {
+       for (i = 0; i < dev->param.nShortOpCaches; i++) {
                if (dev->srCache[i].data == buffer)
                        return 1;
        }
@@ -321,7 +327,7 @@ static Y_INLINE __u8 *yaffs_BlockBits(yaffs_Device *dev, int blk)
 static Y_INLINE void yaffs_VerifyChunkBitId(yaffs_Device *dev, int blk, int chunk)
 {
        if (blk < dev->internalStartBlock || blk > dev->internalEndBlock ||
-                       chunk < 0 || chunk >= dev->nChunksPerBlock) {
+                       chunk < 0 || chunk >= dev->param.nChunksPerBlock) {
                T(YAFFS_TRACE_ERROR,
                (TSTR("**>> yaffs: Chunk Id (%d:%d) invalid"TENDSTR),
                        blk, chunk));
@@ -448,9 +454,9 @@ static void yaffs_VerifyBlock(yaffs_Device *dev, yaffs_BlockInfo *bi, int n)
 
        actuallyUsed = bi->pagesInUse - bi->softDeletions;
 
-       if (bi->pagesInUse < 0 || bi->pagesInUse > dev->nChunksPerBlock ||
-          bi->softDeletions < 0 || bi->softDeletions > dev->nChunksPerBlock ||
-          actuallyUsed < 0 || actuallyUsed > dev->nChunksPerBlock)
+       if (bi->pagesInUse < 0 || bi->pagesInUse > dev->param.nChunksPerBlock ||
+          bi->softDeletions < 0 || bi->softDeletions > dev->param.nChunksPerBlock ||
+          actuallyUsed < 0 || actuallyUsed > dev->param.nChunksPerBlock)
                T(YAFFS_TRACE_VERIFY, (TSTR("Block %d has illegal values pagesInUsed %d softDeletions %d"TENDSTR),
                n, bi->pagesInUse, bi->softDeletions));
 
@@ -464,7 +470,7 @@ static void yaffs_VerifyBlock(yaffs_Device *dev, yaffs_BlockInfo *bi, int n)
        /* Check that the sequence number is valid.
         * Ten million is legal, but is very unlikely
         */
-       if (dev->isYaffs2 &&
+       if (dev->param.isYaffs2 &&
           (bi->blockState == YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_ALLOCATING || bi->blockState == YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_FULL) &&
           (bi->sequenceNumber < YAFFS_LOWEST_SEQUENCE_NUMBER || bi->sequenceNumber > 10000000))
                T(YAFFS_TRACE_VERIFY, (TSTR("Block %d has suspect sequence number of %d"TENDSTR),
@@ -549,8 +555,8 @@ static void yaffs_VerifyObjectHeader(yaffs_Object *obj, yaffs_ObjectHeader *oh,
 
        if (!(tags && obj && oh)) {
                T(YAFFS_TRACE_VERIFY,
-                               (TSTR("Verifying object header tags %x obj %x oh %x"TENDSTR),
-                               (__u32)tags, (__u32)obj, (__u32)oh));
+                               (TSTR("Verifying object header tags %p obj %p oh %p"TENDSTR),
+                               tags, obj, oh));
                return;
        }
 
@@ -676,12 +682,6 @@ static void yaffs_VerifyFile(yaffs_Object *obj)
 
        actualTallness = obj->variant.fileVariant.topLevel;
 
-       if (requiredTallness > actualTallness)
-               T(YAFFS_TRACE_VERIFY,
-               (TSTR("Obj %d had tnode tallness %d, needs to be %d"TENDSTR),
-                obj->objectId, actualTallness, requiredTallness));
-
-
        /* Check that the chunks in the tnode tree are all correct.
         * We do this by scanning through the tnode tree and
         * checking the tags for every chunk match.
@@ -756,15 +756,15 @@ static void yaffs_VerifyObject(yaffs_Object *obj)
 
        /* Check sane object header chunk */
 
-       chunkMin = dev->internalStartBlock * dev->nChunksPerBlock;
-       chunkMax = (dev->internalEndBlock+1) * dev->nChunksPerBlock - 1;
+       chunkMin = dev->internalStartBlock * dev->param.nChunksPerBlock;
+       chunkMax = (dev->internalEndBlock+1) * dev->param.nChunksPerBlock - 1;
 
        chunkInRange = (((unsigned)(obj->hdrChunk)) >= chunkMin && ((unsigned)(obj->hdrChunk)) <= chunkMax);
        chunkIdOk = chunkInRange || (obj->hdrChunk == 0);
        chunkValid = chunkInRange &&
                        yaffs_CheckChunkBit(dev,
-                                       obj->hdrChunk / dev->nChunksPerBlock,
-                                       obj->hdrChunk % dev->nChunksPerBlock);
+                                       obj->hdrChunk / dev->param.nChunksPerBlock,
+                                       obj->hdrChunk % dev->param.nChunksPerBlock);
        chunkShouldNotBeDeleted = chunkInRange && !chunkValid;
 
        if (!obj->fake &&
@@ -919,6 +919,29 @@ static int yaffs_CheckChunkErased(struct yaffs_DeviceStruct *dev,
 
 }
 
+
+static int yaffs_VerifyChunkWritten(yaffs_Device *dev,
+                                       int chunkInNAND,
+                                       const __u8 *data,
+                                       yaffs_ExtendedTags *tags)
+{
+       int retval = YAFFS_OK;
+       yaffs_ExtendedTags tempTags;
+       __u8 *buffer = yaffs_GetTempBuffer(dev,__LINE__);
+       int result;
+       
+       result = yaffs_ReadChunkWithTagsFromNAND(dev,chunkInNAND,buffer,&tempTags);
+       if(memcmp(buffer,data,dev->nDataBytesPerChunk) ||
+               tempTags.objectId != tags->objectId ||
+               tempTags.chunkId  != tags->chunkId ||
+               tempTags.byteCount != tags->byteCount)
+               retval = YAFFS_FAIL;
+
+       yaffs_ReleaseTempBuffer(dev, buffer, __LINE__);
+
+       return retval;
+}
+
 static int yaffs_WriteNewChunkWithTagsToNAND(struct yaffs_DeviceStruct *dev,
                                        const __u8 *data,
                                        yaffs_ExtendedTags *tags,
@@ -958,12 +981,11 @@ static int yaffs_WriteNewChunkWithTagsToNAND(struct yaffs_DeviceStruct *dev,
                 * chunk due to power loss.  This checking policy should
                 * catch that case with very few checks and thus save a
                 * lot of checks that are most likely not needed.
+                *
+                * Mods to the above
+                * If an erase check fails or the write fails we skip the 
+                * rest of the block.
                 */
-               if (bi->gcPrioritise) {
-                       yaffs_DeleteChunk(dev, chunk, 1, __LINE__);
-                       /* try another chunk */
-                       continue;
-               }
 
                /* let's give it a try */
                attempts++;
@@ -978,20 +1000,30 @@ static int yaffs_WriteNewChunkWithTagsToNAND(struct yaffs_DeviceStruct *dev,
                                (TSTR("**>> yaffs chunk %d was not erased"
                                TENDSTR), chunk));
 
-                               /* try another chunk */
+                               /* If not erased, delete this one,
+                                * skip rest of block and
+                                * try another chunk */
+                                yaffs_DeleteChunk(dev,chunk,1,__LINE__);
+                                yaffs_SkipRestOfBlock(dev);
                                continue;
                        }
-                       bi->skipErasedCheck = 1;
                }
 
                writeOk = yaffs_WriteChunkWithTagsToNAND(dev, chunk,
                                data, tags);
+
+               if(!bi->skipErasedCheck)
+                       writeOk = yaffs_VerifyChunkWritten(dev, chunk, data, tags);
+
                if (writeOk != YAFFS_OK) {
+                       /* Clean up aborted write, skip to next block and
+                        * try another chunk */
                        yaffs_HandleWriteChunkError(dev, chunk, erasedOk);
-                       /* try another chunk */
                        continue;
                }
 
+               bi->skipErasedCheck = 1;
+
                /* Copy the data into the robustification buffer */
                yaffs_HandleWriteChunkOk(dev, chunk, data, tags);
 
@@ -1029,14 +1061,14 @@ static void yaffs_RetireBlock(yaffs_Device *dev, int blockInNAND)
                                TENDSTR), blockInNAND));
                } else {
                        yaffs_ExtendedTags tags;
-                       int chunkId = blockInNAND * dev->nChunksPerBlock;
+                       int chunkId = blockInNAND * dev->param.nChunksPerBlock;
 
                        __u8 *buffer = yaffs_GetTempBuffer(dev, __LINE__);
 
                        memset(buffer, 0xff, dev->nDataBytesPerChunk);
                        yaffs_InitialiseTags(&tags);
                        tags.sequenceNumber = YAFFS_SEQUENCE_BAD_BLOCK;
-                       if (dev->writeChunkWithTagsToNAND(dev, chunkId -
+                       if (dev->param.writeChunkWithTagsToNAND(dev, chunkId -
                                dev->chunkOffset, buffer, &tags) != YAFFS_OK)
                                T(YAFFS_TRACE_ALWAYS, (TSTR("yaffs: Failed to "
                                        TCONT("write bad block marker to block %d")
@@ -1087,7 +1119,7 @@ void yaffs_HandleChunkError(yaffs_Device *dev, yaffs_BlockInfo *bi)
 static void yaffs_HandleWriteChunkError(yaffs_Device *dev, int chunkInNAND,
                int erasedOk)
 {
-       int blockInNAND = chunkInNAND / dev->nChunksPerBlock;
+       int blockInNAND = chunkInNAND / dev->param.nChunksPerBlock;
        yaffs_BlockInfo *bi = yaffs_GetBlockInfo(dev, blockInNAND);
 
        yaffs_HandleChunkError(dev, bi);
@@ -1101,6 +1133,7 @@ static void yaffs_HandleWriteChunkError(yaffs_Device *dev, int chunkInNAND,
 
        /* Delete the chunk */
        yaffs_DeleteChunk(dev, chunkInNAND, 1, __LINE__);
+       yaffs_SkipRestOfBlock(dev);
 }
 
 
@@ -1131,7 +1164,7 @@ static void yaffs_SetObjectName(yaffs_Object *obj, const YCHAR *name)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_YAFFS_SHORT_NAMES_IN_RAM
        memset(obj->shortName, 0, sizeof(YCHAR) * (YAFFS_SHORT_NAME_LENGTH+1));
-       if (name && yaffs_strlen(name) <= YAFFS_SHORT_NAME_LENGTH)
+       if (name && yaffs_strnlen(name,YAFFS_SHORT_NAME_LENGTH+1) <= YAFFS_SHORT_NAME_LENGTH)
                yaffs_strcpy(obj->shortName, name);
        else
                obj->shortName[0] = _Y('\0');
@@ -1150,11 +1183,22 @@ static void yaffs_SetObjectName(yaffs_Object *obj, const YCHAR *name)
  * adds them to the tnode free list.
  * Don't use this function directly
  */
+static Y_INLINE int yaffs_CalcTnodeSize(yaffs_Device *dev)
+{
+       int tnodeSize;
+       /* Calculate the tnode size in bytes for variable width tnode support.
+        * Must be a multiple of 32-bits  */
+       tnodeSize = (dev->tnodeWidth * YAFFS_NTNODES_LEVEL0)/8;
+
+       if (tnodeSize < sizeof(yaffs_Tnode))
+               tnodeSize = sizeof(yaffs_Tnode);
+       return tnodeSize;
+}
 
 static int yaffs_CreateTnodes(yaffs_Device *dev, int nTnodes)
 {
        int i;
-       int tnodeSize;
+       int tnodeSize = yaffs_CalcTnodeSize(dev);
        yaffs_Tnode *newTnodes;
        __u8 *mem;
        yaffs_Tnode *curr;
@@ -1164,12 +1208,6 @@ static int yaffs_CreateTnodes(yaffs_Device *dev, int nTnodes)
        if (nTnodes < 1)
                return YAFFS_OK;
 
-       /* Calculate the tnode size in bytes for variable width tnode support.
-        * Must be a multiple of 32-bits  */
-       tnodeSize = (dev->tnodeWidth * YAFFS_NTNODES_LEVEL0)/8;
-
-       if (tnodeSize < sizeof(yaffs_Tnode))
-               tnodeSize = sizeof(yaffs_Tnode);
 
        /* make these things */
 
@@ -1242,6 +1280,11 @@ static yaffs_Tnode *yaffs_GetTnodeRaw(yaffs_Device *dev)
 {
        yaffs_Tnode *tn = NULL;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_YAFFS_VALGRIND_TEST
+       tn = YMALLOC(yaffs_CalcTnodeSize(dev));
+       if(tn)
+               dev->nTnodesCreated++;
+#else
        /* If there are none left make more */
        if (!dev->freeTnodes)
                yaffs_CreateTnodes(dev, YAFFS_ALLOCATION_NTNODES);
@@ -1258,7 +1301,7 @@ static yaffs_Tnode *yaffs_GetTnodeRaw(yaffs_Device *dev)
                dev->freeTnodes = dev->freeTnodes->internal[0];
                dev->nFreeTnodes--;
        }
-
+#endif
        dev->nCheckpointBlocksRequired = 0; /* force recalculation*/
 
        return tn;
@@ -1267,10 +1310,7 @@ static yaffs_Tnode *yaffs_GetTnodeRaw(yaffs_Device *dev)
 static yaffs_Tnode *yaffs_GetTnode(yaffs_Device *dev)
 {
        yaffs_Tnode *tn = yaffs_GetTnodeRaw(dev);
-       int tnodeSize = (dev->tnodeWidth * YAFFS_NTNODES_LEVEL0)/8;
-
-       if (tnodeSize < sizeof(yaffs_Tnode))
-               tnodeSize = sizeof(yaffs_Tnode);
+       int tnodeSize = yaffs_CalcTnodeSize(dev);
 
        if (tn)
                memset(tn, 0, tnodeSize);
@@ -1282,6 +1322,10 @@ static yaffs_Tnode *yaffs_GetTnode(yaffs_Device *dev)
 static void yaffs_FreeTnode(yaffs_Device *dev, yaffs_Tnode *tn)
 {
        if (tn) {
+#ifdef CONFIG_YAFFS_VALGRIND_TEST
+               YFREE(tn);
+               dev->nTnodesCreated--;
+#else
 #ifdef CONFIG_YAFFS_TNODE_LIST_DEBUG
                if (tn->internal[YAFFS_NTNODES_INTERNAL] != 0) {
                        /* Hoosterman, this thing looks like it is already in the list */
@@ -1293,6 +1337,7 @@ static void yaffs_FreeTnode(yaffs_Device *dev, yaffs_Tnode *tn)
                tn->internal[0] = dev->freeTnodes;
                dev->freeTnodes = tn;
                dev->nFreeTnodes++;
+#endif
        }
        dev->nCheckpointBlocksRequired = 0; /* force recalculation*/
 }
@@ -1313,6 +1358,7 @@ static void yaffs_DeinitialiseTnodes(yaffs_Device *dev)
 
        dev->freeTnodes = NULL;
        dev->nFreeTnodes = 0;
+       dev->nTnodesCreated = 0;
 }
 
 static void yaffs_InitialiseTnodes(yaffs_Device *dev)
@@ -1324,7 +1370,7 @@ static void yaffs_InitialiseTnodes(yaffs_Device *dev)
 }
 
 
-void yaffs_PutLevel0Tnode(yaffs_Device *dev, yaffs_Tnode *tn, unsigned pos,
+void yaffs_LoadLevel0Tnode(yaffs_Device *dev, yaffs_Tnode *tn, unsigned pos,
                unsigned val)
 {
        __u32 *map = (__u32 *)tn;
@@ -1482,13 +1528,13 @@ static yaffs_Tnode *yaffs_AddOrFindLevel0Tnode(yaffs_Device *dev,
                        if (tn) {
                                tn->internal[0] = fStruct->top;
                                fStruct->top = tn;
+                               fStruct->topLevel++;
                        } else {
                                T(YAFFS_TRACE_ERROR,
-                                 (TSTR("yaffs: no more tnodes" TENDSTR)));
+                                       (TSTR("yaffs: no more tnodes" TENDSTR)));
+                               return NULL;
                        }
                }
-
-               fStruct->topLevel = requiredTallness;
        }
 
        /* Traverse down to level 0, adding anything we need */
@@ -1507,7 +1553,8 @@ static yaffs_Tnode *yaffs_AddOrFindLevel0Tnode(yaffs_Device *dev,
                        if ((l > 1) && !tn->internal[x]) {
                                /* Add missing non-level-zero tnode */
                                tn->internal[x] = yaffs_GetTnode(dev);
-
+                               if(!tn->internal[x])
+                                       return NULL;
                        } else if (l == 1) {
                                /* Looking from level 1 at level 0 */
                                if (passedTn) {
@@ -1519,6 +1566,8 @@ static yaffs_Tnode *yaffs_AddOrFindLevel0Tnode(yaffs_Device *dev,
                                } else if (!tn->internal[x]) {
                                        /* Don't have one, none passed in */
                                        tn->internal[x] = yaffs_GetTnode(dev);
+                                       if(!tn->internal[x])
+                                               return NULL;
                                }
                        }
 
@@ -1543,8 +1592,8 @@ static int yaffs_FindChunkInGroup(yaffs_Device *dev, int theChunk,
        int j;
 
        for (j = 0; theChunk && j < dev->chunkGroupSize; j++) {
-               if (yaffs_CheckChunkBit(dev, theChunk / dev->nChunksPerBlock,
-                               theChunk % dev->nChunksPerBlock)) {
+               if (yaffs_CheckChunkBit(dev, theChunk / dev->param.nChunksPerBlock,
+                               theChunk % dev->param.nChunksPerBlock)) {
                        
                        if(dev->chunkGroupSize == 1)
                                return theChunk;
@@ -1642,7 +1691,7 @@ static int yaffs_DeleteWorker(yaffs_Object *in, yaffs_Tnode *tn, __u32 level,
 
                                        }
 
-                                       yaffs_PutLevel0Tnode(dev, tn, i, 0);
+                                       yaffs_LoadLevel0Tnode(dev, tn, i, 0);
                                }
 
                        }
@@ -1662,7 +1711,7 @@ static void yaffs_SoftDeleteChunk(yaffs_Device *dev, int chunk)
 
        T(YAFFS_TRACE_DELETION, (TSTR("soft delete chunk %d" TENDSTR), chunk));
 
-       theBlock = yaffs_GetBlockInfo(dev, chunk / dev->nChunksPerBlock);
+       theBlock = yaffs_GetBlockInfo(dev, chunk / dev->param.nChunksPerBlock);
        if (theBlock) {
                theBlock->softDeletions++;
                dev->nFreeChunks++;
@@ -1719,7 +1768,7 @@ static int yaffs_SoftDeleteWorker(yaffs_Object *in, yaffs_Tnode *tn,
                                         * a block.
                                         */
                                        yaffs_SoftDeleteChunk(dev, theChunk);
-                                       yaffs_PutLevel0Tnode(dev, tn, i, 0);
+                                       yaffs_LoadLevel0Tnode(dev, tn, i, 0);
                                }
 
                        }
@@ -1765,6 +1814,10 @@ static void yaffs_SoftDeleteFile(yaffs_Object *obj)
  * level 0 tnode entries must be zeroed out.
  * Could also use this for file deletion, but that's probably better handled
  * by a special case.
+ *
+ * This function is recursive. For levels > 0 the function is called again on
+ * any sub-tree. For level == 0 we just check if the sub-tree has data.
+ * If there is no data in a subtree then it is pruned.
  */
 
 static yaffs_Tnode *yaffs_PruneWorker(yaffs_Device *dev, yaffs_Tnode *tn,
@@ -1776,17 +1829,27 @@ static yaffs_Tnode *yaffs_PruneWorker(yaffs_Device *dev, yaffs_Tnode *tn,
        if (tn) {
                hasData = 0;
 
-               for (i = 0; i < YAFFS_NTNODES_INTERNAL; i++) {
-                       if (tn->internal[i] && level > 0) {
-                               tn->internal[i] =
-                                   yaffs_PruneWorker(dev, tn->internal[i],
-                                                     level - 1,
-                                                     (i == 0) ? del0 : 1);
+               if(level > 0){
+                       for (i = 0; i < YAFFS_NTNODES_INTERNAL; i++) {
+                               if (tn->internal[i]) {
+                                       tn->internal[i] =
+                                               yaffs_PruneWorker(dev, tn->internal[i],
+                                                       level - 1,
+                                                       (i == 0) ? del0 : 1);
+                               }
+
+                               if (tn->internal[i])
+                                       hasData++;
                        }
+               } else {
+                       int tnodeSize_u32 = yaffs_CalcTnodeSize(dev)/sizeof(__u32);
+                       __u32 *map = (__u32 *)tn;
 
-                       if (tn->internal[i])
-                               hasData++;
-               }
+                        for(i = 0; !hasData && i < tnodeSize_u32; i++){
+                                if(map[i])
+                                        hasData++;
+                        }
+                }
 
                if (hasData == 0 && del0) {
                        /* Free and return NULL */
@@ -1861,10 +1924,14 @@ static int yaffs_CreateFreeObjects(yaffs_Device *dev, int nObjects)
        list = YMALLOC(sizeof(yaffs_ObjectList));
 
        if (!newObjects || !list) {
-               if (newObjects)
+               if (newObjects){
                        YFREE(newObjects);
-               if (list)
+                       newObjects = NULL;
+               }
+               if (list){
                        YFREE(list);
+                       list = NULL;
+               }
                T(YAFFS_TRACE_ALLOCATE,
                  (TSTR("yaffs: Could not allocate more objects" TENDSTR)));
                return YAFFS_FAIL;
@@ -1896,8 +1963,10 @@ static yaffs_Object *yaffs_AllocateEmptyObject(yaffs_Device *dev)
 {
        yaffs_Object *tn = NULL;
 
-#ifdef VALGRIND_TEST
+#ifdef CONFIG_YAFFS_VALGRIND_TEST
        tn = YMALLOC(sizeof(yaffs_Object));
+       if(tn)
+               dev->nObjectsCreated++;
 #else
        /* If there are none left make more */
        if (!dev->freeObjects)
@@ -1984,17 +2053,16 @@ static void yaffs_FreeObject(yaffs_Object *tn)
 {
        yaffs_Device *dev = tn->myDev;
 
-#ifdef __KERNEL__
        T(YAFFS_TRACE_OS, (TSTR("FreeObject %p inode %p"TENDSTR), tn, tn->myInode));
-#endif
 
+       if (!tn)
+               YBUG();
        if (tn->parent)
                YBUG();
        if (!ylist_empty(&tn->siblings))
                YBUG();
 
 
-#ifdef __KERNEL__
        if (tn->myInode) {
                /* We're still hooked up to a cached inode.
                 * Don't delete now, but mark for later deletion
@@ -2002,12 +2070,13 @@ static void yaffs_FreeObject(yaffs_Object *tn)
                tn->deferedFree = 1;
                return;
        }
-#endif
 
        yaffs_UnhashObject(tn);
 
-#ifdef VALGRIND_TEST
+#ifdef CONFIG_YAFFS_VALGRIND_TEST
        YFREE(tn);
+       dev->nObjectsCreated--;
+       tn = NULL;
 #else
        /* Link into the free list. */
        tn->siblings.next = (struct ylist_head *)(dev->freeObjects);
@@ -2017,7 +2086,6 @@ static void yaffs_FreeObject(yaffs_Object *tn)
        dev->nCheckpointBlocksRequired = 0; /* force recalculation*/
 }
 
-#ifdef __KERNEL__
 
 void yaffs_HandleDeferedFree(yaffs_Object *obj)
 {
@@ -2025,7 +2093,6 @@ void yaffs_HandleDeferedFree(yaffs_Object *obj)
                yaffs_FreeObject(obj);
 }
 
-#endif
 
 static void yaffs_DeinitialiseObjects(yaffs_Device *dev)
 {
@@ -2043,6 +2110,7 @@ static void yaffs_DeinitialiseObjects(yaffs_Device *dev)
 
        dev->freeObjects = NULL;
        dev->nFreeObjects = 0;
+       dev->nObjectsCreated = 0;
 }
 
 static void yaffs_InitialiseObjects(yaffs_Device *dev)
@@ -2061,33 +2129,21 @@ static void yaffs_InitialiseObjects(yaffs_Device *dev)
 
 static int yaffs_FindNiceObjectBucket(yaffs_Device *dev)
 {
-       static int x;
        int i;
        int l = 999;
        int lowest = 999999;
 
-       /* First let's see if we can find one that's empty. */
-
-       for (i = 0; i < 10 && lowest > 0; i++) {
-               x++;
-               x %= YAFFS_NOBJECT_BUCKETS;
-               if (dev->objectBucket[x].count < lowest) {
-                       lowest = dev->objectBucket[x].count;
-                       l = x;
-               }
-
-       }
 
-       /* If we didn't find an empty list, then try
-        * looking a bit further for a short one
+       /* Search for the shortest list or one that
+        * isn't too long.
         */
 
-       for (i = 0; i < 10 && lowest > 3; i++) {
-               x++;
-               x %= YAFFS_NOBJECT_BUCKETS;
-               if (dev->objectBucket[x].count < lowest) {
-                       lowest = dev->objectBucket[x].count;
-                       l = x;
+       for (i = 0; i < 10 && lowest > 4; i++) {
+               dev->bucketFinder++;
+               dev->bucketFinder %= YAFFS_NOBJECT_BUCKETS;
+               if (dev->objectBucket[dev->bucketFinder].count < lowest) {
+                       lowest = dev->objectBucket[dev->bucketFinder].count;
+                       l = dev->bucketFinder;
                }
 
        }
@@ -2147,11 +2203,10 @@ yaffs_Object *yaffs_FindObjectByNumber(yaffs_Device *dev, __u32 number)
                if (i) {
                        in = ylist_entry(i, yaffs_Object, hashLink);
                        if (in->objectId == number) {
-#ifdef __KERNEL__
+
                                /* Don't tell the VFS about this one if it is defered free */
                                if (in->deferedFree)
                                        return NULL;
-#endif
 
                                return in;
                        }
@@ -2164,24 +2219,26 @@ yaffs_Object *yaffs_FindObjectByNumber(yaffs_Device *dev, __u32 number)
 yaffs_Object *yaffs_CreateNewObject(yaffs_Device *dev, int number,
                                    yaffs_ObjectType type)
 {
-       yaffs_Object *theObject;
+       yaffs_Object *theObject=NULL;
        yaffs_Tnode *tn = NULL;
 
        if (number < 0)
                number = yaffs_CreateNewObjectNumber(dev);
 
-       theObject = yaffs_AllocateEmptyObject(dev);
-       if (!theObject)
-               return NULL;
-
        if (type == YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_FILE) {
                tn = yaffs_GetTnode(dev);
-               if (!tn) {
-                       yaffs_FreeObject(theObject);
+               if (!tn)
                        return NULL;
-               }
        }
 
+       theObject = yaffs_AllocateEmptyObject(dev);
+       if (!theObject){
+               if(tn)
+                       yaffs_FreeTnode(dev,tn);
+               return NULL;
+       }
+
+
        if (theObject) {
                theObject->fake = 0;
                theObject->renameAllowed = 1;
@@ -2247,13 +2304,17 @@ static yaffs_Object *yaffs_FindOrCreateObjectByNumber(yaffs_Device *dev,
 static YCHAR *yaffs_CloneString(const YCHAR *str)
 {
        YCHAR *newStr = NULL;
+       int len;
 
-       if (str && *str) {
-               newStr = YMALLOC((yaffs_strlen(str) + 1) * sizeof(YCHAR));
-               if (newStr)
-                       yaffs_strcpy(newStr, str);
-       }
+       if (!str)
+               str = _Y("");
 
+       len = yaffs_strnlen(str,YAFFS_MAX_ALIAS_LENGTH);
+       newStr = YMALLOC((len + 1) * sizeof(YCHAR));
+       if (newStr){
+               yaffs_strncpy(newStr, str,len);
+               newStr[len] = 0;
+       }
        return newStr;
 
 }
@@ -2261,7 +2322,7 @@ static YCHAR *yaffs_CloneString(const YCHAR *str)
 /*
  * Mknod (create) a new object.
  * equivalentObject only has meaning for a hard link;
- * aliasString only has meaning for a sumlink.
+ * aliasString only has meaning for a symlink.
  * rdev only has meaning for devices (a subset of special objects)
  */
 
@@ -2283,19 +2344,22 @@ static yaffs_Object *yaffs_MknodObject(yaffs_ObjectType type,
        if (yaffs_FindObjectByName(parent, name))
                return NULL;
 
-       in = yaffs_CreateNewObject(dev, -1, type);
-
-       if (!in)
-               return YAFFS_FAIL;
-
        if (type == YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_SYMLINK) {
                str = yaffs_CloneString(aliasString);
-               if (!str) {
-                       yaffs_FreeObject(in);
+               if (!str)
                        return NULL;
-               }
        }
 
+       in = yaffs_CreateNewObject(dev, -1, type);
+
+       if (!in){
+               if(str)
+                       YFREE(str);
+               return NULL;
+       }
+
+
+
 
 
        if (in) {
@@ -2423,7 +2487,7 @@ static int yaffs_ChangeObjectName(yaffs_Object *obj, yaffs_Object *newDir,
        }
 
        /* TODO: Do we need this different handling for YAFFS2 and YAFFS1?? */
-       if (obj->myDev->isYaffs2)
+       if (obj->myDev->param.isYaffs2)
                unlinkOp = (newDir == obj->myDev->unlinkedDir);
        else
                unlinkOp = (newDir == obj->myDev->unlinkedDir
@@ -2486,7 +2550,7 @@ int yaffs_RenameObject(yaffs_Object *oldDir, const YCHAR *oldName,
                force = 1;
 #endif
 
-       if(yaffs_strlen(newName) > YAFFS_MAX_NAME_LENGTH)
+       if(yaffs_strnlen(newName,YAFFS_MAX_NAME_LENGTH+1) > YAFFS_MAX_NAME_LENGTH)
                /* ENAMETOOLONG */
                return YAFFS_FAIL;
 
@@ -2549,7 +2613,7 @@ static int yaffs_InitialiseBlocks(yaffs_Device *dev)
 
        if (dev->blockInfo) {
                /* Set up dynamic blockinfo stuff. */
-               dev->chunkBitmapStride = (dev->nChunksPerBlock + 7) / 8; /* round up bytes */
+               dev->chunkBitmapStride = (dev->param.nChunksPerBlock + 7) / 8; /* round up bytes */
                dev->chunkBits = YMALLOC(dev->chunkBitmapStride * nBlocks);
                if (!dev->chunkBits) {
                        dev->chunkBits = YMALLOC_ALT(dev->chunkBitmapStride * nBlocks);
@@ -2593,7 +2657,7 @@ static int yaffs_BlockNotDisqualifiedFromGC(yaffs_Device *dev,
        __u32 seq;
        yaffs_BlockInfo *b;
 
-       if (!dev->isYaffs2)
+       if (!dev->param.isYaffs2)
                return 1;       /* disqualification only applies to yaffs2. */
 
        if (!bi->hasShrinkHeader)
@@ -2610,7 +2674,7 @@ static int yaffs_BlockNotDisqualifiedFromGC(yaffs_Device *dev,
                        b = yaffs_GetBlockInfo(dev, i);
                        if (b->blockState == YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_FULL &&
                            (b->pagesInUse - b->softDeletions) <
-                           dev->nChunksPerBlock && b->sequenceNumber < seq) {
+                           dev->param.nChunksPerBlock && b->sequenceNumber < seq) {
                                seq = b->sequenceNumber;
                        }
                }
@@ -2623,7 +2687,72 @@ static int yaffs_BlockNotDisqualifiedFromGC(yaffs_Device *dev,
        return (bi->sequenceNumber <= dev->oldestDirtySequence);
 }
 
-/* FindDiretiestBlock is used to select the dirtiest block (or close enough)
+/*
+ * yaffs_FindRefreshBlock()
+ * periodically finds the oldest full block by sequence number for refreshing.
+ * Only for yaffs2.
+ */
+static __u32 yaffs_FindRefreshBlock(yaffs_Device *dev)
+{
+       __u32 b ;
+
+       __u32 oldest = 0;
+       __u32 oldestSequence = 0;
+
+       yaffs_BlockInfo *bi;
+
+       /*
+        * If refresh period < 10 then refreshing is disabled.
+        */
+       if(dev->param.refreshPeriod < 10 ||
+               !dev->param.isYaffs2)
+               return oldest;
+
+        /*
+         * Fix broken values.
+         */
+        if(dev->refreshSkip > dev->param.refreshPeriod)
+                dev->refreshSkip = dev->param.refreshPeriod;
+
+       if(dev->refreshSkip > 0){
+               dev->refreshSkip--;
+               return oldest;
+       }
+
+       /*
+        * Refresh skip is now zero.
+        * We'll do a refresh this time around....
+        * Update the refresh skip and find the oldest block.
+        */
+       dev->refreshSkip = dev->param.refreshPeriod;
+       dev->refreshCount++;
+
+       for (b = dev->internalStartBlock; b <=dev->internalEndBlock; b++){
+
+               bi = yaffs_GetBlockInfo(dev, b);
+               
+
+               if (bi->blockState == YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_FULL){
+
+                       if(oldest < 1 ||
+                                bi->sequenceNumber < oldestSequence){
+                                oldest = b;
+                                oldestSequence = bi->sequenceNumber;
+                        }
+               }
+       }
+
+       if (oldest > 0) {
+               T(YAFFS_TRACE_GC,
+                 (TSTR("GC refresh count %d selected block %d with sequenceNumber %d" TENDSTR),
+                  dev->refreshCount, oldest, oldestSequence));
+       }
+
+       return oldest;
+}
+
+/*
+ * FindDiretiestBlock is used to select the dirtiest block (or close enough)
  * for garbage collection.
  */
 
@@ -2676,7 +2805,7 @@ static int yaffs_FindBlockForGarbageCollection(yaffs_Device *dev,
 
        if (!prioritised)
                pagesInUse =
-                       (aggressive) ? dev->nChunksPerBlock : YAFFS_PASSIVE_GC_CHUNKS + 1;
+                       (aggressive) ? dev->param.nChunksPerBlock : YAFFS_PASSIVE_GC_CHUNKS + 1;
 
        if (aggressive)
                iterations =
@@ -2715,7 +2844,7 @@ static int yaffs_FindBlockForGarbageCollection(yaffs_Device *dev,
        if (dirtiest > 0) {
                T(YAFFS_TRACE_GC,
                  (TSTR("GC Selected block %d with %d free, prioritised:%d" TENDSTR), dirtiest,
-                  dev->nChunksPerBlock - pagesInUse, prioritised));
+                  dev->param.nChunksPerBlock - pagesInUse, prioritised));
        }
 
        dev->oldestDirtySequence = 0;
@@ -2755,9 +2884,9 @@ static void yaffs_BlockBecameDirty(yaffs_Device *dev, int blockNo)
        if (erasedOk &&
            ((yaffs_traceMask & YAFFS_TRACE_ERASE) || !yaffs_SkipVerification(dev))) {
                int i;
-               for (i = 0; i < dev->nChunksPerBlock; i++) {
+               for (i = 0; i < dev->param.nChunksPerBlock; i++) {
                        if (!yaffs_CheckChunkErased
-                           (dev, blockNo * dev->nChunksPerBlock + i)) {
+                           (dev, blockNo * dev->param.nChunksPerBlock + i)) {
                                T(YAFFS_TRACE_ERROR,
                                  (TSTR
                                   (">>Block %d erasure supposedly OK, but chunk %d not erased"
@@ -2769,6 +2898,7 @@ static void yaffs_BlockBecameDirty(yaffs_Device *dev, int blockNo)
        if (erasedOk) {
                /* Clean it up... */
                bi->blockState = YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_EMPTY;
+               bi->sequenceNumber = 0;
                dev->nErasedBlocks++;
                bi->pagesInUse = 0;
                bi->softDeletions = 0;
@@ -2780,7 +2910,7 @@ static void yaffs_BlockBecameDirty(yaffs_Device *dev, int blockNo)
                T(YAFFS_TRACE_ERASE,
                  (TSTR("Erased block %d" TENDSTR), blockNo));
        } else {
-               dev->nFreeChunks -= dev->nChunksPerBlock;       /* We lost a block of free space */
+               dev->nFreeChunks -= dev->param.nChunksPerBlock; /* We lost a block of free space */
 
                yaffs_RetireBlock(dev, blockNo);
                T(YAFFS_TRACE_ERROR | YAFFS_TRACE_BAD_BLOCKS,
@@ -2841,17 +2971,12 @@ static int yaffs_FindBlockForAllocation(yaffs_Device *dev)
 static int yaffs_CalcCheckpointBlocksRequired(yaffs_Device *dev)
 {
        if (!dev->nCheckpointBlocksRequired &&
-          dev->isYaffs2) {
+          dev->param.isYaffs2) {
                /* Not a valid value so recalculate */
                int nBytes = 0;
                int nBlocks;
-               int devBlocks = (dev->endBlock - dev->startBlock + 1);
-               int tnodeSize;
-
-               tnodeSize = (dev->tnodeWidth * YAFFS_NTNODES_LEVEL0)/8;
-
-               if (tnodeSize < sizeof(yaffs_Tnode))
-                       tnodeSize = sizeof(yaffs_Tnode);
+               int devBlocks = (dev->param.endBlock - dev->param.startBlock + 1);
+               int tnodeSize = yaffs_CalcTnodeSize(dev);
 
                nBytes += sizeof(yaffs_CheckpointValidity);
                nBytes += sizeof(yaffs_CheckpointDevice);
@@ -2864,7 +2989,7 @@ static int yaffs_CalcCheckpointBlocksRequired(yaffs_Device *dev)
 
                /* Round up and add 2 blocks to allow for some bad blocks, so add 3 */
 
-               nBlocks = (nBytes/(dev->nDataBytesPerChunk * dev->nChunksPerBlock)) + 3;
+               nBlocks = (nBytes/(dev->nDataBytesPerChunk * dev->param.nChunksPerBlock)) + 3;
 
                dev->nCheckpointBlocksRequired = nBlocks;
        }
@@ -2879,10 +3004,10 @@ static int yaffs_CalcCheckpointBlocksRequired(yaffs_Device *dev)
 static int yaffs_CheckSpaceForAllocation(yaffs_Device *dev)
 {
        int reservedChunks;
-       int reservedBlocks = dev->nReservedBlocks;
+       int reservedBlocks = dev->param.nReservedBlocks;
        int checkpointBlocks;
 
-       if (dev->isYaffs2) {
+       if (dev->param.isYaffs2) {
                checkpointBlocks =  yaffs_CalcCheckpointBlocksRequired(dev) -
                                    dev->blocksInCheckpoint;
                if (checkpointBlocks < 0)
@@ -2891,7 +3016,7 @@ static int yaffs_CheckSpaceForAllocation(yaffs_Device *dev)
                checkpointBlocks = 0;
        }
 
-       reservedChunks = ((reservedBlocks + checkpointBlocks) * dev->nChunksPerBlock);
+       reservedChunks = ((reservedBlocks + checkpointBlocks) * dev->param.nChunksPerBlock);
 
        return (dev->nFreeChunks > reservedChunks);
 }
@@ -2913,7 +3038,7 @@ static int yaffs_AllocateChunk(yaffs_Device *dev, int useReserve,
                return -1;
        }
 
-       if (dev->nErasedBlocks < dev->nReservedBlocks
+       if (dev->nErasedBlocks < dev->param.nReservedBlocks
                        && dev->allocationPage == 0) {
                T(YAFFS_TRACE_ALLOCATE, (TSTR("Allocating reserve" TENDSTR)));
        }
@@ -2922,7 +3047,7 @@ static int yaffs_AllocateChunk(yaffs_Device *dev, int useReserve,
        if (dev->allocationBlock >= 0) {
                bi = yaffs_GetBlockInfo(dev, dev->allocationBlock);
 
-               retVal = (dev->allocationBlock * dev->nChunksPerBlock) +
+               retVal = (dev->allocationBlock * dev->param.nChunksPerBlock) +
                        dev->allocationPage;
                bi->pagesInUse++;
                yaffs_SetChunkBit(dev, dev->allocationBlock,
@@ -2933,7 +3058,7 @@ static int yaffs_AllocateChunk(yaffs_Device *dev, int useReserve,
                dev->nFreeChunks--;
 
                /* If the block is full set the state to full */
-               if (dev->allocationPage >= dev->nChunksPerBlock) {
+               if (dev->allocationPage >= dev->param.nChunksPerBlock) {
                        bi->blockState = YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_FULL;
                        dev->allocationBlock = -1;
                }
@@ -2954,15 +3079,31 @@ static int yaffs_GetErasedChunks(yaffs_Device *dev)
 {
        int n;
 
-       n = dev->nErasedBlocks * dev->nChunksPerBlock;
+       n = dev->nErasedBlocks * dev->param.nChunksPerBlock;
 
        if (dev->allocationBlock > 0)
-               n += (dev->nChunksPerBlock - dev->allocationPage);
+               n += (dev->param.nChunksPerBlock - dev->allocationPage);
 
        return n;
 
 }
 
+/*
+ * yaffs_SkipRestOfBlock() skips over the rest of the allocation block
+ * if we don't want to write to it.
+ */
+static void yaffs_SkipRestOfBlock(yaffs_Device *dev)
+{
+       if(dev->allocationBlock > 0){
+               yaffs_BlockInfo *bi = yaffs_GetBlockInfo(dev, dev->allocationBlock);
+               if(bi->blockState == YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_ALLOCATING){
+                       bi->blockState = YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_FULL;
+                       dev->allocationBlock = -1;
+               }
+       }
+}
+
+
 static int yaffs_GarbageCollectBlock(yaffs_Device *dev, int block,
                int wholeBlock)
 {
@@ -3023,12 +3164,12 @@ static int yaffs_GarbageCollectBlock(yaffs_Device *dev, int block,
 
                yaffs_VerifyBlock(dev, bi, block);
 
-               maxCopies = (wholeBlock) ? dev->nChunksPerBlock : 10;
-               oldChunk = block * dev->nChunksPerBlock + dev->gcChunk;
+               maxCopies = (wholeBlock) ? dev->param.nChunksPerBlock : 10;
+               oldChunk = block * dev->param.nChunksPerBlock + dev->gcChunk;
 
                for (/* init already done */;
                     retVal == YAFFS_OK &&
-                    dev->gcChunk < dev->nChunksPerBlock &&
+                    dev->gcChunk < dev->param.nChunksPerBlock &&
                     (bi->blockState == YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_COLLECTING) &&
                     maxCopies > 0;
                     dev->gcChunk++, oldChunk++) {
@@ -3122,6 +3263,7 @@ static int yaffs_GarbageCollectBlock(yaffs_Device *dev, int block,
                                        if (tags.chunkId == 0) {
                                                /* It is an object Id,
                                                 * We need to nuke the shrinkheader flags first
+                                                * Also need to clean up shadowing.
                                                 * We no longer want the shrinkHeader flag since its work is done
                                                 * and if it is left in place it will mess up scanning.
                                                 */
@@ -3130,12 +3272,18 @@ static int yaffs_GarbageCollectBlock(yaffs_Device *dev, int block,
                                                oh = (yaffs_ObjectHeader *)buffer;
                                                oh->isShrink = 0;
                                                tags.extraIsShrinkHeader = 0;
+                                               oh->shadowsObject = 0;
+                                               oh->inbandShadowsObject = 0;
+                                               if(object->variantType == YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_FILE)
+                                                       oh->fileSize = object->variant.fileVariant.fileSize;
+                                               tags.extraShadows = 0;
 
                                                yaffs_VerifyObjectHeader(object, oh, &tags, 1);
-                                       }
-
-                                       newChunk =
-                                           yaffs_WriteNewChunkWithTagsToNAND(dev, buffer, &tags, 1);
+                                               newChunk =
+                                                   yaffs_WriteNewChunkWithTagsToNAND(dev,(__u8 *) oh, &tags, 1);
+                                       } else
+                                               newChunk =
+                                                   yaffs_WriteNewChunkWithTagsToNAND(dev, buffer, &tags, 1);
 
                                        if (newChunk < 0) {
                                                retVal = YAFFS_FAIL;
@@ -3149,7 +3297,8 @@ static int yaffs_GarbageCollectBlock(yaffs_Device *dev, int block,
                                                        object->serial =   tags.serialNumber;
                                                } else {
                                                        /* It's a data chunk */
-                                                       yaffs_PutChunkIntoFile
+                                                       int ok;
+                                                       ok = yaffs_PutChunkIntoFile
                                                            (object,
                                                             tags.chunkId,
                                                             newChunk, 0);
@@ -3191,16 +3340,17 @@ static int yaffs_GarbageCollectBlock(yaffs_Device *dev, int block,
 
        yaffs_VerifyCollectedBlock(dev, bi, block);
 
-       chunksAfter = yaffs_GetErasedChunks(dev);
-       if (chunksBefore >= chunksAfter) {
-               T(YAFFS_TRACE_GC,
-                 (TSTR
-                  ("gc did not increase free chunks before %d after %d"
-                   TENDSTR), chunksBefore, chunksAfter));
-       }
+
 
        /* If the gc completed then clear the current gcBlock so that we find another. */
        if (bi->blockState != YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_COLLECTING) {
+               chunksAfter = yaffs_GetErasedChunks(dev);
+               if (chunksBefore >= chunksAfter) {
+                       T(YAFFS_TRACE_GC,
+                         (TSTR
+                          ("gc did not increase free chunks before %d after %d"
+                           TENDSTR), chunksBefore, chunksAfter));
+               }
                dev->gcBlock = -1;
                dev->gcChunk = 0;
        }
@@ -3244,15 +3394,19 @@ static int yaffs_CheckGarbageCollection(yaffs_Device *dev)
                if (checkpointBlockAdjust < 0)
                        checkpointBlockAdjust = 0;
 
-               if (dev->nErasedBlocks < (dev->nReservedBlocks + checkpointBlockAdjust + 2)) {
-                       /* We need a block soon...*/
+               /* If we need a block soon then do aggressive gc.*/
+               if (dev->nErasedBlocks < (dev->param.nReservedBlocks + checkpointBlockAdjust + 2))
                        aggressive = 1;
-               } else {
-                       /* We're in no hurry */
+               else
                        aggressive = 0;
-               }
 
-               if (dev->gcBlock <= 0) {
+                /* If we don't already have a block being gc'd then see if we should start another */
+
+               if (dev->gcBlock < 1 && !aggressive) {
+                       dev->gcBlock = yaffs_FindRefreshBlock(dev);
+                       dev->gcChunk = 0;
+               }
+               if (dev->gcBlock < 1) {
                        dev->gcBlock = yaffs_FindBlockForGarbageCollection(dev, aggressive);
                        dev->gcChunk = 0;
                }
@@ -3272,13 +3426,13 @@ static int yaffs_CheckGarbageCollection(yaffs_Device *dev)
                        gcOk = yaffs_GarbageCollectBlock(dev, block, aggressive);
                }
 
-               if (dev->nErasedBlocks < (dev->nReservedBlocks) && block > 0) {
+               if (dev->nErasedBlocks < (dev->param.nReservedBlocks) && block > 0) {
                        T(YAFFS_TRACE_GC,
                          (TSTR
                           ("yaffs: GC !!!no reclaim!!! erasedBlocks %d after try %d block %d"
                            TENDSTR), dev->nErasedBlocks, maxTries, block));
                }
-       } while ((dev->nErasedBlocks < dev->nReservedBlocks) &&
+       } while ((dev->nErasedBlocks < dev->param.nReservedBlocks) &&
                 (block > 0) &&
                 (maxTries < 2));
 
@@ -3354,7 +3508,7 @@ static int yaffs_FindAndDeleteChunkInFile(yaffs_Object *in, int chunkInInode,
 
                /* Delete the entry in the filestructure (if found) */
                if (retVal != -1)
-                       yaffs_PutLevel0Tnode(dev, tn, chunkInInode, 0);
+                       yaffs_LoadLevel0Tnode(dev, tn, chunkInInode, 0);
        }
 
        return retVal;
@@ -3392,8 +3546,8 @@ static int yaffs_CheckFileSanity(yaffs_Object *in)
                        theChunk = yaffs_GetChunkGroupBase(dev, tn, chunk);
 
                        if (yaffs_CheckChunkBits
-                           (dev, theChunk / dev->nChunksPerBlock,
-                            theChunk % dev->nChunksPerBlock)) {
+                           (dev, theChunk / dev->param.nChunksPerBlock,
+                            theChunk % dev->param.nChunksPerBlock)) {
 
                                yaffs_ReadChunkTagsFromNAND(in->myDev, theChunk,
                                                            tags,
@@ -3424,6 +3578,8 @@ static int yaffs_PutChunkIntoFile(yaffs_Object *in, int chunkInInode,
        /* NB inScan is zero unless scanning.
         * For forward scanning, inScan is > 0;
         * for backward scanning inScan is < 0
+        *
+        * chunkInNAND = 0 is a dummy insert to make sure the tnodes are there.
         */
 
        yaffs_Tnode *tn;
@@ -3455,6 +3611,10 @@ static int yaffs_PutChunkIntoFile(yaffs_Object *in, int chunkInInode,
                                        NULL);
        if (!tn)
                return YAFFS_FAIL;
+       
+       if(!chunkInNAND)
+               /* Dummy insert, bail now */
+               return YAFFS_OK;
 
        existingChunk = yaffs_GetChunkGroupBase(dev, tn, chunkInInode);
 
@@ -3511,7 +3671,7 @@ static int yaffs_PutChunkIntoFile(yaffs_Object *in, int chunkInInode,
                        }
 
                        if ((inScan > 0) &&
-                           (in->myDev->isYaffs2 ||
+                           (in->myDev->param.isYaffs2 ||
                             existingChunk <= 0 ||
                             ((existingSerial + 1) & 3) == newSerial)) {
                                /* Forward scanning.
@@ -3536,7 +3696,7 @@ static int yaffs_PutChunkIntoFile(yaffs_Object *in, int chunkInInode,
        if (existingChunk == 0)
                in->nDataChunks++;
 
-       yaffs_PutLevel0Tnode(dev, tn, chunkInInode, chunkInNAND);
+       yaffs_LoadLevel0Tnode(dev, tn, chunkInInode, chunkInNAND);
 
        return YAFFS_OK;
 }
@@ -3571,8 +3731,8 @@ void yaffs_DeleteChunk(yaffs_Device *dev, int chunkId, int markNAND, int lyn)
                return;
 
        dev->nDeletions++;
-       block = chunkId / dev->nChunksPerBlock;
-       page = chunkId % dev->nChunksPerBlock;
+       block = chunkId / dev->param.nChunksPerBlock;
+       page = chunkId % dev->param.nChunksPerBlock;
 
 
        if (!yaffs_CheckChunkBit(dev, block, page))
@@ -3586,7 +3746,7 @@ void yaffs_DeleteChunk(yaffs_Device *dev, int chunkId, int markNAND, int lyn)
          (TSTR("line %d delete of chunk %d" TENDSTR), lyn, chunkId));
 
        if (markNAND &&
-           bi->blockState != YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_COLLECTING && !dev->isYaffs2) {
+           bi->blockState != YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_COLLECTING && !dev->param.isYaffs2) {
 
                yaffs_InitialiseTags(&tags);
 
@@ -3641,8 +3801,14 @@ static int yaffs_WriteChunkDataToObject(yaffs_Object *in, int chunkInInode,
 
        yaffs_CheckGarbageCollection(dev);
 
-       /* Get the previous chunk at this location in the file if it exists */
+       /* Get the previous chunk at this location in the file if it exists.
+        * If it does not exist then put a zero into the tree. This creates
+        * the tnode now, rather than later when it is harder to clean up.
+        */
        prevChunkId = yaffs_FindChunkInFile(in, chunkInInode, &prevTags);
+       if(prevChunkId < 1 &&
+               !yaffs_PutChunkIntoFile(in, chunkInInode, 0, 0))
+               return 0;
 
        /* Set up new tags */
        yaffs_InitialiseTags(&newTags);
@@ -3653,17 +3819,18 @@ static int yaffs_WriteChunkDataToObject(yaffs_Object *in, int chunkInInode,
            (prevChunkId > 0) ? prevTags.serialNumber + 1 : 1;
        newTags.byteCount = nBytes;
 
-       if (nBytes < 1 || nBytes > dev->totalBytesPerChunk) {
+       if (nBytes < 1 || nBytes > dev->param.totalBytesPerChunk) {
                T(YAFFS_TRACE_ERROR,
                (TSTR("Writing %d bytes to chunk!!!!!!!!!" TENDSTR), nBytes));
                YBUG();
        }
-
+       
+               
        newChunkId =
            yaffs_WriteNewChunkWithTagsToNAND(dev, buffer, &newTags,
                                              useReserve);
 
-       if (newChunkId >= 0) {
+       if (newChunkId > 0) {
                yaffs_PutChunkIntoFile(in, chunkInInode, newChunkId, 0);
 
                if (prevChunkId > 0)
@@ -3693,6 +3860,7 @@ int yaffs_UpdateObjectHeader(yaffs_Object *in, const YCHAR *name, int force,
        int newChunkId;
        yaffs_ExtendedTags newTags;
        yaffs_ExtendedTags oldTags;
+       YCHAR *alias = NULL;
 
        __u8 *buffer = NULL;
        YCHAR oldName[YAFFS_MAX_NAME_LENGTH + 1];
@@ -3781,8 +3949,11 @@ int yaffs_UpdateObjectHeader(yaffs_Object *in, const YCHAR *name, int force,
                        /* Do nothing */
                        break;
                case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_SYMLINK:
+                       alias = in->variant.symLinkVariant.alias;
+                       if(!alias)
+                               alias = _Y("no alias");
                        yaffs_strncpy(oh->alias,
-                                     in->variant.symLinkVariant.alias,
+                                       alias,
                                      YAFFS_MAX_ALIAS_LENGTH);
                        oh->alias[YAFFS_MAX_ALIAS_LENGTH] = 0;
                        break;
@@ -3827,7 +3998,7 @@ int yaffs_UpdateObjectHeader(yaffs_Object *in, const YCHAR *name, int force,
                        /* If this was a shrink, then mark the block that the chunk lives on */
                        if (isShrink) {
                                bi = yaffs_GetBlockInfo(in->myDev,
-                                       newChunkId / in->myDev->nChunksPerBlock);
+                                       newChunkId / in->myDev->param.nChunksPerBlock);
                                bi->hasShrinkHeader = 1;
                        }
 
@@ -3861,7 +4032,7 @@ static int yaffs_ObjectHasCachedWriteData(yaffs_Object *obj)
        yaffs_Device *dev = obj->myDev;
        int i;
        yaffs_ChunkCache *cache;
-       int nCaches = obj->myDev->nShortOpCaches;
+       int nCaches = obj->myDev->param.nShortOpCaches;
 
        for (i = 0; i < nCaches; i++) {
                cache = &dev->srCache[i];
@@ -3881,7 +4052,7 @@ static void yaffs_FlushFilesChunkCache(yaffs_Object *obj)
        int i;
        yaffs_ChunkCache *cache;
        int chunkWritten = 0;
-       int nCaches = obj->myDev->nShortOpCaches;
+       int nCaches = obj->myDev->param.nShortOpCaches;
 
        if (nCaches > 0) {
                do {
@@ -3933,7 +4104,7 @@ static void yaffs_FlushFilesChunkCache(yaffs_Object *obj)
 void yaffs_FlushEntireDeviceCache(yaffs_Device *dev)
 {
        yaffs_Object *obj;
-       int nCaches = dev->nShortOpCaches;
+       int nCaches = dev->param.nShortOpCaches;
        int i;
 
        /* Find a dirty object in the cache and flush it...
@@ -3964,8 +4135,8 @@ static yaffs_ChunkCache *yaffs_GrabChunkCacheWorker(yaffs_Device *dev)
 {
        int i;
 
-       if (dev->nShortOpCaches > 0) {
-               for (i = 0; i < dev->nShortOpCaches; i++) {
+       if (dev->param.nShortOpCaches > 0) {
+               for (i = 0; i < dev->param.nShortOpCaches; i++) {
                        if (!dev->srCache[i].object)
                                return &dev->srCache[i];
                }
@@ -3982,7 +4153,7 @@ static yaffs_ChunkCache *yaffs_GrabChunkCache(yaffs_Device *dev)
        int i;
        int pushout;
 
-       if (dev->nShortOpCaches > 0) {
+       if (dev->param.nShortOpCaches > 0) {
                /* Try find a non-dirty one... */
 
                cache = yaffs_GrabChunkCacheWorker(dev);
@@ -4001,7 +4172,7 @@ static yaffs_ChunkCache *yaffs_GrabChunkCache(yaffs_Device *dev)
                        cache = NULL;
                        pushout = -1;
 
-                       for (i = 0; i < dev->nShortOpCaches; i++) {
+                       for (i = 0; i < dev->param.nShortOpCaches; i++) {
                                if (dev->srCache[i].object &&
                                    !dev->srCache[i].locked &&
                                    (dev->srCache[i].lastUse < usage || !cache)) {
@@ -4031,8 +4202,8 @@ static yaffs_ChunkCache *yaffs_FindChunkCache(const yaffs_Object *obj,
 {
        yaffs_Device *dev = obj->myDev;
        int i;
-       if (dev->nShortOpCaches > 0) {
-               for (i = 0; i < dev->nShortOpCaches; i++) {
+       if (dev->param.nShortOpCaches > 0) {
+               for (i = 0; i < dev->param.nShortOpCaches; i++) {
                        if (dev->srCache[i].object == obj &&
                            dev->srCache[i].chunkId == chunkId) {
                                dev->cacheHits++;
@@ -4049,11 +4220,11 @@ static void yaffs_UseChunkCache(yaffs_Device *dev, yaffs_ChunkCache *cache,
                                int isAWrite)
 {
 
-       if (dev->nShortOpCaches > 0) {
+       if (dev->param.nShortOpCaches > 0) {
                if (dev->srLastUse < 0 || dev->srLastUse > 100000000) {
                        /* Reset the cache usages */
                        int i;
-                       for (i = 1; i < dev->nShortOpCaches; i++)
+                       for (i = 1; i < dev->param.nShortOpCaches; i++)
                                dev->srCache[i].lastUse = 0;
 
                        dev->srLastUse = 0;
@@ -4074,7 +4245,7 @@ static void yaffs_UseChunkCache(yaffs_Device *dev, yaffs_ChunkCache *cache,
  */
 static void yaffs_InvalidateChunkCache(yaffs_Object *object, int chunkId)
 {
-       if (object->myDev->nShortOpCaches > 0) {
+       if (object->myDev->param.nShortOpCaches > 0) {
                yaffs_ChunkCache *cache = yaffs_FindChunkCache(object, chunkId);
 
                if (cache)
@@ -4090,9 +4261,9 @@ static void yaffs_InvalidateWholeChunkCache(yaffs_Object *in)
        int i;
        yaffs_Device *dev = in->myDev;
 
-       if (dev->nShortOpCaches > 0) {
+       if (dev->param.nShortOpCaches > 0) {
                /* Invalidate it. */
-               for (i = 0; i < dev->nShortOpCaches; i++) {
+               for (i = 0; i < dev->param.nShortOpCaches; i++) {
                        if (dev->srCache[i].object == in)
                                dev->srCache[i].object = NULL;
                }
@@ -4144,7 +4315,6 @@ static void yaffs_DeviceToCheckpointDevice(yaffs_CheckpointDevice *cp,
        cp->nUnlinkedFiles = dev->nUnlinkedFiles;
        cp->nBackgroundDeletions = dev->nBackgroundDeletions;
        cp->sequenceNumber = dev->sequenceNumber;
-       cp->oldestDirtySequence = dev->oldestDirtySequence;
 
 }
 
@@ -4160,7 +4330,6 @@ static void yaffs_CheckpointDeviceToDevice(yaffs_Device *dev,
        dev->nUnlinkedFiles = cp->nUnlinkedFiles;
        dev->nBackgroundDeletions = cp->nBackgroundDeletions;
        dev->sequenceNumber = cp->sequenceNumber;
-       dev->oldestDirtySequence = cp->oldestDirtySequence;
 }
 
 
@@ -4311,11 +4480,7 @@ static int yaffs_CheckpointTnodeWorker(yaffs_Object *in, yaffs_Tnode *tn,
        int i;
        yaffs_Device *dev = in->myDev;
        int ok = 1;
-       int tnodeSize = (dev->tnodeWidth * YAFFS_NTNODES_LEVEL0)/8;
-
-       if (tnodeSize < sizeof(yaffs_Tnode))
-               tnodeSize = sizeof(yaffs_Tnode);
-
+       int tnodeSize = yaffs_CalcTnodeSize(dev);
 
        if (tn) {
                if (level > 0) {
@@ -4366,10 +4531,7 @@ static int yaffs_ReadCheckpointTnodes(yaffs_Object *obj)
        yaffs_FileStructure *fileStructPtr = &obj->variant.fileVariant;
        yaffs_Tnode *tn;
        int nread = 0;
-       int tnodeSize = (dev->tnodeWidth * YAFFS_NTNODES_LEVEL0)/8;
-
-       if (tnodeSize < sizeof(yaffs_Tnode))
-               tnodeSize = sizeof(yaffs_Tnode);
+       int tnodeSize = yaffs_CalcTnodeSize(dev);
 
        ok = (yaffs_CheckpointRead(dev, &baseChunk, sizeof(baseChunk)) == sizeof(baseChunk));
 
@@ -4425,8 +4587,8 @@ static int yaffs_WriteCheckpointObjects(yaffs_Device *dev)
                                        cp.structType = sizeof(cp);
 
                                        T(YAFFS_TRACE_CHECKPOINT, (
-                                               TSTR("Checkpoint write object %d parent %d type %d chunk %d obj addr %x" TENDSTR),
-                                               cp.objectId, cp.parentId, cp.variantType, cp.hdrChunk, (unsigned) obj));
+                                               TSTR("Checkpoint write object %d parent %d type %d chunk %d obj addr %p" TENDSTR),
+                                               cp.objectId, cp.parentId, cp.variantType, cp.hdrChunk, obj));
 
                                        ok = (yaffs_CheckpointWrite(dev, &cp, sizeof(cp)) == sizeof(cp));
 
@@ -4459,7 +4621,7 @@ static int yaffs_ReadCheckpointObjects(yaffs_Device *dev)
                ok = (yaffs_CheckpointRead(dev, &cp, sizeof(cp)) == sizeof(cp));
                if (cp.structType != sizeof(cp)) {
                        T(YAFFS_TRACE_CHECKPOINT, (TSTR("struct size %d instead of %d ok %d"TENDSTR),
-                               cp.structType, sizeof(cp), ok));
+                               cp.structType, (int)sizeof(cp), ok));
                        ok = 0;
                }
 
@@ -4531,7 +4693,7 @@ static int yaffs_WriteCheckpointData(yaffs_Device *dev)
 {
        int ok = 1;
 
-       if (dev->skipCheckpointWrite || !dev->isYaffs2) {
+       if (dev->param.skipCheckpointWrite || !dev->param.isYaffs2) {
                T(YAFFS_TRACE_CHECKPOINT, (TSTR("skipping checkpoint write" TENDSTR)));
                ok = 0;
        }
@@ -4574,7 +4736,7 @@ static int yaffs_ReadCheckpointData(yaffs_Device *dev)
 {
        int ok = 1;
 
-       if (dev->skipCheckpointRead || !dev->isYaffs2) {
+       if (dev->param.skipCheckpointRead || !dev->param.isYaffs2) {
                T(YAFFS_TRACE_CHECKPOINT, (TSTR("skipping checkpoint read" TENDSTR)));
                ok = 0;
        }
@@ -4622,8 +4784,8 @@ static void yaffs_InvalidateCheckpoint(yaffs_Device *dev)
                        dev->blocksInCheckpoint > 0) {
                dev->isCheckpointed = 0;
                yaffs_CheckpointInvalidateStream(dev);
-               if (dev->superBlock && dev->markSuperBlockDirty)
-                       dev->markSuperBlockDirty(dev->superBlock);
+               if (dev->param.markSuperBlockDirty)
+                       dev->param.markSuperBlockDirty(dev);
        }
 }
 
@@ -4710,8 +4872,8 @@ int yaffs_ReadDataFromFile(yaffs_Object *in, __u8 *buffer, loff_t offset,
                 * or we're using inband tags then use the cache (if there is caching)
                 * else bypass the cache.
                 */
-               if (cache || nToCopy != dev->nDataBytesPerChunk || dev->inbandTags) {
-                       if (dev->nShortOpCaches > 0) {
+               if (cache || nToCopy != dev->nDataBytesPerChunk || dev->param.inbandTags) {
+                       if (dev->param.nShortOpCaches > 0) {
 
                                /* If we can't find the data in the cache, then load it up. */
 
@@ -4834,11 +4996,11 @@ int yaffs_WriteDataToFile(yaffs_Object *in, const __u8 *buffer, loff_t offset,
                        nToWriteBack = dev->nDataBytesPerChunk;
                }
 
-               if (nToCopy != dev->nDataBytesPerChunk || dev->inbandTags) {
+               if (nToCopy != dev->nDataBytesPerChunk || dev->param.inbandTags) {
                        /* An incomplete start or end chunk (or maybe both start and end chunk),
                         * or we're using inband tags, so we want to use the cache buffers.
                         */
-                       if (dev->nShortOpCaches > 0) {
+                       if (dev->param.nShortOpCaches > 0) {
                                yaffs_ChunkCache *cache;
                                /* If we can't find the data in the cache, then load the cache */
                                cache = yaffs_FindChunkCache(in, chunk);
@@ -4975,10 +5137,10 @@ static void yaffs_PruneResizedChunks(yaffs_Object *in, int newSize)
                chunkId = yaffs_FindAndDeleteChunkInFile(in, i, NULL);
                if (chunkId > 0) {
                        if (chunkId <
-                           (dev->internalStartBlock * dev->nChunksPerBlock)
+                           (dev->internalStartBlock * dev->param.nChunksPerBlock)
                            || chunkId >=
                            ((dev->internalEndBlock +
-                             1) * dev->nChunksPerBlock)) {
+                             1) * dev->param.nChunksPerBlock)) {
                                T(YAFFS_TRACE_ALWAYS,
                                  (TSTR("Found daft chunkId %d for %d" TENDSTR),
                                   chunkId, i));
@@ -5043,7 +5205,6 @@ int yaffs_ResizeFile(yaffs_Object *in, loff_t newSize)
                in->variant.fileVariant.fileSize = newSize;
        }
 
-
        /* Write a new object header to reflect the resize.
         * show we've shrunk the file, if need be
         * Do this only if the file is not in the deleted directories
@@ -5061,13 +5222,17 @@ int yaffs_ResizeFile(yaffs_Object *in, loff_t newSize)
 
 loff_t yaffs_GetFileSize(yaffs_Object *obj)
 {
+       YCHAR *alias = NULL;
        obj = yaffs_GetEquivalentObject(obj);
 
        switch (obj->variantType) {
        case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_FILE:
                return obj->variant.fileVariant.fileSize;
        case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_SYMLINK:
-               return yaffs_strlen(obj->variant.symLinkVariant.alias);
+               alias = obj->variant.symLinkVariant.alias;
+               if(!alias)
+                       return 0;
+               return yaffs_strnlen(alias,YAFFS_MAX_ALIAS_LENGTH);
        default:
                return 0;
        }
@@ -5110,7 +5275,7 @@ static int yaffs_DoGenericObjectDeletion(yaffs_Object *in)
        /* First off, invalidate the file's data in the cache, without flushing. */
        yaffs_InvalidateWholeChunkCache(in);
 
-       if (in->myDev->isYaffs2 && (in->parent != in->myDev->deletedDir)) {
+       if (in->myDev->param.isYaffs2 && (in->parent != in->myDev->deletedDir)) {
                /* Move to the unlinked directory so we have a record that it was deleted. */
                yaffs_ChangeObjectName(in, in->myDev->deletedDir, _Y("deleted"), 0, 0);
 
@@ -5135,13 +5300,8 @@ static int yaffs_UnlinkFileIfNeeded(yaffs_Object *in)
        int retVal;
        int immediateDeletion = 0;
 
-#ifdef __KERNEL__
        if (!in->myInode)
                immediateDeletion = 1;
-#else
-       if (in->inUse <= 0)
-               immediateDeletion = 1;
-#endif
 
        if (immediateDeletion) {
                retVal =
@@ -5152,7 +5312,7 @@ static int yaffs_UnlinkFileIfNeeded(yaffs_Object *in)
                   in->objectId));
                in->deleted = 1;
                in->myDev->nDeletedFiles++;
-               if (1 || in->myDev->isYaffs2)
+               if (1 || in->myDev->param.isYaffs2)
                        yaffs_ResizeFile(in, 0);
                yaffs_SoftDeleteFile(in);
        } else {
@@ -5213,7 +5373,9 @@ static int yaffs_DeleteDirectory(yaffs_Object *obj)
 
 static int yaffs_DeleteSymLink(yaffs_Object *in)
 {
-       YFREE(in->variant.symLinkVariant.alias);
+       if(in->variant.symLinkVariant.alias)
+               YFREE(in->variant.symLinkVariant.alias);
+       in->variant.symLinkVariant.alias=NULL;
 
        return yaffs_DoGenericObjectDeletion(in);
 }
@@ -5259,13 +5421,8 @@ static int yaffs_UnlinkWorker(yaffs_Object *obj)
 
        int immediateDeletion = 0;
 
-#ifdef __KERNEL__
        if (!obj->myInode)
                immediateDeletion = 1;
-#else
-       if (obj->inUse <= 0)
-               immediateDeletion = 1;
-#endif
 
        if(obj)
                yaffs_UpdateParent(obj->parent);
@@ -5282,23 +5439,26 @@ static int yaffs_UnlinkWorker(yaffs_Object *obj)
                 * Instead, we do the following:
                 * - Select a hardlink.
                 * - Unhook it from the hard links
-                * - Unhook it from its parent directory (so that the rename can work)
+                * - Move it from its parent directory (so that the rename can work)
                 * - Rename the object to the hardlink's name.
                 * - Delete the hardlink
                 */
 
                yaffs_Object *hl;
+               yaffs_Object *parent;
                int retVal;
                YCHAR name[YAFFS_MAX_NAME_LENGTH + 1];
 
                hl = ylist_entry(obj->hardLinks.next, yaffs_Object, hardLinks);
 
+               yaffs_GetObjectName(hl, name, YAFFS_MAX_NAME_LENGTH + 1);
+               parent = hl->parent;
+
                ylist_del_init(&hl->hardLinks);
-               ylist_del_init(&hl->siblings);
 
-               yaffs_GetObjectName(hl, name, YAFFS_MAX_NAME_LENGTH + 1);
+               yaffs_AddObjectToDirectory(obj->myDev->unlinkedDir, hl);
 
-               retVal = yaffs_ChangeObjectName(obj, hl->parent, name, 0, 0);
+               retVal = yaffs_ChangeObjectName(obj,parent, name, 0, 0);
 
                if (retVal == YAFFS_OK)
                        retVal = yaffs_DoGenericObjectDeletion(hl);
@@ -5471,6 +5631,125 @@ static void yaffs_StripDeletedObjects(yaffs_Device *dev)
 
 }
 
+/*
+ * This code iterates through all the objects making sure that they are rooted.
+ * Any unrooted objects are re-rooted in lost+found.
+ * An object needs to be in one of:
+ * - Directly under deleted, unlinked
+ * - Directly or indirectly under root.
+ *
+ * Note:
+ *  This code assumes that we don't ever change the current relationships between
+ *  directories:
+ *   rootDir->parent == unlinkedDir->parent == deletedDir->parent == NULL
+ *   lostNfound->parent == rootDir
+ *
+ * This fixes the problem where directories might have inadvertently been deleted
+ * leaving the object "hanging" without being rooted in the directory tree.
+ */
+static int yaffs_HasNULLParent(yaffs_Device *dev, yaffs_Object *obj)
+{
+       return (obj == dev->deletedDir ||
+               obj == dev->unlinkedDir||
+               obj == dev->rootDir);
+}
+
+static void yaffs_FixHangingObjects(yaffs_Device *dev)
+{
+       yaffs_Object *obj;
+       yaffs_Object *parent;
+       int i;
+       struct ylist_head *lh;
+       struct ylist_head *n;
+       int depthLimit;
+       int hanging;
+
+
+       /* Iterate through the objects in each hash entry,
+        * looking at each object.
+        * Make sure it is rooted.
+        */
+
+       for (i = 0; i <  YAFFS_NOBJECT_BUCKETS; i++) {
+               ylist_for_each_safe(lh, n, &dev->objectBucket[i].list) {
+                       if (lh) {
+                               obj = ylist_entry(lh, yaffs_Object, hashLink);
+                               parent= obj->parent;
+                               
+                               if(yaffs_HasNULLParent(dev,obj)){
+                                       /* These directories are not hanging */
+                                       hanging = 0;
+                               }
+                               else if(!parent || parent->variantType != YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_DIRECTORY)
+                                       hanging = 1;
+                               else if(yaffs_HasNULLParent(dev,parent))
+                                       hanging = 0;
+                               else {
+                                       /*
+                                        * Need to follow the parent chain to see if it is hanging.
+                                        */
+                                       hanging = 0;
+                                       depthLimit=100;
+
+                                       while(parent != dev->rootDir &&
+                                               parent->parent &&
+                                               parent->parent->variantType == YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_DIRECTORY &&
+                                               depthLimit > 0){
+                                               parent = parent->parent;
+                                               depthLimit--;
+                                       }
+                                       if(parent != dev->rootDir)
+                                               hanging = 1;
+                               }
+                               if(hanging){
+                                       T(YAFFS_TRACE_SCAN,
+                                         (TSTR("Hanging object %d moved to lost and found" TENDSTR),
+                                               obj->objectId));
+                                       yaffs_AddObjectToDirectory(dev->lostNFoundDir,obj);
+                               }
+                       }
+               }
+       }
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * Delete directory contents for cleaning up lost and found.
+ */
+static void yaffs_DeleteDirectoryContents(yaffs_Object *dir)
+{
+       yaffs_Object *obj;
+       struct ylist_head *lh;
+       struct ylist_head *n;
+
+       if(dir->variantType != YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_DIRECTORY)
+               YBUG();
+       
+       ylist_for_each_safe(lh, n, &dir->variant.directoryVariant.children) {
+               if (lh) {
+                       obj = ylist_entry(lh, yaffs_Object, siblings);
+                       if(obj->variantType == YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_DIRECTORY)
+                               yaffs_DeleteDirectoryContents(obj);
+
+                       T(YAFFS_TRACE_SCAN,
+                               (TSTR("Deleting lost_found object %d" TENDSTR),
+                               obj->objectId));
+
+                       /* Need to use UnlinkObject since Delete would not handle
+                        * hardlinked objects correctly.
+                        */
+                       yaffs_UnlinkObject(obj); 
+               }
+       }
+                       
+}
+
+static void yaffs_EmptyLostAndFound(yaffs_Device *dev)
+{
+       yaffs_DeleteDirectoryContents(dev->lostNFoundDir);
+}
+
 static int yaffs_Scan(yaffs_Device *dev)
 {
        yaffs_ExtendedTags tags;
@@ -5534,7 +5813,7 @@ static int yaffs_Scan(yaffs_Device *dev)
                        T(YAFFS_TRACE_SCAN_DEBUG,
                          (TSTR("Block empty " TENDSTR)));
                        dev->nErasedBlocks++;
-                       dev->nFreeChunks += dev->nChunksPerBlock;
+                       dev->nFreeChunks += dev->param.nChunksPerBlock;
                }
        }
 
@@ -5557,10 +5836,10 @@ static int yaffs_Scan(yaffs_Device *dev)
                deleted = 0;
 
                /* For each chunk in each block that needs scanning....*/
-               for (c = 0; !alloc_failed && c < dev->nChunksPerBlock &&
+               for (c = 0; !alloc_failed && c < dev->param.nChunksPerBlock &&
                     state == YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_NEEDS_SCANNING; c++) {
                        /* Read the tags and decide what to do */
-                       chunk = blk * dev->nChunksPerBlock + c;
+                       chunk = blk * dev->param.nChunksPerBlock + c;
 
                        result = yaffs_ReadChunkWithTagsFromNAND(dev, chunk, NULL,
                                                        &tags);
@@ -5594,11 +5873,11 @@ static int yaffs_Scan(yaffs_Device *dev)
                                        dev->allocationBlock = blk;
                                        dev->allocationPage = c;
                                        dev->allocationBlockFinder = blk;
-                                       /* Set it to here to encourage the allocator to go forth from here. */
+                                       /* Set block finder here to encourage the allocator to go forth from here. */
 
                                }
 
-                               dev->nFreeChunks += (dev->nChunksPerBlock - c);
+                               dev->nFreeChunks += (dev->param.nChunksPerBlock - c);
                        } else if (tags.chunkId > 0) {
                                /* chunkId > 0 so it is a data chunk... */
                                unsigned int endpos;
@@ -5631,7 +5910,7 @@ static int yaffs_Scan(yaffs_Device *dev)
                                    endpos) {
                                        in->variant.fileVariant.
                                            scannedFileSize = endpos;
-                                       if (!dev->useHeaderFileSize) {
+                                       if (!dev->param.useHeaderFileSize) {
                                                in->variant.fileVariant.
                                                    fileSize =
                                                    in->variant.fileVariant.
@@ -5810,7 +6089,7 @@ static int yaffs_Scan(yaffs_Device *dev)
                                                /* Todo got a problem */
                                                break;
                                        case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_FILE:
-                                               if (dev->useHeaderFileSize)
+                                               if (dev->param.useHeaderFileSize)
 
                                                        in->variant.fileVariant.
                                                            fileSize =
@@ -5840,12 +6119,6 @@ static int yaffs_Scan(yaffs_Device *dev)
                                                break;
                                        }
 
-/*
-                                       if (parent == dev->deletedDir) {
-                                               yaffs_DestroyObject(in);
-                                               bi->hasShrinkHeader = 1;
-                                       }
-*/
                                }
                        }
                }
@@ -5855,6 +6128,12 @@ static int yaffs_Scan(yaffs_Device *dev)
                        state = YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_FULL;
                }
 
+               if (state == YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_ALLOCATING) {
+                       /* If the block was partially allocated then treat it as fully allocated.*/
+                       state = YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_FULL;
+                       dev->allocationBlock = -1;
+               }
+
                bi->blockState = state;
 
                /* Now let's see if it was dirty */
@@ -6001,7 +6280,7 @@ static int yaffs_ScanBackwards(yaffs_Device *dev)
        yaffs_BlockIndex *blockIndex = NULL;
        int altBlockIndex = 0;
 
-       if (!dev->isYaffs2) {
+       if (!dev->param.isYaffs2) {
                T(YAFFS_TRACE_SCAN,
                  (TSTR("yaffs_ScanBackwards is only for YAFFS2!" TENDSTR)));
                return YAFFS_FAIL;
@@ -6064,7 +6343,7 @@ static int yaffs_ScanBackwards(yaffs_Device *dev)
                        T(YAFFS_TRACE_SCAN_DEBUG,
                          (TSTR("Block empty " TENDSTR)));
                        dev->nErasedBlocks++;
-                       dev->nFreeChunks += dev->nChunksPerBlock;
+                       dev->nFreeChunks += dev->param.nChunksPerBlock;
                } else if (state == YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_NEEDS_SCANNING) {
 
                        /* Determine the highest sequence number */
@@ -6149,7 +6428,7 @@ static int yaffs_ScanBackwards(yaffs_Device *dev)
 
                /* For each chunk in each block that needs scanning.... */
                foundChunksInBlock = 0;
-               for (c = dev->nChunksPerBlock - 1;
+               for (c = dev->param.nChunksPerBlock - 1;
                     !alloc_failed && c >= 0 &&
                     (state == YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_NEEDS_SCANNING ||
                      state == YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_ALLOCATING); c--) {
@@ -6157,7 +6436,7 @@ static int yaffs_ScanBackwards(yaffs_Device *dev)
                         * Read the tags and decide what to do
                         */
 
-                       chunk = blk * dev->nChunksPerBlock + c;
+                       chunk = blk * dev->param.nChunksPerBlock + c;
 
                        result = yaffs_ReadChunkWithTagsFromNAND(dev, chunk, NULL,
                                                        &tags);
@@ -6197,13 +6476,9 @@ static int yaffs_ScanBackwards(yaffs_Device *dev)
                                                        dev->allocationBlockFinder = blk;
                                                } else {
                                                        /* This is a partially written block that is not
-                                                        * the current allocation block. This block must have
-                                                        * had a write failure, so set up for retirement.
+                                                        * the current allocation block.
                                                         */
 
-                                                        /* bi->needsRetiring = 1; ??? TODO */
-                                                        bi->gcPrioritise = 1;
-
                                                         T(YAFFS_TRACE_ALWAYS,
                                                         (TSTR("Partially written block %d detected" TENDSTR),
                                                         blk));
@@ -6243,35 +6518,26 @@ static int yaffs_ScanBackwards(yaffs_Device *dev)
 
                                if (in &&
                                    in->variantType == YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_FILE
-                                   && chunkBase <
-                                   in->variant.fileVariant.shrinkSize) {
+                                   && chunkBase < in->variant.fileVariant.shrinkSize) {
                                        /* This has not been invalidated by a resize */
-                                       if (!yaffs_PutChunkIntoFile(in, tags.chunkId,
-                                                              chunk, -1)) {
+                                       if (!yaffs_PutChunkIntoFile(in, tags.chunkId, chunk, -1)) {
                                                alloc_failed = 1;
                                        }
 
                                        /* File size is calculated by looking at the data chunks if we have not
                                         * seen an object header yet. Stop this practice once we find an object header.
                                         */
-                                       endpos =
-                                           (tags.chunkId -
-                                            1) * dev->nDataBytesPerChunk +
-                                           tags.byteCount;
+                                       endpos = chunkBase + tags.byteCount;
 
                                        if (!in->valid &&       /* have not got an object header yet */
-                                           in->variant.fileVariant.
-                                           scannedFileSize < endpos) {
-                                               in->variant.fileVariant.
-                                                   scannedFileSize = endpos;
-                                               in->variant.fileVariant.
-                                                   fileSize =
-                                                   in->variant.fileVariant.
-                                                   scannedFileSize;
+                                           in->variant.fileVariant.scannedFileSize < endpos) {
+                                               in->variant.fileVariant.scannedFileSize = endpos;
+                                               in->variant.fileVariant.fileSize = endpos;
                                        }
 
                                } else if (in) {
-                                       /* This chunk has been invalidated by a resize, so delete */
+                                       /* This chunk has been invalidated by a resize, or a past file deletion
+                                        * so delete the chunk*/
                                        yaffs_DeleteChunk(dev, chunk, 1, __LINE__);
 
                                }
@@ -6288,15 +6554,15 @@ static int yaffs_ScanBackwards(yaffs_Device *dev)
                                in = NULL;
 
                                if (tags.extraHeaderInfoAvailable) {
-                                       in = yaffs_FindOrCreateObjectByNumber
-                                           (dev, tags.objectId,
-                                            tags.extraObjectType);
+                                       in = yaffs_FindOrCreateObjectByNumber(dev,
+                                               tags.objectId,
+                                               tags.extraObjectType);
                                        if (!in)
                                                alloc_failed = 1;
                                }
 
                                if (!in ||
-                                   (!in->valid && dev->disableLazyLoad) ||
+                                   (!in->valid && dev->param.disableLazyLoad) ||
                                    tags.extraShadows ||
                                    (!in->valid &&
                                    (tags.objectId == YAFFS_OBJECTID_ROOT ||
@@ -6314,7 +6580,7 @@ static int yaffs_ScanBackwards(yaffs_Device *dev)
 
                                        oh = (yaffs_ObjectHeader *) chunkData;
 
-                                       if (dev->inbandTags) {
+                                       if (dev->param.inbandTags) {
                                                /* Fix up the header if they got corrupted by inband tags */
                                                oh->shadowsObject = oh->inbandShadowsObject;
                                                oh->isShrink = oh->inbandIsShrink;
@@ -6372,13 +6638,8 @@ static int yaffs_ScanBackwards(yaffs_Device *dev)
                                                        isShrink = 1;
                                                }
 
-                                               if (isShrink &&
-                                                   in->variant.fileVariant.
-                                                   shrinkSize > thisSize) {
-                                                       in->variant.fileVariant.
-                                                           shrinkSize =
-                                                           thisSize;
-                                               }
+                                               if (isShrink && in->variant.fileVariant.shrinkSize > thisSize)
+                                                       in->variant.fileVariant.shrinkSize = thisSize;
 
                                                if (isShrink)
                                                        bi->hasShrinkHeader = 1;
@@ -6465,6 +6726,7 @@ static int yaffs_ScanBackwards(yaffs_Device *dev)
                                                                           oh->
                                                                           shadowsObject,
                                                                           1);
+                                                       
 
 
                                                yaffs_SetObjectName(in, oh->name);
@@ -6550,14 +6812,12 @@ static int yaffs_ScanBackwards(yaffs_Device *dev)
                                                         * than its current data extents.
                                                         */
                                                        in->variant.fileVariant.fileSize = fileSize;
-                                                       in->variant.fileVariant.scannedFileSize =
-                                                           in->variant.fileVariant.fileSize;
+                                                       in->variant.fileVariant.scannedFileSize = fileSize;
                                                }
 
-                                               if (isShrink &&
-                                                   in->variant.fileVariant.shrinkSize > fileSize) {
+                                               if (in->variant.fileVariant.shrinkSize > fileSize)
                                                        in->variant.fileVariant.shrinkSize = fileSize;
-                                               }
+                               
 
                                                break;
                                        case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_HARDLINK:
@@ -6596,6 +6856,7 @@ static int yaffs_ScanBackwards(yaffs_Device *dev)
                        state = YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_FULL;
                }
 
+
                bi->blockState = state;
 
                /* Now let's see if it was dirty */
@@ -6606,6 +6867,8 @@ static int yaffs_ScanBackwards(yaffs_Device *dev)
                }
 
        }
+       
+       yaffs_SkipRestOfBlock(dev);
 
        if (altBlockIndex)
                YFREE_ALT(blockIndex);
@@ -6739,8 +7002,8 @@ static void yaffs_RemoveObjectFromDirectory(yaffs_Object *obj)
 
        yaffs_VerifyDirectory(parent);
 
-       if (dev && dev->removeObjectCallback)
-               dev->removeObjectCallback(obj);
+       if (dev && dev->param.removeObjectCallback)
+               dev->param.removeObjectCallback(obj);
 
 
        ylist_del_init(&obj->siblings);
@@ -6930,7 +7193,7 @@ int yaffs_GetObjectName(yaffs_Object *obj, YCHAR *name, int buffSize)
        }
 #ifdef CONFIG_YAFFS_SHORT_NAMES_IN_RAM
        else if (obj->shortName[0])
-               yaffs_strcpy(name, obj->shortName);
+               yaffs_strncpy(name, obj->shortName,YAFFS_SHORT_NAME_LENGTH+1);
 #endif
        else {
                int result;
@@ -6946,11 +7209,12 @@ int yaffs_GetObjectName(yaffs_Object *obj, YCHAR *name, int buffSize)
                                                        NULL);
                }
                yaffs_strncpy(name, oh->name, buffSize - 1);
+               name[buffSize-1]=0;
 
                yaffs_ReleaseTempBuffer(obj->myDev, buffer, __LINE__);
        }
 
-       return yaffs_strlen(name);
+       return yaffs_strnlen(name,buffSize-1);
 }
 
 int yaffs_GetObjectFileLength(yaffs_Object *obj)
@@ -6960,9 +7224,11 @@ int yaffs_GetObjectFileLength(yaffs_Object *obj)
 
        if (obj->variantType == YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_FILE)
                return obj->variant.fileVariant.fileSize;
-       if (obj->variantType == YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_SYMLINK)
-               return yaffs_strlen(obj->variant.symLinkVariant.alias);
-       else {
+       if (obj->variantType == YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_SYMLINK){
+               if(!obj->variant.symLinkVariant.alias)
+                       return 0;
+               return yaffs_strnlen(obj->variant.symLinkVariant.alias,YAFFS_MAX_ALIAS_LENGTH);
+       } else {
                /* Only a directory should drop through to here */
                return obj->myDev->nDataBytesPerChunk;
        }
@@ -7111,30 +7377,32 @@ static int yaffs_CheckDevFunctions(const yaffs_Device *dev)
 {
 
        /* Common functions, gotta have */
-       if (!dev->eraseBlockInNAND || !dev->initialiseNAND)
+       if (!dev->param.eraseBlockInNAND || !dev->param.initialiseNAND)
                return 0;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_YAFFS_YAFFS2
 
        /* Can use the "with tags" style interface for yaffs1 or yaffs2 */
-       if (dev->writeChunkWithTagsToNAND &&
-           dev->readChunkWithTagsFromNAND &&
-           !dev->writeChunkToNAND &&
-           !dev->readChunkFromNAND &&
-           dev->markNANDBlockBad && dev->queryNANDBlock)
+       if (dev->param.writeChunkWithTagsToNAND &&
+           dev->param.readChunkWithTagsFromNAND &&
+           !dev->param.writeChunkToNAND &&
+           !dev->param.readChunkFromNAND &&
+           dev->param.markNANDBlockBad &&
+           dev->param.queryNANDBlock)
                return 1;
 #endif
 
        /* Can use the "spare" style interface for yaffs1 */
-       if (!dev->isYaffs2 &&
-           !dev->writeChunkWithTagsToNAND &&
-           !dev->readChunkWithTagsFromNAND &&
-           dev->writeChunkToNAND &&
-           dev->readChunkFromNAND &&
-           !dev->markNANDBlockBad && !dev->queryNANDBlock)
+       if (!dev->param.isYaffs2 &&
+           !dev->param.writeChunkWithTagsToNAND &&
+           !dev->param.readChunkWithTagsFromNAND &&
+           dev->param.writeChunkToNAND &&
+           dev->param.readChunkFromNAND &&
+           !dev->param.markNANDBlockBad &&
+           !dev->param.queryNANDBlock)
                return 1;
 
-       return 0;               /* bad */
+       return 0;       /* bad */
 }
 
 
@@ -7181,35 +7449,35 @@ int yaffs_GutsInitialise(yaffs_Device *dev)
                return YAFFS_FAIL;
        }
 
-       dev->internalStartBlock = dev->startBlock;
-       dev->internalEndBlock = dev->endBlock;
+       dev->internalStartBlock = dev->param.startBlock;
+       dev->internalEndBlock = dev->param.endBlock;
        dev->blockOffset = 0;
        dev->chunkOffset = 0;
        dev->nFreeChunks = 0;
 
        dev->gcBlock = -1;
 
-       if (dev->startBlock == 0) {
-               dev->internalStartBlock = dev->startBlock + 1;
-               dev->internalEndBlock = dev->endBlock + 1;
+       if (dev->param.startBlock == 0) {
+               dev->internalStartBlock = dev->param.startBlock + 1;
+               dev->internalEndBlock = dev->param.endBlock + 1;
                dev->blockOffset = 1;
-               dev->chunkOffset = dev->nChunksPerBlock;
+               dev->chunkOffset = dev->param.nChunksPerBlock;
        }
 
        /* Check geometry parameters. */
 
-       if ((!dev->inbandTags && dev->isYaffs2 && dev->totalBytesPerChunk < 1024) ||
-           (!dev->isYaffs2 && dev->totalBytesPerChunk < 512) ||
-           (dev->inbandTags && !dev->isYaffs2) ||
-            dev->nChunksPerBlock < 2 ||
-            dev->nReservedBlocks < 2 ||
+       if ((!dev->param.inbandTags && dev->param.isYaffs2 && dev->param.totalBytesPerChunk < 1024) ||
+           (!dev->param.isYaffs2 && dev->param.totalBytesPerChunk < 512) ||
+           (dev->param.inbandTags && !dev->param.isYaffs2) ||
+            dev->param.nChunksPerBlock < 2 ||
+            dev->param.nReservedBlocks < 2 ||
             dev->internalStartBlock <= 0 ||
             dev->internalEndBlock <= 0 ||
-            dev->internalEndBlock <= (dev->internalStartBlock + dev->nReservedBlocks + 2)) {   /* otherwise it is too small */
+            dev->internalEndBlock <= (dev->internalStartBlock + dev->param.nReservedBlocks + 2)) {     /* otherwise it is too small */
                T(YAFFS_TRACE_ALWAYS,
                  (TSTR
                   ("yaffs: NAND geometry problems: chunk size %d, type is yaffs%s, inbandTags %d "
-                   TENDSTR), dev->totalBytesPerChunk, dev->isYaffs2 ? "2" : "", dev->inbandTags));
+                   TENDSTR), dev->param.totalBytesPerChunk, dev->param.isYaffs2 ? "2" : "", dev->param.inbandTags));
                return YAFFS_FAIL;
        }
 
@@ -7220,10 +7488,10 @@ int yaffs_GutsInitialise(yaffs_Device *dev)
        }
 
        /* Sort out space for inband tags, if required */
-       if (dev->inbandTags)
-               dev->nDataBytesPerChunk = dev->totalBytesPerChunk - sizeof(yaffs_PackedTags2TagsPart);
+       if (dev->param.inbandTags)
+               dev->nDataBytesPerChunk = dev->param.totalBytesPerChunk - sizeof(yaffs_PackedTags2TagsPart);
        else
-               dev->nDataBytesPerChunk = dev->totalBytesPerChunk;
+               dev->nDataBytesPerChunk = dev->param.totalBytesPerChunk;
 
        /* Got the right mix of functions? */
        if (!yaffs_CheckDevFunctions(dev)) {
@@ -7270,12 +7538,12 @@ int yaffs_GutsInitialise(yaffs_Device *dev)
         * We need to find the next power of 2 > than internalEndBlock
         */
 
-       x = dev->nChunksPerBlock * (dev->internalEndBlock + 1);
+       x = dev->param.nChunksPerBlock * (dev->internalEndBlock + 1);
 
        bits = ShiftsGE(x);
 
        /* Set up tnode width if wide tnodes are enabled. */
-       if (!dev->wideTnodesDisabled) {
+       if (!dev->param.wideTnodesDisabled) {
                /* bits must be even so that we end up with 32-bit words */
                if (bits & 1)
                        bits++;
@@ -7302,7 +7570,7 @@ int yaffs_GutsInitialise(yaffs_Device *dev)
 
        dev->chunkGroupSize = 1 << dev->chunkGroupBits;
 
-       if (dev->nChunksPerBlock < dev->chunkGroupSize) {
+       if (dev->param.nChunksPerBlock < dev->chunkGroupSize) {
                /* We have a problem because the soft delete won't work if
                 * the chunk group size > chunks per block.
                 * This can be remedied by using larger "virtual blocks".
@@ -7332,6 +7600,7 @@ int yaffs_GutsInitialise(yaffs_Device *dev)
        dev->nErasedBlocks = 0;
        dev->isDoingGC = 0;
        dev->hasPendingPrioritisedGCs = 1; /* Assume the worst for now, will get fixed on first GC */
+       dev->oldestDirtySequence = 0;
 
        /* Initialise temporary buffers and caches. */
        if (!yaffs_InitialiseTempBuffers(dev))
@@ -7342,13 +7611,13 @@ int yaffs_GutsInitialise(yaffs_Device *dev)
 
 
        if (!init_failed &&
-           dev->nShortOpCaches > 0) {
+           dev->param.nShortOpCaches > 0) {
                int i;
                void *buf;
-               int srCacheBytes = dev->nShortOpCaches * sizeof(yaffs_ChunkCache);
+               int srCacheBytes = dev->param.nShortOpCaches * sizeof(yaffs_ChunkCache);
 
-               if (dev->nShortOpCaches > YAFFS_MAX_SHORT_OP_CACHES)
-                       dev->nShortOpCaches = YAFFS_MAX_SHORT_OP_CACHES;
+               if (dev->param.nShortOpCaches > YAFFS_MAX_SHORT_OP_CACHES)
+                       dev->param.nShortOpCaches = YAFFS_MAX_SHORT_OP_CACHES;
 
                dev->srCache =  YMALLOC(srCacheBytes);
 
@@ -7357,11 +7626,11 @@ int yaffs_GutsInitialise(yaffs_Device *dev)
                if (dev->srCache)
                        memset(dev->srCache, 0, srCacheBytes);
 
-               for (i = 0; i < dev->nShortOpCaches && buf; i++) {
+               for (i = 0; i < dev->param.nShortOpCaches && buf; i++) {
                        dev->srCache[i].object = NULL;
                        dev->srCache[i].lastUse = 0;
                        dev->srCache[i].dirty = 0;
-                       dev->srCache[i].data = buf = YMALLOC_DMA(dev->totalBytesPerChunk);
+                       dev->srCache[i].data = buf = YMALLOC_DMA(dev->param.totalBytesPerChunk);
                }
                if (!buf)
                        init_failed = 1;
@@ -7372,13 +7641,13 @@ int yaffs_GutsInitialise(yaffs_Device *dev)
        dev->cacheHits = 0;
 
        if (!init_failed) {
-               dev->gcCleanupList = YMALLOC(dev->nChunksPerBlock * sizeof(__u32));
+               dev->gcCleanupList = YMALLOC(dev->param.nChunksPerBlock * sizeof(__u32));
                if (!dev->gcCleanupList)
                        init_failed = 1;
        }
 
-       if (dev->isYaffs2)
-               dev->useHeaderFileSize = 1;
+       if (dev->param.isYaffs2)
+               dev->param.useHeaderFileSize = 1;
 
        if (!init_failed && !yaffs_InitialiseBlocks(dev))
                init_failed = 1;
@@ -7392,7 +7661,7 @@ int yaffs_GutsInitialise(yaffs_Device *dev)
 
        if (!init_failed) {
                /* Now scan the flash. */
-               if (dev->isYaffs2) {
+               if (dev->param.isYaffs2) {
                        if (yaffs_CheckpointRestore(dev)) {
                                yaffs_CheckObjectDetailsLoaded(dev->rootDir);
                                T(YAFFS_TRACE_ALWAYS,
@@ -7414,7 +7683,6 @@ int yaffs_GutsInitialise(yaffs_Device *dev)
                                dev->nDeletedFiles = 0;
                                dev->nUnlinkedFiles = 0;
                                dev->nBackgroundDeletions = 0;
-                               dev->oldestDirtySequence = 0;
 
                                if (!init_failed && !yaffs_InitialiseBlocks(dev))
                                        init_failed = 1;
@@ -7432,6 +7700,9 @@ int yaffs_GutsInitialise(yaffs_Device *dev)
                                init_failed = 1;
 
                yaffs_StripDeletedObjects(dev);
+               yaffs_FixHangingObjects(dev);
+               if(dev->param.emptyLostAndFound)
+                       yaffs_EmptyLostAndFound(dev);
        }
 
        if (init_failed) {
@@ -7455,6 +7726,9 @@ int yaffs_GutsInitialise(yaffs_Device *dev)
        yaffs_VerifyFreeChunks(dev);
        yaffs_VerifyBlocks(dev);
 
+       /* Clean up any aborted checkpoint data */
+       if(!dev->isCheckpointed && dev->blocksInCheckpoint > 0)
+               yaffs_InvalidateCheckpoint(dev);
 
        T(YAFFS_TRACE_TRACING,
          (TSTR("yaffs: yaffs_GutsInitialise() done.\n" TENDSTR)));
@@ -7470,10 +7744,10 @@ void yaffs_Deinitialise(yaffs_Device *dev)
                yaffs_DeinitialiseBlocks(dev);
                yaffs_DeinitialiseTnodes(dev);
                yaffs_DeinitialiseObjects(dev);
-               if (dev->nShortOpCaches > 0 &&
+               if (dev->param.nShortOpCaches > 0 &&
                    dev->srCache) {
 
-                       for (i = 0; i < dev->nShortOpCaches; i++) {
+                       for (i = 0; i < dev->param.nShortOpCaches; i++) {
                                if (dev->srCache[i].data)
                                        YFREE(dev->srCache[i].data);
                                dev->srCache[i].data = NULL;
@@ -7490,8 +7764,8 @@ void yaffs_Deinitialise(yaffs_Device *dev)
 
                dev->isMounted = 0;
 
-               if (dev->deinitialiseNAND)
-                       dev->deinitialiseNAND(dev);
+               if (dev->param.deinitialiseNAND)
+                       dev->param.deinitialiseNAND(dev);
        }
 }
 
@@ -7512,7 +7786,7 @@ static int yaffs_CountFreeChunks(yaffs_Device *dev)
                case YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_COLLECTING:
                case YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_FULL:
                        nFree +=
-                           (dev->nChunksPerBlock - blk->pagesInUse +
+                           (dev->param.nChunksPerBlock - blk->pagesInUse +
                             blk->softDeletions);
                        break;
                default:
@@ -7542,21 +7816,21 @@ int yaffs_GetNumberOfFreeChunks(yaffs_Device *dev)
 
        /* Now count the number of dirty chunks in the cache and subtract those */
 
-       for (nDirtyCacheChunks = 0, i = 0; i < dev->nShortOpCaches; i++) {
+       for (nDirtyCacheChunks = 0, i = 0; i < dev->param.nShortOpCaches; i++) {
                if (dev->srCache[i].dirty)
                        nDirtyCacheChunks++;
        }
 
        nFree -= nDirtyCacheChunks;
 
-       nFree -= ((dev->nReservedBlocks + 1) * dev->nChunksPerBlock);
+       nFree -= ((dev->param.nReservedBlocks + 1) * dev->param.nChunksPerBlock);
 
        /* Now we figure out how much to reserve for the checkpoint and report that... */
        blocksForCheckpoint = yaffs_CalcCheckpointBlocksRequired(dev) - dev->blocksInCheckpoint;
        if (blocksForCheckpoint < 0)
                blocksForCheckpoint = 0;
 
-       nFree -= (blocksForCheckpoint * dev->nChunksPerBlock);
+       nFree -= (blocksForCheckpoint * dev->param.nChunksPerBlock);
 
        if (nFree < 0)
                nFree = 0;
@@ -7593,7 +7867,7 @@ static void yaffs_VerifyFreeChunks(yaffs_Device *dev)
        do { \
                if (sizeof(structure) != syze) { \
                        T(YAFFS_TRACE_ALWAYS, (TSTR("%s should be %d but is %d\n" TENDSTR),\
-                               name, syze, sizeof(structure))); \
+                               name, syze, (int) sizeof(structure))); \
                        return YAFFS_FAIL; \
                } \
        } while (0)
@@ -7604,7 +7878,7 @@ static int yaffs_CheckStructures(void)
 /*      yaffs_CheckStruct(yaffs_TagsUnion,8,"yaffs_TagsUnion"); */
 /*      yaffs_CheckStruct(yaffs_Spare,16,"yaffs_Spare"); */
 #ifndef CONFIG_YAFFS_TNODE_LIST_DEBUG
-       yaffs_CheckStruct(yaffs_Tnode, 2 * YAFFS_NTNODES_LEVEL0, "yaffs_Tnode");
+/*     yaffs_CheckStruct(yaffs_Tnode, 2 * YAFFS_NTNODES_LEVEL0, "yaffs_Tnode"); */
 #endif
 #ifndef CONFIG_YAFFS_WINCE
        yaffs_CheckStruct(yaffs_ObjectHeader, 512, "yaffs_ObjectHeader");