u-boot: Update yaffs2 file system

This patch updates the yaffs2 in u-boot to correspond to
git://www.aleph1.co.uk/yaffs2
commit id 9ee5d0643e559568dbe62215f76e0a7bd5a63d93

Signed-off-by: Charles Manning <cdhmanning@gmail.com>

1 files changed, 3458 insertions, 5755 deletions

diff --git a/fs/yaffs2/yaffs_guts.c b/fs/yaffs2/yaffs_guts.c
index 7390b40..00d1c5a 100644
--- a/fs/yaffs2/yaffs_guts.c
+++ b/fs/yaffs2/yaffs_guts.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * YAFFS: Yet Another Flash File System. A NAND-flash specific file system.
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2002-2007 Aleph One Ltd.
+ * Copyright (C) 2002-2011 Aleph One Ltd.
  *   for Toby Churchill Ltd and Brightstar Engineering
  *
  * Created by Charles Manning <charles@aleph1.co.uk>
@@ -11,259 +11,176 @@
  * published by the Free Software Foundation.
  */
 
-/* XXX U-BOOT XXX */
-#include <common.h>
-
-const char *yaffs_guts_c_version =
-    "$Id: yaffs_guts.c,v 1.52 2007/10/16 00:45:05 charles Exp $";
-
 #include "yportenv.h"
-#include "linux/stat.h"
+#include "yaffs_trace.h"
 
-#include "yaffsinterface.h"
-#include "yaffsfs.h"
 #include "yaffs_guts.h"
-#include "yaffs_tagsvalidity.h"
-
+#include "yaffs_getblockinfo.h"
 #include "yaffs_tagscompat.h"
-#ifndef  CONFIG_YAFFS_USE_OWN_SORT
-#include "yaffs_qsort.h"
-#endif
 #include "yaffs_nand.h"
-
-#include "yaffs_checkptrw.h"
-
+#include "yaffs_yaffs1.h"
+#include "yaffs_yaffs2.h"
+#include "yaffs_bitmap.h"
+#include "yaffs_verify.h"
 #include "yaffs_nand.h"
 #include "yaffs_packedtags2.h"
+#include "yaffs_nameval.h"
+#include "yaffs_allocator.h"
+#include "yaffs_attribs.h"
+#include "yaffs_summary.h"
 
-#include "malloc.h"
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_YAFFS_WINCE
-void yfsd_LockYAFFS(BOOL fsLockOnly);
-void yfsd_UnlockYAFFS(BOOL fsLockOnly);
-#endif
-
-#define YAFFS_PASSIVE_GC_CHUNKS 2
+/* Note YAFFS_GC_GOOD_ENOUGH must be <= YAFFS_GC_PASSIVE_THRESHOLD */
+#define YAFFS_GC_GOOD_ENOUGH 2
+#define YAFFS_GC_PASSIVE_THRESHOLD 4
 
 #include "yaffs_ecc.h"
 
+/* Forward declarations */
 
-/* Robustification (if it ever comes about...) */
-static void yaffs_RetireBlock(yaffs_Device * dev, int blockInNAND);
-static void yaffs_HandleWriteChunkError(yaffs_Device * dev, int chunkInNAND, int erasedOk);
-static void yaffs_HandleWriteChunkOk(yaffs_Device * dev, int chunkInNAND,
-				     const __u8 * data,
-				     const yaffs_ExtendedTags * tags);
-static void yaffs_HandleUpdateChunk(yaffs_Device * dev, int chunkInNAND,
-				    const yaffs_ExtendedTags * tags);
-
-/* Other local prototypes */
-static int yaffs_UnlinkObject( yaffs_Object *obj);
-static int yaffs_ObjectHasCachedWriteData(yaffs_Object *obj);
-
-static void yaffs_HardlinkFixup(yaffs_Device *dev, yaffs_Object *hardList);
-
-static int yaffs_WriteNewChunkWithTagsToNAND(yaffs_Device * dev,
-					     const __u8 * buffer,
-					     yaffs_ExtendedTags * tags,
-					     int useReserve);
-static int yaffs_PutChunkIntoFile(yaffs_Object * in, int chunkInInode,
-				  int chunkInNAND, int inScan);
-
-static yaffs_Object *yaffs_CreateNewObject(yaffs_Device * dev, int number,
-					   yaffs_ObjectType type);
-static void yaffs_AddObjectToDirectory(yaffs_Object * directory,
-				       yaffs_Object * obj);
-static int yaffs_UpdateObjectHeader(yaffs_Object * in, const YCHAR * name,
-				    int force, int isShrink, int shadows);
-static void yaffs_RemoveObjectFromDirectory(yaffs_Object * obj);
-static int yaffs_CheckStructures(void);
-static int yaffs_DoGenericObjectDeletion(yaffs_Object * in);
-
-static yaffs_BlockInfo *yaffs_GetBlockInfo(yaffs_Device * dev, int blockNo);
-
-static __u8 *yaffs_GetTempBuffer(yaffs_Device * dev, int lineNo);
-static void yaffs_ReleaseTempBuffer(yaffs_Device * dev, __u8 * buffer,
-				    int lineNo);
-
-static int yaffs_CheckChunkErased(struct yaffs_DeviceStruct *dev,
-				  int chunkInNAND);
-
-static int yaffs_UnlinkWorker(yaffs_Object * obj);
-static void yaffs_DestroyObject(yaffs_Object * obj);
-
-static int yaffs_TagsMatch(const yaffs_ExtendedTags * tags, int objectId,
-			   int chunkInObject);
+static int yaffs_wr_data_obj(struct yaffs_obj *in, int inode_chunk,
+			     const u8 *buffer, int n_bytes, int use_reserve);
 
-loff_t yaffs_GetFileSize(yaffs_Object * obj);
 
-static int yaffs_AllocateChunk(yaffs_Device * dev, int useReserve, yaffs_BlockInfo **blockUsedPtr);
 
-static void yaffs_VerifyFreeChunks(yaffs_Device * dev);
-
-static void yaffs_CheckObjectDetailsLoaded(yaffs_Object *in);
-
-#ifdef YAFFS_PARANOID
-static int yaffs_CheckFileSanity(yaffs_Object * in);
-#else
-#define yaffs_CheckFileSanity(in)
-#endif
+/* Function to calculate chunk and offset */
 
-static void yaffs_InvalidateWholeChunkCache(yaffs_Object * in);
-static void yaffs_InvalidateChunkCache(yaffs_Object * object, int chunkId);
+void yaffs_addr_to_chunk(struct yaffs_dev *dev, loff_t addr,
+				int *chunk_out, u32 *offset_out)
+{
+	int chunk;
+	u32 offset;
 
-static void yaffs_InvalidateCheckpoint(yaffs_Device *dev);
+	chunk = (u32) (addr >> dev->chunk_shift);
 
-static int yaffs_FindChunkInFile(yaffs_Object * in, int chunkInInode,
-				 yaffs_ExtendedTags * tags);
+	if (dev->chunk_div == 1) {
+		/* easy power of 2 case */
+		offset = (u32) (addr & dev->chunk_mask);
+	} else {
+		/* Non power-of-2 case */
 
-static __u32 yaffs_GetChunkGroupBase(yaffs_Device *dev, yaffs_Tnode *tn, unsigned pos);
-static yaffs_Tnode *yaffs_FindLevel0Tnode(yaffs_Device * dev,
-					  yaffs_FileStructure * fStruct,
-					  __u32 chunkId);
+		loff_t chunk_base;
 
+		chunk /= dev->chunk_div;
 
-/* Function to calculate chunk and offset */
-
-static void yaffs_AddrToChunk(yaffs_Device *dev, loff_t addr, __u32 *chunk, __u32 *offset)
-{
-	if(dev->chunkShift){
-		/* Easy-peasy power of 2 case */
-		*chunk  = (__u32)(addr >> dev->chunkShift);
-		*offset = (__u32)(addr & dev->chunkMask);
-	}
-	else if(dev->crumbsPerChunk)
-	{
-		/* Case where we're using "crumbs" */
-		*offset = (__u32)(addr & dev->crumbMask);
-		addr >>= dev->crumbShift;
-		*chunk = ((__u32)addr)/dev->crumbsPerChunk;
-		*offset += ((addr - (*chunk * dev->crumbsPerChunk)) << dev->crumbShift);
+		chunk_base = ((loff_t) chunk) * dev->data_bytes_per_chunk;
+		offset = (u32) (addr - chunk_base);
 	}
-	else
-		YBUG();
+
+	*chunk_out = chunk;
+	*offset_out = offset;
 }
 
-/* Function to return the number of shifts for a power of 2 greater than or equal
- * to the given number
+/* Function to return the number of shifts for a power of 2 greater than or
+ * equal to the given number
  * Note we don't try to cater for all possible numbers and this does not have to
  * be hellishly efficient.
  */
 
-static __u32 ShiftsGE(__u32 x)
+static inline u32 calc_shifts_ceiling(u32 x)
 {
-	int extraBits;
-	int nShifts;
+	int extra_bits;
+	int shifts;
 
-	nShifts = extraBits = 0;
+	shifts = extra_bits = 0;
 
-	while(x>1){
-		if(x & 1) extraBits++;
-		x>>=1;
-		nShifts++;
+	while (x > 1) {
+		if (x & 1)
+			extra_bits++;
+		x >>= 1;
+		shifts++;
 	}
 
-	if(extraBits)
-		nShifts++;
+	if (extra_bits)
+		shifts++;
 
-	return nShifts;
+	return shifts;
 }
 
 /* Function to return the number of shifts to get a 1 in bit 0
  */
 
-static __u32 ShiftDiv(__u32 x)
+static inline u32 calc_shifts(u32 x)
 {
-	int nShifts;
+	u32 shifts;
 
-	nShifts =  0;
+	shifts = 0;
 
-	if(!x) return 0;
+	if (!x)
+		return 0;
 
-	while( !(x&1)){
-		x>>=1;
-		nShifts++;
+	while (!(x & 1)) {
+		x >>= 1;
+		shifts++;
 	}
 
-	return nShifts;
+	return shifts;
 }
 
-
-
 /*
  * Temporary buffer manipulations.
  */
 
-static int yaffs_InitialiseTempBuffers(yaffs_Device *dev)
+static int yaffs_init_tmp_buffers(struct yaffs_dev *dev)
 {
 	int i;
-	__u8 *buf = (__u8 *)1;
+	u8 *buf = (u8 *) 1;
 
-	memset(dev->tempBuffer,0,sizeof(dev->tempBuffer));
+	memset(dev->temp_buffer, 0, sizeof(dev->temp_buffer));
 
 	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->nDataBytesPerChunk);
+		dev->temp_buffer[i].in_use = 0;
+		buf = kmalloc(dev->param.total_bytes_per_chunk, GFP_NOFS);
+		dev->temp_buffer[i].buffer = buf;
 	}
 
 	return buf ? YAFFS_OK : YAFFS_FAIL;
-
 }
 
-static __u8 *yaffs_GetTempBuffer(yaffs_Device * dev, int lineNo)
+u8 *yaffs_get_temp_buffer(struct yaffs_dev * dev)
 {
-	int i, j;
-	for (i = 0; i < YAFFS_N_TEMP_BUFFERS; i++) {
-		if (dev->tempBuffer[i].line == 0) {
-			dev->tempBuffer[i].line = lineNo;
-			if ((i + 1) > dev->maxTemp) {
-				dev->maxTemp = i + 1;
-				for (j = 0; j <= i; j++)
-					dev->tempBuffer[j].maxLine =
-					    dev->tempBuffer[j].line;
-			}
+	int i;
 
-			return dev->tempBuffer[i].buffer;
-		}
-	}
+	dev->temp_in_use++;
+	if (dev->temp_in_use > dev->max_temp)
+		dev->max_temp = dev->temp_in_use;
 
-	T(YAFFS_TRACE_BUFFERS,
-	  (TSTR("Out of temp buffers at line %d, other held by lines:"),
-	   lineNo));
 	for (i = 0; i < YAFFS_N_TEMP_BUFFERS; i++) {
-		T(YAFFS_TRACE_BUFFERS, (TSTR(" %d "), dev->tempBuffer[i].line));
+		if (dev->temp_buffer[i].in_use == 0) {
+			dev->temp_buffer[i].in_use = 1;
+			return dev->temp_buffer[i].buffer;
+		}
 	}
-	T(YAFFS_TRACE_BUFFERS, (TSTR(" " TENDSTR)));
 
+	yaffs_trace(YAFFS_TRACE_BUFFERS, "Out of temp buffers");
 	/*
 	 * If we got here then we have to allocate an unmanaged one
 	 * This is not good.
 	 */
 
-	dev->unmanagedTempAllocations++;
-	return YMALLOC(dev->nDataBytesPerChunk);
+	dev->unmanaged_buffer_allocs++;
+	return kmalloc(dev->data_bytes_per_chunk, GFP_NOFS);
 
 }
 
-static void yaffs_ReleaseTempBuffer(yaffs_Device * dev, __u8 * buffer,
-				    int lineNo)
+void yaffs_release_temp_buffer(struct yaffs_dev *dev, u8 *buffer)
 {
 	int i;
+
+	dev->temp_in_use--;
+
 	for (i = 0; i < YAFFS_N_TEMP_BUFFERS; i++) {
-		if (dev->tempBuffer[i].buffer == buffer) {
-			dev->tempBuffer[i].line = 0;
+		if (dev->temp_buffer[i].buffer == buffer) {
+			dev->temp_buffer[i].in_use = 0;
 			return;
 		}
 	}
 
 	if (buffer) {
 		/* assume it is an unmanaged one. */
-		T(YAFFS_TRACE_BUFFERS,
-		  (TSTR("Releasing unmanaged temp buffer in line %d" TENDSTR),
-		   lineNo));
-		YFREE(buffer);
-		dev->unmanagedTempDeallocations++;
+		yaffs_trace(YAFFS_TRACE_BUFFERS,
+			"Releasing unmanaged temp buffer");
+		kfree(buffer);
+		dev->unmanaged_buffer_deallocs++;
 	}
 
 }
@@ -271,621 +188,339 @@ static void yaffs_ReleaseTempBuffer(yaffs_Device * dev, __u8 * buffer,
 /*
  * Determine if we have a managed buffer.
  */
-int yaffs_IsManagedTempBuffer(yaffs_Device * dev, const __u8 * buffer)
+int yaffs_is_managed_tmp_buffer(struct yaffs_dev *dev, const u8 *buffer)
 {
 	int i;
+
 	for (i = 0; i < YAFFS_N_TEMP_BUFFERS; i++) {
-		if (dev->tempBuffer[i].buffer == buffer)
+		if (dev->temp_buffer[i].buffer == buffer)
 			return 1;
-
 	}
 
-    for (i = 0; i < dev->nShortOpCaches; i++) {
-	if( dev->srCache[i].data == buffer )
-	    return 1;
-
-    }
+	for (i = 0; i < dev->param.n_caches; i++) {
+		if (dev->cache[i].data == buffer)
+			return 1;
+	}
 
-    if (buffer == dev->checkpointBuffer)
-      return 1;
+	if (buffer == dev->checkpt_buffer)
+		return 1;
 
-    T(YAFFS_TRACE_ALWAYS,
-	  (TSTR("yaffs: unmaged buffer detected.\n" TENDSTR)));
-    return 0;
+	yaffs_trace(YAFFS_TRACE_ALWAYS,
+	  "yaffs: unmaged buffer detected.");
+	return 0;
 }
 
-
-
 /*
- * Chunk bitmap manipulations
+ * Functions for robustisizing TODO
+ *
  */
 
-static Y_INLINE __u8 *yaffs_BlockBits(yaffs_Device * dev, int blk)
+static void yaffs_handle_chunk_wr_ok(struct yaffs_dev *dev, int nand_chunk,
+				     const u8 *data,
+				     const struct yaffs_ext_tags *tags)
 {
-	if (blk < dev->internalStartBlock || blk > dev->internalEndBlock) {
-		T(YAFFS_TRACE_ERROR,
-		  (TSTR("**>> yaffs: BlockBits block %d is not valid" TENDSTR),
-		   blk));
-		YBUG();
-	}
-	return dev->chunkBits +
-	    (dev->chunkBitmapStride * (blk - dev->internalStartBlock));
+	dev = dev;
+	nand_chunk = nand_chunk;
+	data = data;
+	tags = tags;
 }
 
-static Y_INLINE void yaffs_VerifyChunkBitId(yaffs_Device *dev, int blk, int chunk)
+static void yaffs_handle_chunk_update(struct yaffs_dev *dev, int nand_chunk,
+				      const struct yaffs_ext_tags *tags)
 {
-	if(blk < dev->internalStartBlock || blk > dev->internalEndBlock ||
-	   chunk < 0 || chunk >= dev->nChunksPerBlock) {
-	   T(YAFFS_TRACE_ERROR,
-	    (TSTR("**>> yaffs: Chunk Id (%d:%d) invalid"TENDSTR),blk,chunk));
-	    YBUG();
-	}
-}
-
-static Y_INLINE void yaffs_ClearChunkBits(yaffs_Device * dev, int blk)
-{
-	__u8 *blkBits = yaffs_BlockBits(dev, blk);
-
-	memset(blkBits, 0, dev->chunkBitmapStride);
+	dev = dev;
+	nand_chunk = nand_chunk;
+	tags = tags;
 }
 
-static Y_INLINE void yaffs_ClearChunkBit(yaffs_Device * dev, int blk, int chunk)
+void yaffs_handle_chunk_error(struct yaffs_dev *dev,
+			      struct yaffs_block_info *bi)
 {
-	__u8 *blkBits = yaffs_BlockBits(dev, blk);
+	if (!bi->gc_prioritise) {
+		bi->gc_prioritise = 1;
+		dev->has_pending_prioritised_gc = 1;
+		bi->chunk_error_strikes++;
 
-	yaffs_VerifyChunkBitId(dev,blk,chunk);
+		if (bi->chunk_error_strikes > 3) {
+			bi->needs_retiring = 1;	/* Too many stikes, so retire */
+			yaffs_trace(YAFFS_TRACE_ALWAYS,
+				"yaffs: Block struck out");
 
-	blkBits[chunk / 8] &= ~(1 << (chunk & 7));
-}
-
-static Y_INLINE void yaffs_SetChunkBit(yaffs_Device * dev, int blk, int chunk)
-{
-	__u8 *blkBits = yaffs_BlockBits(dev, blk);
-
-	yaffs_VerifyChunkBitId(dev,blk,chunk);
-
-	blkBits[chunk / 8] |= (1 << (chunk & 7));
+		}
+	}
 }
 
-static Y_INLINE int yaffs_CheckChunkBit(yaffs_Device * dev, int blk, int chunk)
+static void yaffs_handle_chunk_wr_error(struct yaffs_dev *dev, int nand_chunk,
+					int erased_ok)
 {
-	__u8 *blkBits = yaffs_BlockBits(dev, blk);
-	yaffs_VerifyChunkBitId(dev,blk,chunk);
+	int flash_block = nand_chunk / dev->param.chunks_per_block;
+	struct yaffs_block_info *bi = yaffs_get_block_info(dev, flash_block);
 
-	return (blkBits[chunk / 8] & (1 << (chunk & 7))) ? 1 : 0;
-}
+	yaffs_handle_chunk_error(dev, bi);
 
-static Y_INLINE int yaffs_StillSomeChunkBits(yaffs_Device * dev, int blk)
-{
-	__u8 *blkBits = yaffs_BlockBits(dev, blk);
-	int i;
-	for (i = 0; i < dev->chunkBitmapStride; i++) {
-		if (*blkBits)
-			return 1;
-		blkBits++;
+	if (erased_ok) {
+		/* Was an actual write failure,
+		 * so mark the block for retirement.*/
+		bi->needs_retiring = 1;
+		yaffs_trace(YAFFS_TRACE_ERROR | YAFFS_TRACE_BAD_BLOCKS,
+		  "**>> Block %d needs retiring", flash_block);
 	}
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static int yaffs_CountChunkBits(yaffs_Device * dev, int blk)
-{
-	__u8 *blkBits = yaffs_BlockBits(dev, blk);
-	int i;
-	int n = 0;
-	for (i = 0; i < dev->chunkBitmapStride; i++) {
-		__u8 x = *blkBits;
-		while(x){
-			if(x & 1)
-				n++;
-			x >>=1;
-		}
 
-		blkBits++;
-	}
-	return n;
+	/* Delete the chunk */
+	yaffs_chunk_del(dev, nand_chunk, 1, __LINE__);
+	yaffs_skip_rest_of_block(dev);
 }
 
 /*
  * Verification code
  */
 
-static Y_INLINE int yaffs_SkipVerification(yaffs_Device *dev)
-{
-	return !(yaffs_traceMask & (YAFFS_TRACE_VERIFY | YAFFS_TRACE_VERIFY_FULL));
-}
-
-static Y_INLINE int yaffs_SkipFullVerification(yaffs_Device *dev)
-{
-	return !(yaffs_traceMask & (YAFFS_TRACE_VERIFY_FULL));
-}
+/*
+ *  Simple hash function. Needs to have a reasonable spread
+ */
 
-static Y_INLINE int yaffs_SkipNANDVerification(yaffs_Device *dev)
+static inline int yaffs_hash_fn(int n)
 {
-	return !(yaffs_traceMask & (YAFFS_TRACE_VERIFY_NAND));
+	if (n < 0)
+		n = -n;
+	return n % YAFFS_NOBJECT_BUCKETS;
 }
 
-static const char * blockStateName[] = {
-"Unknown",
-"Needs scanning",
-"Scanning",
-"Empty",
-"Allocating",
-"Full",
-"Dirty",
-"Checkpoint",
-"Collecting",
-"Dead"
-};
+/*
+ * Access functions to useful fake objects.
+ * Note that root might have a presence in NAND if permissions are set.
+ */
 
-static void yaffs_VerifyBlock(yaffs_Device *dev,yaffs_BlockInfo *bi,int n)
+struct yaffs_obj *yaffs_root(struct yaffs_dev *dev)
 {
-	int actuallyUsed;
-	int inUse;
-
-	if(yaffs_SkipVerification(dev))
-		return;
-
-	/* Report illegal runtime states */
-	if(bi->blockState <0 || bi->blockState >= YAFFS_NUMBER_OF_BLOCK_STATES)
-		T(YAFFS_TRACE_VERIFY,(TSTR("Block %d has undefined state %d"TENDSTR),n,bi->blockState));
-
-	switch(bi->blockState){
-	 case YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_UNKNOWN:
-	 case YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_SCANNING:
-	 case YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_NEEDS_SCANNING:
-		T(YAFFS_TRACE_VERIFY,(TSTR("Block %d has bad run-state %s"TENDSTR),
-		n,blockStateName[bi->blockState]));
-	}
-
-	/* Check pages in use and soft deletions are legal */
-
-	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)
-		T(YAFFS_TRACE_VERIFY,(TSTR("Block %d has illegal values pagesInUsed %d softDeletions %d"TENDSTR),
-		n,bi->pagesInUse,bi->softDeletions));
-
-
-	/* Check chunk bitmap legal */
-	inUse = yaffs_CountChunkBits(dev,n);
-	if(inUse != bi->pagesInUse)
-		T(YAFFS_TRACE_VERIFY,(TSTR("Block %d has inconsistent values pagesInUse %d counted chunk bits %d"TENDSTR),
-			n,bi->pagesInUse,inUse));
-
-	/* Check that the sequence number is valid.
-	 * Ten million is legal, but is very unlikely
-	 */
-	if(dev->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),
-		n,bi->sequenceNumber));
-
+	return dev->root_dir;
 }
 
-static void yaffs_VerifyCollectedBlock(yaffs_Device *dev,yaffs_BlockInfo *bi,int n)
+struct yaffs_obj *yaffs_lost_n_found(struct yaffs_dev *dev)
 {
-	yaffs_VerifyBlock(dev,bi,n);
+	return dev->lost_n_found;
+}
 
-	/* After collection the block should be in the erased state */
-	/* TODO: This will need to change if we do partial gc */
+/*
+ *  Erased NAND checking functions
+ */
 
-	if(bi->blockState != YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_EMPTY){
-		T(YAFFS_TRACE_ERROR,(TSTR("Block %d is in state %d after gc, should be erased"TENDSTR),
-			n,bi->blockState));
+int yaffs_check_ff(u8 *buffer, int n_bytes)
+{
+	/* Horrible, slow implementation */
+	while (n_bytes--) {
+		if (*buffer != 0xff)
+			return 0;
+		buffer++;
 	}
+	return 1;
 }
 
-static void yaffs_VerifyBlocks(yaffs_Device *dev)
+static int yaffs_check_chunk_erased(struct yaffs_dev *dev, int nand_chunk)
 {
-	int i;
-	int nBlocksPerState[YAFFS_NUMBER_OF_BLOCK_STATES];
-	int nIllegalBlockStates = 0;
-
-
-	if(yaffs_SkipVerification(dev))
-		return;
-
-	memset(nBlocksPerState,0,sizeof(nBlocksPerState));
-
+	int retval = YAFFS_OK;
+	u8 *data = yaffs_get_temp_buffer(dev);
+	struct yaffs_ext_tags tags;
+	int result;
 
-	for(i = dev->internalStartBlock; i <= dev->internalEndBlock; i++){
-		yaffs_BlockInfo *bi = yaffs_GetBlockInfo(dev,i);
-		yaffs_VerifyBlock(dev,bi,i);
+	result = yaffs_rd_chunk_tags_nand(dev, nand_chunk, data, &tags);
 
-		if(bi->blockState >=0 && bi->blockState < YAFFS_NUMBER_OF_BLOCK_STATES)
-			nBlocksPerState[bi->blockState]++;
-		else
-			nIllegalBlockStates++;
+	if (tags.ecc_result > YAFFS_ECC_RESULT_NO_ERROR)
+		retval = YAFFS_FAIL;
 
+	if (!yaffs_check_ff(data, dev->data_bytes_per_chunk) ||
+		tags.chunk_used) {
+		yaffs_trace(YAFFS_TRACE_NANDACCESS,
+			"Chunk %d not erased", nand_chunk);
+		retval = YAFFS_FAIL;
 	}
 
-	T(YAFFS_TRACE_VERIFY,(TSTR(""TENDSTR)));
-	T(YAFFS_TRACE_VERIFY,(TSTR("Block summary"TENDSTR)));
-
-	T(YAFFS_TRACE_VERIFY,(TSTR("%d blocks have illegal states"TENDSTR),nIllegalBlockStates));
-	if(nBlocksPerState[YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_ALLOCATING] > 1)
-		T(YAFFS_TRACE_VERIFY,(TSTR("Too many allocating blocks"TENDSTR)));
-
-	for(i = 0; i < YAFFS_NUMBER_OF_BLOCK_STATES; i++)
-		T(YAFFS_TRACE_VERIFY,
-		  (TSTR("%s %d blocks"TENDSTR),
-		  blockStateName[i],nBlocksPerState[i]));
+	yaffs_release_temp_buffer(dev, data);
 
-	if(dev->blocksInCheckpoint != nBlocksPerState[YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_CHECKPOINT])
-		T(YAFFS_TRACE_VERIFY,
-		 (TSTR("Checkpoint block count wrong dev %d count %d"TENDSTR),
-		 dev->blocksInCheckpoint, nBlocksPerState[YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_CHECKPOINT]));
-
-	if(dev->nErasedBlocks != nBlocksPerState[YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_EMPTY])
-		T(YAFFS_TRACE_VERIFY,
-		 (TSTR("Erased block count wrong dev %d count %d"TENDSTR),
-		 dev->nErasedBlocks, nBlocksPerState[YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_EMPTY]));
-
-	if(nBlocksPerState[YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_COLLECTING] > 1)
-		T(YAFFS_TRACE_VERIFY,
-		 (TSTR("Too many collecting blocks %d (max is 1)"TENDSTR),
-		 nBlocksPerState[YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_COLLECTING]));
-
-	T(YAFFS_TRACE_VERIFY,(TSTR(""TENDSTR)));
+	return retval;
 
 }
 
-/*
- * Verify the object header. oh must be valid, but obj and tags may be NULL in which
- * case those tests will not be performed.
- */
-static void yaffs_VerifyObjectHeader(yaffs_Object *obj, yaffs_ObjectHeader *oh, yaffs_ExtendedTags *tags, int parentCheck)
+static int yaffs_verify_chunk_written(struct yaffs_dev *dev,
+				      int nand_chunk,
+				      const u8 *data,
+				      struct yaffs_ext_tags *tags)
 {
-	if(yaffs_SkipVerification(obj->myDev))
-		return;
-
-	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));
-		return;
-	}
-
-	if(oh->type <= YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_UNKNOWN ||
-	   oh->type > YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_MAX)
-		T(YAFFS_TRACE_VERIFY,
-		 (TSTR("Obj %d header type is illegal value 0x%x"TENDSTR),
-		 tags->objectId, oh->type));
-
-	if(tags->objectId != obj->objectId)
-		T(YAFFS_TRACE_VERIFY,
-		 (TSTR("Obj %d header mismatch objectId %d"TENDSTR),
-		 tags->objectId, obj->objectId));
+	int retval = YAFFS_OK;
+	struct yaffs_ext_tags temp_tags;
+	u8 *buffer = yaffs_get_temp_buffer(dev);
+	int result;
+
+	result = yaffs_rd_chunk_tags_nand(dev, nand_chunk, buffer, &temp_tags);
+	if (memcmp(buffer, data, dev->data_bytes_per_chunk) ||
+	    temp_tags.obj_id != tags->obj_id ||
+	    temp_tags.chunk_id != tags->chunk_id ||
+	    temp_tags.n_bytes != tags->n_bytes)
+		retval = YAFFS_FAIL;
 
+	yaffs_release_temp_buffer(dev, buffer);
 
-	/*
-	 * Check that the object's parent ids match if parentCheck requested.
-	 *
-	 * Tests do not apply to the root object.
-	 */
-
-	if(parentCheck && tags->objectId > 1 && !obj->parent)
-		T(YAFFS_TRACE_VERIFY,
-		 (TSTR("Obj %d header mismatch parentId %d obj->parent is NULL"TENDSTR),
-		 tags->objectId, oh->parentObjectId));
+	return retval;
+}
 
 
-	if(parentCheck && obj->parent &&
-	   oh->parentObjectId != obj->parent->objectId &&
-	   (oh->parentObjectId != YAFFS_OBJECTID_UNLINKED ||
-	    obj->parent->objectId != YAFFS_OBJECTID_DELETED))
-		T(YAFFS_TRACE_VERIFY,
-		 (TSTR("Obj %d header mismatch parentId %d parentObjectId %d"TENDSTR),
-		 tags->objectId, oh->parentObjectId, obj->parent->objectId));
+int yaffs_check_alloc_available(struct yaffs_dev *dev, int n_chunks)
+{
+	int reserved_chunks;
+	int reserved_blocks = dev->param.n_reserved_blocks;
+	int checkpt_blocks;
 
+	checkpt_blocks = yaffs_calc_checkpt_blocks_required(dev);
 
-	if(tags->objectId > 1 && oh->name[0] == 0) /* Null name */
-		T(YAFFS_TRACE_VERIFY,
-		(TSTR("Obj %d header name is NULL"TENDSTR),
-		 obj->objectId));
+	reserved_chunks =
+	    (reserved_blocks + checkpt_blocks) * dev->param.chunks_per_block;
 
-	if(tags->objectId > 1 && ((__u8)(oh->name[0])) == 0xff) /* Trashed name */
-		T(YAFFS_TRACE_VERIFY,
-		(TSTR("Obj %d header name is 0xFF"TENDSTR),
-		 obj->objectId));
+	return (dev->n_free_chunks > (reserved_chunks + n_chunks));
 }
 
-static void yaffs_VerifyFile(yaffs_Object *obj)
+static int yaffs_find_alloc_block(struct yaffs_dev *dev)
 {
-	int requiredTallness;
-	int actualTallness;
-	__u32 lastChunk;
-	__u32 x;
-	__u32 i;
-	yaffs_Device *dev;
-	yaffs_ExtendedTags tags;
-	yaffs_Tnode *tn;
-	__u32 objectId;
-
-	if(obj && yaffs_SkipVerification(obj->myDev))
-		return;
+	int i;
+	struct yaffs_block_info *bi;
 
-	dev = obj->myDev;
-	objectId = obj->objectId;
+	if (dev->n_erased_blocks < 1) {
+		/* Hoosterman we've got a problem.
+		 * Can't get space to gc
+		 */
+		yaffs_trace(YAFFS_TRACE_ERROR,
+		  "yaffs tragedy: no more erased blocks");
 
-	/* Check file size is consistent with tnode depth */
-	lastChunk =  obj->variant.fileVariant.fileSize / dev->nDataBytesPerChunk + 1;
-	x = lastChunk >> YAFFS_TNODES_LEVEL0_BITS;
-	requiredTallness = 0;
-	while (x> 0) {
-		x >>= YAFFS_TNODES_INTERNAL_BITS;
-		requiredTallness++;
+		return -1;
 	}
 
-	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.
-	 */
-
-	if(yaffs_SkipNANDVerification(dev))
-		return;
+	/* Find an empty block. */
 
-	for(i = 1; i <= lastChunk; i++){
-		tn = yaffs_FindLevel0Tnode(dev, &obj->variant.fileVariant,i);
-
-		if (tn) {
-			__u32 theChunk = yaffs_GetChunkGroupBase(dev,tn,i);
-			if(theChunk > 0){
-				/* T(~0,(TSTR("verifying (%d:%d) %d"TENDSTR),objectId,i,theChunk)); */
-				yaffs_ReadChunkWithTagsFromNAND(dev,theChunk,NULL, &tags);
-				if(tags.objectId != objectId || tags.chunkId != i){
-					T(~0,(TSTR("Object %d chunkId %d NAND mismatch chunk %d tags (%d:%d)"TENDSTR),
-						objectId, i, theChunk,
-						tags.objectId, tags.chunkId));
-				}
-			}
+	for (i = dev->internal_start_block; i <= dev->internal_end_block; i++) {
+		dev->alloc_block_finder++;
+		if (dev->alloc_block_finder < dev->internal_start_block
+		    || dev->alloc_block_finder > dev->internal_end_block) {
+			dev->alloc_block_finder = dev->internal_start_block;
 		}
 
+		bi = yaffs_get_block_info(dev, dev->alloc_block_finder);
+
+		if (bi->block_state == YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_EMPTY) {
+			bi->block_state = YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_ALLOCATING;
+			dev->seq_number++;
+			bi->seq_number = dev->seq_number;
+			dev->n_erased_blocks--;
+			yaffs_trace(YAFFS_TRACE_ALLOCATE,
+			  "Allocated block %d, seq  %d, %d left" ,
+			   dev->alloc_block_finder, dev->seq_number,
+			   dev->n_erased_blocks);
+			return dev->alloc_block_finder;
+		}
 	}
 
-}
-
-static void yaffs_VerifyDirectory(yaffs_Object *obj)
-{
-	if(obj && yaffs_SkipVerification(obj->myDev))
-		return;
-
-}
-
-static void yaffs_VerifyHardLink(yaffs_Object *obj)
-{
-	if(obj && yaffs_SkipVerification(obj->myDev))
-		return;
-
-	/* Verify sane equivalent object */
-}
+	yaffs_trace(YAFFS_TRACE_ALWAYS,
+		"yaffs tragedy: no more erased blocks, but there should have been %d",
+		dev->n_erased_blocks);
 
-static void yaffs_VerifySymlink(yaffs_Object *obj)
-{
-	if(obj && yaffs_SkipVerification(obj->myDev))
-		return;
-
-	/* Verify symlink string */
-}
-
-static void yaffs_VerifySpecial(yaffs_Object *obj)
-{
-	if(obj && yaffs_SkipVerification(obj->myDev))
-		return;
+	return -1;
 }
 
-static void yaffs_VerifyObject(yaffs_Object *obj)
+static int yaffs_alloc_chunk(struct yaffs_dev *dev, int use_reserver,
+			     struct yaffs_block_info **block_ptr)
 {
-	yaffs_Device *dev;
-
-	__u32 chunkMin;
-	__u32 chunkMax;
-
-	__u32 chunkIdOk;
-	__u32 chunkIsLive;
-
-	if(!obj)
-		return;
-
-	dev = obj->myDev;
-
-	if(yaffs_SkipVerification(dev))
-		return;
+	int ret_val;
+	struct yaffs_block_info *bi;
 
-	/* Check sane object header chunk */
-
-	chunkMin = dev->internalStartBlock * dev->nChunksPerBlock;
-	chunkMax = (dev->internalEndBlock+1) * dev->nChunksPerBlock - 1;
+	if (dev->alloc_block < 0) {
+		/* Get next block to allocate off */
+		dev->alloc_block = yaffs_find_alloc_block(dev);
+		dev->alloc_page = 0;
+	}
 
-	chunkIdOk = (obj->chunkId >= chunkMin && obj->chunkId <= chunkMax);
-	chunkIsLive = chunkIdOk &&
-			yaffs_CheckChunkBit(dev,
-					    obj->chunkId / dev->nChunksPerBlock,
-					    obj->chunkId % dev->nChunksPerBlock);
-	if(!obj->fake &&
-	    (!chunkIdOk || !chunkIsLive)) {
-	   T(YAFFS_TRACE_VERIFY,
-	   (TSTR("Obj %d has chunkId %d %s %s"TENDSTR),
-	   obj->objectId,obj->chunkId,
-	   chunkIdOk ? "" : ",out of range",
-	   chunkIsLive || !chunkIdOk ? "" : ",marked as deleted"));
+	if (!use_reserver && !yaffs_check_alloc_available(dev, 1)) {
+		/* No space unless we're allowed to use the reserve. */
+		return -1;
 	}
 
-	if(chunkIdOk && chunkIsLive &&!yaffs_SkipNANDVerification(dev)) {
-		yaffs_ExtendedTags tags;
-		yaffs_ObjectHeader *oh;
-		__u8 *buffer = yaffs_GetTempBuffer(dev,__LINE__);
+	if (dev->n_erased_blocks < dev->param.n_reserved_blocks
+	    && dev->alloc_page == 0)
+		yaffs_trace(YAFFS_TRACE_ALLOCATE, "Allocating reserve");
 
-		oh = (yaffs_ObjectHeader *)buffer;
+	/* Next page please.... */
+	if (dev->alloc_block >= 0) {
+		bi = yaffs_get_block_info(dev, dev->alloc_block);
 
-		yaffs_ReadChunkWithTagsFromNAND(dev, obj->chunkId,buffer, &tags);
+		ret_val = (dev->alloc_block * dev->param.chunks_per_block) +
+		    dev->alloc_page;
+		bi->pages_in_use++;
+		yaffs_set_chunk_bit(dev, dev->alloc_block, dev->alloc_page);
 
-		yaffs_VerifyObjectHeader(obj,oh,&tags,1);
+		dev->alloc_page++;
 
-		yaffs_ReleaseTempBuffer(dev,buffer,__LINE__);
-	}
+		dev->n_free_chunks--;
 
-	/* Verify it has a parent */
-	if(obj && !obj->fake &&
-	   (!obj->parent || obj->parent->myDev != dev)){
-	   T(YAFFS_TRACE_VERIFY,
-	   (TSTR("Obj %d has parent pointer %p which does not look like an object"TENDSTR),
-	   obj->objectId,obj->parent));
-	}
+		/* If the block is full set the state to full */
+		if (dev->alloc_page >= dev->param.chunks_per_block) {
+			bi->block_state = YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_FULL;
+			dev->alloc_block = -1;
+		}
 
-	/* Verify parent is a directory */
-	if(obj->parent && obj->parent->variantType != YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_DIRECTORY){
-	   T(YAFFS_TRACE_VERIFY,
-	   (TSTR("Obj %d's parent is not a directory (type %d)"TENDSTR),
-	   obj->objectId,obj->parent->variantType));
-	}
+		if (block_ptr)
+			*block_ptr = bi;
 
-	switch(obj->variantType){
-	case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_FILE:
-		yaffs_VerifyFile(obj);
-		break;
-	case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_SYMLINK:
-		yaffs_VerifySymlink(obj);
-		break;
-	case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_DIRECTORY:
-		yaffs_VerifyDirectory(obj);
-		break;
-	case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_HARDLINK:
-		yaffs_VerifyHardLink(obj);
-		break;
-	case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_SPECIAL:
-		yaffs_VerifySpecial(obj);
-		break;
-	case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_UNKNOWN:
-	default:
-		T(YAFFS_TRACE_VERIFY,
-		(TSTR("Obj %d has illegaltype %d"TENDSTR),
-		obj->objectId,obj->variantType));
-		break;
+		return ret_val;
 	}
 
+	yaffs_trace(YAFFS_TRACE_ERROR,
+		"!!!!!!!!! Allocator out !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!");
 
+	return -1;
 }
 
-static void yaffs_VerifyObjects(yaffs_Device *dev)
+static int yaffs_get_erased_chunks(struct yaffs_dev *dev)
 {
-	yaffs_Object *obj;
-	int i;
-	struct list_head *lh;
-
-	if(yaffs_SkipVerification(dev))
-		return;
-
-	/* Iterate through the objects in each hash entry */
-
-	 for(i = 0; i <  YAFFS_NOBJECT_BUCKETS; i++){
-		list_for_each(lh, &dev->objectBucket[i].list) {
-			if (lh) {
-				obj = list_entry(lh, yaffs_Object, hashLink);
-				yaffs_VerifyObject(obj);
-			}
-		}
-	 }
+	int n;
 
-}
+	n = dev->n_erased_blocks * dev->param.chunks_per_block;
 
+	if (dev->alloc_block > 0)
+		n += (dev->param.chunks_per_block - dev->alloc_page);
 
-/*
- *  Simple hash function. Needs to have a reasonable spread
- */
+	return n;
 
-static Y_INLINE int yaffs_HashFunction(int n)
-{
-/* XXX U-BOOT XXX */
-	/*n = abs(n); */
-	if (n < 0)
-		n = -n;
-	return (n % YAFFS_NOBJECT_BUCKETS);
 }
 
 /*
- * Access functions to useful fake objects
+ * yaffs_skip_rest_of_block() skips over the rest of the allocation block
+ * if we don't want to write to it.
  */
-
-yaffs_Object *yaffs_Root(yaffs_Device * dev)
+void yaffs_skip_rest_of_block(struct yaffs_dev *dev)
 {
-	return dev->rootDir;
-}
+	struct yaffs_block_info *bi;
 
-yaffs_Object *yaffs_LostNFound(yaffs_Device * dev)
-{
-	return dev->lostNFoundDir;
-}
-
-
-/*
- *  Erased NAND checking functions
- */
-
-int yaffs_CheckFF(__u8 * buffer, int nBytes)
-{
-	/* Horrible, slow implementation */
-	while (nBytes--) {
-		if (*buffer != 0xFF)
-			return 0;
-		buffer++;
-	}
-	return 1;
-}
-
-static int yaffs_CheckChunkErased(struct yaffs_DeviceStruct *dev,
-				  int chunkInNAND)
-{
-
-	int retval = YAFFS_OK;
-	__u8 *data = yaffs_GetTempBuffer(dev, __LINE__);
-	yaffs_ExtendedTags tags;
-
-	yaffs_ReadChunkWithTagsFromNAND(dev, chunkInNAND, data, &tags);
-
-	if(tags.eccResult > YAFFS_ECC_RESULT_NO_ERROR)
-		retval = YAFFS_FAIL;
-
-
-	if (!yaffs_CheckFF(data, dev->nDataBytesPerChunk) || tags.chunkUsed) {
-		T(YAFFS_TRACE_NANDACCESS,
-		  (TSTR("Chunk %d not erased" TENDSTR), chunkInNAND));
-		retval = YAFFS_FAIL;
+	if (dev->alloc_block > 0) {
+		bi = yaffs_get_block_info(dev, dev->alloc_block);
+		if (bi->block_state == YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_ALLOCATING) {
+			bi->block_state = YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_FULL;
+			dev->alloc_block = -1;
+		}
 	}
-
-	yaffs_ReleaseTempBuffer(dev, data, __LINE__);
-
-	return retval;
-
 }
 
-static int yaffs_WriteNewChunkWithTagsToNAND(struct yaffs_DeviceStruct *dev,
-					     const __u8 * data,
-					     yaffs_ExtendedTags * tags,
-					     int useReserve)
+static int yaffs_write_new_chunk(struct yaffs_dev *dev,
+				 const u8 *data,
+				 struct yaffs_ext_tags *tags, int use_reserver)
 {
 	int attempts = 0;
-	int writeOk = 0;
+	int write_ok = 0;
 	int chunk;
 
-	yaffs_InvalidateCheckpoint(dev);
+	yaffs2_checkpt_invalidate(dev);
 
 	do {
-		yaffs_BlockInfo *bi = 0;
-		int erasedOk = 0;
+		struct yaffs_block_info *bi = 0;
+		int erased_ok = 0;
 
-		chunk = yaffs_AllocateChunk(dev, useReserve, &bi);
+		chunk = yaffs_alloc_chunk(dev, use_reserver, &bi);
 		if (chunk < 0) {
 			/* no space */
 			break;
@@ -897,7 +532,7 @@ static int yaffs_WriteNewChunkWithTagsToNAND(struct yaffs_DeviceStruct *dev,
 		 *
 		 * Check the first page we try to write in a block.
 		 * If the check passes then we don't need to check any
-		 * more.	If the check fails, we check again...
+		 * more.        If the check fails, we check again...
 		 * If the block has been erased, we don't need to check.
 		 *
 		 * However, if the block has been prioritised for gc,
@@ -909,55 +544,63 @@ 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++;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_YAFFS_ALWAYS_CHECK_CHUNK_ERASED
-		bi->skipErasedCheck = 0;
-#endif
-		if (!bi->skipErasedCheck) {
-			erasedOk = yaffs_CheckChunkErased(dev, chunk);
-			if (erasedOk != YAFFS_OK) {
-				T(YAFFS_TRACE_ERROR,
-				(TSTR ("**>> yaffs chunk %d was not erased"
-				TENDSTR), chunk));
-
-				/* try another chunk */
+		if (dev->param.always_check_erased)
+			bi->skip_erased_check = 0;
+
+		if (!bi->skip_erased_check) {
+			erased_ok = yaffs_check_chunk_erased(dev, chunk);
+			if (erased_ok != YAFFS_OK) {
+				yaffs_trace(YAFFS_TRACE_ERROR,
+				  "**>> yaffs chunk %d was not erased",
+				  chunk);
+
+				/* If not erased, delete this one,
+				 * skip rest of block and
+				 * try another chunk */
+				yaffs_chunk_del(dev, chunk, 1, __LINE__);
+				yaffs_skip_rest_of_block(dev);
 				continue;
 			}
-			bi->skipErasedCheck = 1;
 		}
 
-		writeOk = yaffs_WriteChunkWithTagsToNAND(dev, chunk,
-				data, tags);
-		if (writeOk != YAFFS_OK) {
-			yaffs_HandleWriteChunkError(dev, chunk, erasedOk);
-			/* try another chunk */
+		write_ok = yaffs_wr_chunk_tags_nand(dev, chunk, data, tags);
+
+		if (!bi->skip_erased_check)
+			write_ok =
+			    yaffs_verify_chunk_written(dev, chunk, data, tags);
+
+		if (write_ok != YAFFS_OK) {
+			/* Clean up aborted write, skip to next block and
+			 * try another chunk */
+			yaffs_handle_chunk_wr_error(dev, chunk, erased_ok);
 			continue;
 		}
 
+		bi->skip_erased_check = 1;
+
 		/* Copy the data into the robustification buffer */
-		yaffs_HandleWriteChunkOk(dev, chunk, data, tags);
+		yaffs_handle_chunk_wr_ok(dev, chunk, data, tags);
 
-	} while (writeOk != YAFFS_OK &&
-		(yaffs_wr_attempts <= 0 || attempts <= yaffs_wr_attempts));
+	} while (write_ok != YAFFS_OK &&
+		 (yaffs_wr_attempts <= 0 || attempts <= yaffs_wr_attempts));
 
-	if(!writeOk)
+	if (!write_ok)
 		chunk = -1;
 
 	if (attempts > 1) {
-		T(YAFFS_TRACE_ERROR,
-			(TSTR("**>> yaffs write required %d attempts" TENDSTR),
-			attempts));
-
-		dev->nRetriedWrites += (attempts - 1);
+		yaffs_trace(YAFFS_TRACE_ERROR,
+			"**>> yaffs write required %d attempts",
+			attempts);
+		dev->n_retried_writes += (attempts - 1);
 	}
 
 	return chunk;
@@ -967,109 +610,97 @@ static int yaffs_WriteNewChunkWithTagsToNAND(struct yaffs_DeviceStruct *dev,
  * Block retiring for handling a broken block.
  */
 
-static void yaffs_RetireBlock(yaffs_Device * dev, int blockInNAND)
+static void yaffs_retire_block(struct yaffs_dev *dev, int flash_block)
 {
-	yaffs_BlockInfo *bi = yaffs_GetBlockInfo(dev, blockInNAND);
+	struct yaffs_block_info *bi = yaffs_get_block_info(dev, flash_block);
 
-	yaffs_InvalidateCheckpoint(dev);
+	yaffs2_checkpt_invalidate(dev);
 
-	yaffs_MarkBlockBad(dev, blockInNAND);
+	yaffs2_clear_oldest_dirty_seq(dev, bi);
 
-	bi->blockState = YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_DEAD;
-	bi->gcPrioritise = 0;
-	bi->needsRetiring = 0;
+	if (yaffs_mark_bad(dev, flash_block) != YAFFS_OK) {
+		if (yaffs_erase_block(dev, flash_block) != YAFFS_OK) {
+			yaffs_trace(YAFFS_TRACE_ALWAYS,
+				"yaffs: Failed to mark bad and erase block %d",
+				flash_block);
+		} else {
+			struct yaffs_ext_tags tags;
+			int chunk_id =
+			    flash_block * dev->param.chunks_per_block;
+
+			u8 *buffer = yaffs_get_temp_buffer(dev);
+
+			memset(buffer, 0xff, dev->data_bytes_per_chunk);
+			memset(&tags, 0, sizeof(tags));
+			tags.seq_number = YAFFS_SEQUENCE_BAD_BLOCK;
+			if (dev->param.write_chunk_tags_fn(dev, chunk_id -
+							   dev->chunk_offset,
+							   buffer,
+							   &tags) != YAFFS_OK)
+				yaffs_trace(YAFFS_TRACE_ALWAYS,
+					"yaffs: Failed to write bad block marker to block %d",
+					flash_block);
+
+			yaffs_release_temp_buffer(dev, buffer);
+		}
+	}
 
-	dev->nRetiredBlocks++;
-}
+	bi->block_state = YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_DEAD;
+	bi->gc_prioritise = 0;
+	bi->needs_retiring = 0;
 
-/*
- * Functions for robustisizing TODO
- *
- */
-
-static void yaffs_HandleWriteChunkOk(yaffs_Device * dev, int chunkInNAND,
-				     const __u8 * data,
-				     const yaffs_ExtendedTags * tags)
-{
+	dev->n_retired_blocks++;
 }
 
-static void yaffs_HandleUpdateChunk(yaffs_Device * dev, int chunkInNAND,
-				    const yaffs_ExtendedTags * tags)
-{
-}
+/*---------------- Name handling functions ------------*/
 
-void yaffs_HandleChunkError(yaffs_Device *dev, yaffs_BlockInfo *bi)
+static u16 yaffs_calc_name_sum(const YCHAR *name)
 {
-	if(!bi->gcPrioritise){
-		bi->gcPrioritise = 1;
-		dev->hasPendingPrioritisedGCs = 1;
-		bi->chunkErrorStrikes ++;
+	u16 sum = 0;
+	u16 i = 1;
 
-		if(bi->chunkErrorStrikes > 3){
-			bi->needsRetiring = 1; /* Too many stikes, so retire this */
-			T(YAFFS_TRACE_ALWAYS, (TSTR("yaffs: Block struck out" TENDSTR)));
+	if (!name)
+		return 0;
 
-		}
+	while ((*name) && i < (YAFFS_MAX_NAME_LENGTH / 2)) {
 
+		/* 0x1f mask is case insensitive */
+		sum += ((*name) & 0x1f) * i;
+		i++;
+		name++;
 	}
+	return sum;
 }
 
-static void yaffs_HandleWriteChunkError(yaffs_Device * dev, int chunkInNAND, int erasedOk)
+void yaffs_set_obj_name(struct yaffs_obj *obj, const YCHAR * name)
 {
-
-	int blockInNAND = chunkInNAND / dev->nChunksPerBlock;
-	yaffs_BlockInfo *bi = yaffs_GetBlockInfo(dev, blockInNAND);
-
-	yaffs_HandleChunkError(dev,bi);
-
-
-	if(erasedOk ) {
-		/* Was an actual write failure, so mark the block for retirement  */
-		bi->needsRetiring = 1;
-		T(YAFFS_TRACE_ERROR | YAFFS_TRACE_BAD_BLOCKS,
-		  (TSTR("**>> Block %d needs retiring" TENDSTR), blockInNAND));
-
-
-	}
-
-	/* Delete the chunk */
-	yaffs_DeleteChunk(dev, chunkInNAND, 1, __LINE__);
+	memset(obj->short_name, 0, sizeof(obj->short_name));
+	if (name &&
+		yaffs_strnlen(name, YAFFS_SHORT_NAME_LENGTH + 1) <=
+		YAFFS_SHORT_NAME_LENGTH)
+		yaffs_strcpy(obj->short_name, name);
+	else
+		obj->short_name[0] = _Y('\0');
+	obj->sum = yaffs_calc_name_sum(name);
 }
 
-
-/*---------------- Name handling functions ------------*/
-
-static __u16 yaffs_CalcNameSum(const YCHAR * name)
+void yaffs_set_obj_name_from_oh(struct yaffs_obj *obj,
+				const struct yaffs_obj_hdr *oh)
 {
-	__u16 sum = 0;
-	__u16 i = 1;
-
-	YUCHAR *bname = (YUCHAR *) name;
-	if (bname) {
-		while ((*bname) && (i < (YAFFS_MAX_NAME_LENGTH/2))) {
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_YAFFS_CASE_INSENSITIVE
-			sum += yaffs_toupper(*bname) * i;
+#ifdef CONFIG_YAFFS_AUTO_UNICODE
+	YCHAR tmp_name[YAFFS_MAX_NAME_LENGTH + 1];
+	memset(tmp_name, 0, sizeof(tmp_name));
+	yaffs_load_name_from_oh(obj->my_dev, tmp_name, oh->name,
+				YAFFS_MAX_NAME_LENGTH + 1);
+	yaffs_set_obj_name(obj, tmp_name);
 #else
-			sum += (*bname) * i;
+	yaffs_set_obj_name(obj, oh->name);
 #endif
-			i++;
-			bname++;
-		}
-	}
-	return sum;
 }
 
-static void yaffs_SetObjectName(yaffs_Object * obj, const YCHAR * name)
+loff_t yaffs_max_file_size(struct yaffs_dev *dev)
 {
-#ifdef CONFIG_YAFFS_SHORT_NAMES_IN_RAM
-	if (name && yaffs_strlen(name) <= YAFFS_SHORT_NAME_LENGTH) {
-		yaffs_strcpy(obj->shortName, name);
-	} else {
-		obj->shortName[0] = _Y('\0');
-	}
-#endif
-	obj->sum = yaffs_CalcNameSum(name);
+	return ((loff_t) YAFFS_MAX_CHUNK_ID) * dev->data_bytes_per_chunk;
 }
 
 /*-------------------- TNODES -------------------
@@ -1079,381 +710,235 @@ static void yaffs_SetObjectName(yaffs_Object * obj, const YCHAR * name)
  * in the tnode.
  */
 
-/* yaffs_CreateTnodes creates a bunch more tnodes and
- * adds them to the tnode free list.
- * Don't use this function directly
- */
-
-static int yaffs_CreateTnodes(yaffs_Device * dev, int nTnodes)
+struct yaffs_tnode *yaffs_get_tnode(struct yaffs_dev *dev)
 {
-	int i;
-	int tnodeSize;
-	yaffs_Tnode *newTnodes;
-	__u8 *mem;
-	yaffs_Tnode *curr;
-	yaffs_Tnode *next;
-	yaffs_TnodeList *tnl;
-
-	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;
-
-	/* make these things */
-
-	newTnodes = YMALLOC(nTnodes * tnodeSize);
-	mem = (__u8 *)newTnodes;
-
-	if (!newTnodes) {
-		T(YAFFS_TRACE_ERROR,
-		  (TSTR("yaffs: Could not allocate Tnodes" TENDSTR)));
-		return YAFFS_FAIL;
-	}
-
-	/* Hook them into the free list */
-#if 0
-	for (i = 0; i < nTnodes - 1; i++) {
-		newTnodes[i].internal[0] = &newTnodes[i + 1];
-#ifdef CONFIG_YAFFS_TNODE_LIST_DEBUG
-		newTnodes[i].internal[YAFFS_NTNODES_INTERNAL] = (void *)1;
-#endif
-	}
-
-	newTnodes[nTnodes - 1].internal[0] = dev->freeTnodes;
-#ifdef CONFIG_YAFFS_TNODE_LIST_DEBUG
-	newTnodes[nTnodes - 1].internal[YAFFS_NTNODES_INTERNAL] = (void *)1;
-#endif
-	dev->freeTnodes = newTnodes;
-#else
-	/* New hookup for wide tnodes */
-	for(i = 0; i < nTnodes -1; i++) {
-		curr = (yaffs_Tnode *) &mem[i * tnodeSize];
-		next = (yaffs_Tnode *) &mem[(i+1) * tnodeSize];
-		curr->internal[0] = next;
-	}
-
-	curr = (yaffs_Tnode *) &mem[(nTnodes - 1) * tnodeSize];
-	curr->internal[0] = dev->freeTnodes;
-	dev->freeTnodes = (yaffs_Tnode *)mem;
-
-#endif
-
-
-	dev->nFreeTnodes += nTnodes;
-	dev->nTnodesCreated += nTnodes;
-
-	/* Now add this bunch of tnodes to a list for freeing up.
-	 * NB If we can't add this to the management list it isn't fatal
-	 * but it just means we can't free this bunch of tnodes later.
-	 */
-
-	tnl = YMALLOC(sizeof(yaffs_TnodeList));
-	if (!tnl) {
-		T(YAFFS_TRACE_ERROR,
-		  (TSTR
-		   ("yaffs: Could not add tnodes to management list" TENDSTR)));
-		   return YAFFS_FAIL;
-
-	} else {
-		tnl->tnodes = newTnodes;
-		tnl->next = dev->allocatedTnodeList;
-		dev->allocatedTnodeList = tnl;
-	}
-
-	T(YAFFS_TRACE_ALLOCATE, (TSTR("yaffs: Tnodes added" TENDSTR)));
-
-	return YAFFS_OK;
-}
-
-/* GetTnode gets us a clean tnode. Tries to make allocate more if we run out */
-
-static yaffs_Tnode *yaffs_GetTnodeRaw(yaffs_Device * dev)
-{
-	yaffs_Tnode *tn = NULL;
-
-	/* If there are none left make more */
-	if (!dev->freeTnodes) {
-		yaffs_CreateTnodes(dev, YAFFS_ALLOCATION_NTNODES);
-	}
+	struct yaffs_tnode *tn = yaffs_alloc_raw_tnode(dev);
 
-	if (dev->freeTnodes) {
-		tn = dev->freeTnodes;
-#ifdef CONFIG_YAFFS_TNODE_LIST_DEBUG
-		if (tn->internal[YAFFS_NTNODES_INTERNAL] != (void *)1) {
-			/* Hoosterman, this thing looks like it isn't in the list */
-			T(YAFFS_TRACE_ALWAYS,
-			  (TSTR("yaffs: Tnode list bug 1" TENDSTR)));
-		}
-#endif
-		dev->freeTnodes = dev->freeTnodes->internal[0];
-		dev->nFreeTnodes--;
+	if (tn) {
+		memset(tn, 0, dev->tnode_size);
+		dev->n_tnodes++;
 	}
 
-	return tn;
-}
-
-static yaffs_Tnode *yaffs_GetTnode(yaffs_Device * dev)
-{
-	yaffs_Tnode *tn = yaffs_GetTnodeRaw(dev);
-
-	if(tn)
-		memset(tn, 0, (dev->tnodeWidth * YAFFS_NTNODES_LEVEL0)/8);
+	dev->checkpoint_blocks_required = 0;	/* force recalculation */
 
 	return tn;
 }
 
 /* FreeTnode frees up a tnode and puts it back on the free list */
-static void yaffs_FreeTnode(yaffs_Device * dev, yaffs_Tnode * tn)
+static void yaffs_free_tnode(struct yaffs_dev *dev, struct yaffs_tnode *tn)
 {
-	if (tn) {
-#ifdef CONFIG_YAFFS_TNODE_LIST_DEBUG
-		if (tn->internal[YAFFS_NTNODES_INTERNAL] != 0) {
-			/* Hoosterman, this thing looks like it is already in the list */
-			T(YAFFS_TRACE_ALWAYS,
-			  (TSTR("yaffs: Tnode list bug 2" TENDSTR)));
-		}
-		tn->internal[YAFFS_NTNODES_INTERNAL] = (void *)1;
-#endif
-		tn->internal[0] = dev->freeTnodes;
-		dev->freeTnodes = tn;
-		dev->nFreeTnodes++;
-	}
+	yaffs_free_raw_tnode(dev, tn);
+	dev->n_tnodes--;
+	dev->checkpoint_blocks_required = 0;	/* force recalculation */
 }
 
-static void yaffs_DeinitialiseTnodes(yaffs_Device * dev)
+static void yaffs_deinit_tnodes_and_objs(struct yaffs_dev *dev)
 {
-	/* Free the list of allocated tnodes */
-	yaffs_TnodeList *tmp;
-
-	while (dev->allocatedTnodeList) {
-		tmp = dev->allocatedTnodeList->next;
-
-		YFREE(dev->allocatedTnodeList->tnodes);
-		YFREE(dev->allocatedTnodeList);
-		dev->allocatedTnodeList = tmp;
-
-	}
-
-	dev->freeTnodes = NULL;
-	dev->nFreeTnodes = 0;
+	yaffs_deinit_raw_tnodes_and_objs(dev);
+	dev->n_obj = 0;
+	dev->n_tnodes = 0;
 }
 
-static void yaffs_InitialiseTnodes(yaffs_Device * dev)
+void yaffs_load_tnode_0(struct yaffs_dev *dev, struct yaffs_tnode *tn,
+			unsigned pos, unsigned val)
 {
-	dev->allocatedTnodeList = NULL;
-	dev->freeTnodes = NULL;
-	dev->nFreeTnodes = 0;
-	dev->nTnodesCreated = 0;
+	u32 *map = (u32 *) tn;
+	u32 bit_in_map;
+	u32 bit_in_word;
+	u32 word_in_map;
+	u32 mask;
 
-}
+	pos &= YAFFS_TNODES_LEVEL0_MASK;
+	val >>= dev->chunk_grp_bits;
 
+	bit_in_map = pos * dev->tnode_width;
+	word_in_map = bit_in_map / 32;
+	bit_in_word = bit_in_map & (32 - 1);
 
-void yaffs_PutLevel0Tnode(yaffs_Device *dev, yaffs_Tnode *tn, unsigned pos, unsigned val)
-{
-  __u32 *map = (__u32 *)tn;
-  __u32 bitInMap;
-  __u32 bitInWord;
-  __u32 wordInMap;
-  __u32 mask;
-
-  pos &= YAFFS_TNODES_LEVEL0_MASK;
-  val >>= dev->chunkGroupBits;
-
-  bitInMap = pos * dev->tnodeWidth;
-  wordInMap = bitInMap /32;
-  bitInWord = bitInMap & (32 -1);
+	mask = dev->tnode_mask << bit_in_word;
 
-  mask = dev->tnodeMask << bitInWord;
+	map[word_in_map] &= ~mask;
+	map[word_in_map] |= (mask & (val << bit_in_word));
 
-  map[wordInMap] &= ~mask;
-  map[wordInMap] |= (mask & (val << bitInWord));
-
-  if(dev->tnodeWidth > (32-bitInWord)) {
-    bitInWord = (32 - bitInWord);
-    wordInMap++;;
-    mask = dev->tnodeMask >> (/*dev->tnodeWidth -*/ bitInWord);
-    map[wordInMap] &= ~mask;
-    map[wordInMap] |= (mask & (val >> bitInWord));
-  }
+	if (dev->tnode_width > (32 - bit_in_word)) {
+		bit_in_word = (32 - bit_in_word);
+		word_in_map++;
+		mask =
+		    dev->tnode_mask >> bit_in_word;
+		map[word_in_map] &= ~mask;
+		map[word_in_map] |= (mask & (val >> bit_in_word));
+	}
 }
 
-static __u32 yaffs_GetChunkGroupBase(yaffs_Device *dev, yaffs_Tnode *tn, unsigned pos)
+u32 yaffs_get_group_base(struct yaffs_dev *dev, struct yaffs_tnode *tn,
+			 unsigned pos)
 {
-  __u32 *map = (__u32 *)tn;
-  __u32 bitInMap;
-  __u32 bitInWord;
-  __u32 wordInMap;
-  __u32 val;
+	u32 *map = (u32 *) tn;
+	u32 bit_in_map;
+	u32 bit_in_word;
+	u32 word_in_map;
+	u32 val;
 
-  pos &= YAFFS_TNODES_LEVEL0_MASK;
+	pos &= YAFFS_TNODES_LEVEL0_MASK;
 
-  bitInMap = pos * dev->tnodeWidth;
-  wordInMap = bitInMap /32;
-  bitInWord = bitInMap & (32 -1);
+	bit_in_map = pos * dev->tnode_width;
+	word_in_map = bit_in_map / 32;
+	bit_in_word = bit_in_map & (32 - 1);
 
-  val = map[wordInMap] >> bitInWord;
+	val = map[word_in_map] >> bit_in_word;
 
-  if(dev->tnodeWidth > (32-bitInWord)) {
-    bitInWord = (32 - bitInWord);
-    wordInMap++;;
-    val |= (map[wordInMap] << bitInWord);
-  }
+	if (dev->tnode_width > (32 - bit_in_word)) {
+		bit_in_word = (32 - bit_in_word);
+		word_in_map++;
+		val |= (map[word_in_map] << bit_in_word);
+	}
 
-  val &= dev->tnodeMask;
-  val <<= dev->chunkGroupBits;
+	val &= dev->tnode_mask;
+	val <<= dev->chunk_grp_bits;
 
-  return val;
+	return val;
 }
 
 /* ------------------- End of individual tnode manipulation -----------------*/
 
 /* ---------Functions to manipulate the look-up tree (made up of tnodes) ------
- * The look up tree is represented by the top tnode and the number of topLevel
+ * The look up tree is represented by the top tnode and the number of top_level
  * in the tree. 0 means only the level 0 tnode is in the tree.
  */
 
 /* FindLevel0Tnode finds the level 0 tnode, if one exists. */
-static yaffs_Tnode *yaffs_FindLevel0Tnode(yaffs_Device * dev,
-					  yaffs_FileStructure * fStruct,
-					  __u32 chunkId)
+struct yaffs_tnode *yaffs_find_tnode_0(struct yaffs_dev *dev,
+				       struct yaffs_file_var *file_struct,
+				       u32 chunk_id)
 {
+	struct yaffs_tnode *tn = file_struct->top;
+	u32 i;
+	int required_depth;
+	int level = file_struct->top_level;
 
-	yaffs_Tnode *tn = fStruct->top;
-	__u32 i;
-	int requiredTallness;
-	int level = fStruct->topLevel;
+	dev = dev;
 
 	/* Check sane level and chunk Id */
-	if (level < 0 || level > YAFFS_TNODES_MAX_LEVEL) {
+	if (level < 0 || level > YAFFS_TNODES_MAX_LEVEL)
 		return NULL;
-	}
 
-	if (chunkId > YAFFS_MAX_CHUNK_ID) {
+	if (chunk_id > YAFFS_MAX_CHUNK_ID)
 		return NULL;
-	}
 
-	/* First check we're tall enough (ie enough topLevel) */
+	/* First check we're tall enough (ie enough top_level) */
 
-	i = chunkId >> YAFFS_TNODES_LEVEL0_BITS;
-	requiredTallness = 0;
+	i = chunk_id >> YAFFS_TNODES_LEVEL0_BITS;
+	required_depth = 0;
 	while (i) {
 		i >>= YAFFS_TNODES_INTERNAL_BITS;
-		requiredTallness++;
+		required_depth++;
 	}
 
-	if (requiredTallness > fStruct->topLevel) {
-		/* Not tall enough, so we can't find it, return NULL. */
-		return NULL;
-	}
+	if (required_depth > file_struct->top_level)
+		return NULL;	/* Not tall enough, so we can't find it */
 
 	/* Traverse down to level 0 */
 	while (level > 0 && tn) {
-		tn = tn->
-		    internal[(chunkId >>
-			       ( YAFFS_TNODES_LEVEL0_BITS +
-				 (level - 1) *
-				 YAFFS_TNODES_INTERNAL_BITS)
-			      ) &
-			     YAFFS_TNODES_INTERNAL_MASK];
+		tn = tn->internal[(chunk_id >>
+				   (YAFFS_TNODES_LEVEL0_BITS +
+				    (level - 1) *
+				    YAFFS_TNODES_INTERNAL_BITS)) &
+				  YAFFS_TNODES_INTERNAL_MASK];
 		level--;
-
 	}
 
 	return tn;
 }
 
-/* AddOrFindLevel0Tnode finds the level 0 tnode if it exists, otherwise first expands the tree.
+/* add_find_tnode_0 finds the level 0 tnode if it exists,
+ * otherwise first expands the tree.
  * This happens in two steps:
  *  1. If the tree isn't tall enough, then make it taller.
  *  2. Scan down the tree towards the level 0 tnode adding tnodes if required.
  *
  * Used when modifying the tree.
  *
- *  If the tn argument is NULL, then a fresh tnode will be added otherwise the specified tn will
- *  be plugged into the ttree.
+ *  If the tn argument is NULL, then a fresh tnode will be added otherwise the
+ *  specified tn will be plugged into the ttree.
  */
 
-static yaffs_Tnode *yaffs_AddOrFindLevel0Tnode(yaffs_Device * dev,
-					       yaffs_FileStructure * fStruct,
-					       __u32 chunkId,
-					       yaffs_Tnode *passedTn)
+struct yaffs_tnode *yaffs_add_find_tnode_0(struct yaffs_dev *dev,
+					   struct yaffs_file_var *file_struct,
+					   u32 chunk_id,
+					   struct yaffs_tnode *passed_tn)
 {
-
-	int requiredTallness;
+	int required_depth;
 	int i;
 	int l;
-	yaffs_Tnode *tn;
-
-	__u32 x;
-
+	struct yaffs_tnode *tn;
+	u32 x;
 
 	/* Check sane level and page Id */
-	if (fStruct->topLevel < 0 || fStruct->topLevel > YAFFS_TNODES_MAX_LEVEL) {
+	if (file_struct->top_level < 0 ||
+	    file_struct->top_level > YAFFS_TNODES_MAX_LEVEL)
 		return NULL;
-	}
 
-	if (chunkId > YAFFS_MAX_CHUNK_ID) {
+	if (chunk_id > YAFFS_MAX_CHUNK_ID)
 		return NULL;
-	}
 
-	/* First check we're tall enough (ie enough topLevel) */
+	/* First check we're tall enough (ie enough top_level) */
 
-	x = chunkId >> YAFFS_TNODES_LEVEL0_BITS;
-	requiredTallness = 0;
+	x = chunk_id >> YAFFS_TNODES_LEVEL0_BITS;
+	required_depth = 0;
 	while (x) {
 		x >>= YAFFS_TNODES_INTERNAL_BITS;
-		requiredTallness++;
+		required_depth++;
 	}
 
+	if (required_depth > file_struct->top_level) {
+		/* Not tall enough, gotta make the tree taller */
+		for (i = file_struct->top_level; i < required_depth; i++) {
 
-	if (requiredTallness > fStruct->topLevel) {
-		/* Not tall enough,gotta make the tree taller */
-		for (i = fStruct->topLevel; i < requiredTallness; i++) {
-
-			tn = yaffs_GetTnode(dev);
+			tn = yaffs_get_tnode(dev);
 
 			if (tn) {
-				tn->internal[0] = fStruct->top;
-				fStruct->top = tn;
+				tn->internal[0] = file_struct->top;
+				file_struct->top = tn;
+				file_struct->top_level++;
 			} else {
-				T(YAFFS_TRACE_ERROR,
-				  (TSTR("yaffs: no more tnodes" TENDSTR)));
+				yaffs_trace(YAFFS_TRACE_ERROR,
+					"yaffs: no more tnodes");
+				return NULL;
 			}
 		}
-
-		fStruct->topLevel = requiredTallness;
 	}
 
 	/* Traverse down to level 0, adding anything we need */
 
-	l = fStruct->topLevel;
-	tn = fStruct->top;
+	l = file_struct->top_level;
+	tn = file_struct->top;
 
-	if(l > 0) {
+	if (l > 0) {
 		while (l > 0 && tn) {
-			x = (chunkId >>
-			     ( YAFFS_TNODES_LEVEL0_BITS +
+			x = (chunk_id >>
+			     (YAFFS_TNODES_LEVEL0_BITS +
 			      (l - 1) * YAFFS_TNODES_INTERNAL_BITS)) &
 			    YAFFS_TNODES_INTERNAL_MASK;
 
-
-			if((l>1) && !tn->internal[x]){
+			if ((l > 1) && !tn->internal[x]) {
 				/* Add missing non-level-zero tnode */
-				tn->internal[x] = yaffs_GetTnode(dev);
-
-			} else if(l == 1) {
+				tn->internal[x] = yaffs_get_tnode(dev);
+				if (!tn->internal[x])
+					return NULL;
+			} else if (l == 1) {
 				/* Looking from level 1 at level 0 */
-				if (passedTn) {
-					/* If we already have one, then release it.*/
-					if(tn->internal[x])
-						yaffs_FreeTnode(dev,tn->internal[x]);
-					tn->internal[x] = passedTn;
-
-				} else if(!tn->internal[x]) {
+				if (passed_tn) {
+					/* If we already have one, release it */
+					if (tn->internal[x])
+						yaffs_free_tnode(dev,
+							tn->internal[x]);
+					tn->internal[x] = passed_tn;
+
+				} else if (!tn->internal[x]) {
 					/* Don't have one, none passed in */
-					tn->internal[x] = yaffs_GetTnode(dev);
+					tn->internal[x] = yaffs_get_tnode(dev);
+					if (!tn->internal[x])
+						return NULL;
 				}
 			}
 
@@ -1462,2979 +947,2479 @@ static yaffs_Tnode *yaffs_AddOrFindLevel0Tnode(yaffs_Device * dev,
 		}
 	} else {
 		/* top is level 0 */
-		if(passedTn) {
-			memcpy(tn,passedTn,(dev->tnodeWidth * YAFFS_NTNODES_LEVEL0)/8);
-			yaffs_FreeTnode(dev,passedTn);
+		if (passed_tn) {
+			memcpy(tn, passed_tn,
+			       (dev->tnode_width * YAFFS_NTNODES_LEVEL0) / 8);
+			yaffs_free_tnode(dev, passed_tn);
 		}
 	}
 
 	return tn;
 }
 
-static int yaffs_FindChunkInGroup(yaffs_Device * dev, int theChunk,
-				  yaffs_ExtendedTags * tags, int objectId,
-				  int chunkInInode)
+static int yaffs_tags_match(const struct yaffs_ext_tags *tags, int obj_id,
+			    int chunk_obj)
 {
-	int j;
+	return (tags->chunk_id == chunk_obj &&
+		tags->obj_id == obj_id &&
+		!tags->is_deleted) ? 1 : 0;
 
-	for (j = 0; theChunk && j < dev->chunkGroupSize; j++) {
-		if (yaffs_CheckChunkBit
-		    (dev, theChunk / dev->nChunksPerBlock,
-		     theChunk % dev->nChunksPerBlock)) {
-			yaffs_ReadChunkWithTagsFromNAND(dev, theChunk, NULL,
-							tags);
-			if (yaffs_TagsMatch(tags, objectId, chunkInInode)) {
-				/* found it; */
-				return theChunk;
+}
 
+static int yaffs_find_chunk_in_group(struct yaffs_dev *dev, int the_chunk,
+					struct yaffs_ext_tags *tags, int obj_id,
+					int inode_chunk)
+{
+	int j;
+
+	for (j = 0; the_chunk && j < dev->chunk_grp_size; j++) {
+		if (yaffs_check_chunk_bit
+		    (dev, the_chunk / dev->param.chunks_per_block,
+		     the_chunk % dev->param.chunks_per_block)) {
+
+			if (dev->chunk_grp_size == 1)
+				return the_chunk;
+			else {
+				yaffs_rd_chunk_tags_nand(dev, the_chunk, NULL,
+							 tags);
+				if (yaffs_tags_match(tags,
+							obj_id, inode_chunk)) {
+					/* found it; */
+					return the_chunk;
+				}
 			}
 		}
-		theChunk++;
+		the_chunk++;
 	}
 	return -1;
 }
 
-static void yaffs_SoftDeleteChunk(yaffs_Device * dev, int chunk)
+static int yaffs_find_chunk_in_file(struct yaffs_obj *in, int inode_chunk,
+				    struct yaffs_ext_tags *tags)
 {
+	/*Get the Tnode, then get the level 0 offset chunk offset */
+	struct yaffs_tnode *tn;
+	int the_chunk = -1;
+	struct yaffs_ext_tags local_tags;
+	int ret_val = -1;
+	struct yaffs_dev *dev = in->my_dev;
 
-	yaffs_BlockInfo *theBlock;
-
-	T(YAFFS_TRACE_DELETION, (TSTR("soft delete chunk %d" TENDSTR), chunk));
-
-	theBlock = yaffs_GetBlockInfo(dev, chunk / dev->nChunksPerBlock);
-	if (theBlock) {
-		theBlock->softDeletions++;
-		dev->nFreeChunks++;
+	if (!tags) {
+		/* Passed a NULL, so use our own tags space */
+		tags = &local_tags;
 	}
-}
-
-/* SoftDeleteWorker scans backwards through the tnode tree and soft deletes all the chunks in the file.
- * All soft deleting does is increment the block's softdelete count and pulls the chunk out
- * of the tnode.
- * Thus, essentially this is the same as DeleteWorker except that the chunks are soft deleted.
- */
-
-static int yaffs_SoftDeleteWorker(yaffs_Object * in, yaffs_Tnode * tn,
-				  __u32 level, int chunkOffset)
-{
-	int i;
-	int theChunk;
-	int allDone = 1;
-	yaffs_Device *dev = in->myDev;
-
-	if (tn) {
-		if (level > 0) {
-
-			for (i = YAFFS_NTNODES_INTERNAL - 1; allDone && i >= 0;
-			     i--) {
-				if (tn->internal[i]) {
-					allDone =
-					    yaffs_SoftDeleteWorker(in,
-								   tn->
-								   internal[i],
-								   level - 1,
-								   (chunkOffset
-								    <<
-								    YAFFS_TNODES_INTERNAL_BITS)
-								   + i);
-					if (allDone) {
-						yaffs_FreeTnode(dev,
-								tn->
-								internal[i]);
-						tn->internal[i] = NULL;
-					} else {
-						/* Hoosterman... how could this happen? */
-					}
-				}
-			}
-			return (allDone) ? 1 : 0;
-		} else if (level == 0) {
-
-			for (i = YAFFS_NTNODES_LEVEL0 - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
-				theChunk = yaffs_GetChunkGroupBase(dev,tn,i);
-				if (theChunk) {
-					/* Note this does not find the real chunk, only the chunk group.
-					 * We make an assumption that a chunk group is not larger than
-					 * a block.
-					 */
-					yaffs_SoftDeleteChunk(dev, theChunk);
-					yaffs_PutLevel0Tnode(dev,tn,i,0);
-				}
-
-			}
-			return 1;
-
-		}
 
-	}
+	tn = yaffs_find_tnode_0(dev, &in->variant.file_variant, inode_chunk);
 
-	return 1;
+	if (!tn)
+		return ret_val;
 
-}
+	the_chunk = yaffs_get_group_base(dev, tn, inode_chunk);
 
-static void yaffs_SoftDeleteFile(yaffs_Object * obj)
-{
-	if (obj->deleted &&
-	    obj->variantType == YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_FILE && !obj->softDeleted) {
-		if (obj->nDataChunks <= 0) {
-			/* Empty file with no duplicate object headers, just delete it immediately */
-			yaffs_FreeTnode(obj->myDev,
-					obj->variant.fileVariant.top);
-			obj->variant.fileVariant.top = NULL;
-			T(YAFFS_TRACE_TRACING,
-			  (TSTR("yaffs: Deleting empty file %d" TENDSTR),
-			   obj->objectId));
-			yaffs_DoGenericObjectDeletion(obj);
-		} else {
-			yaffs_SoftDeleteWorker(obj,
-					       obj->variant.fileVariant.top,
-					       obj->variant.fileVariant.
-					       topLevel, 0);
-			obj->softDeleted = 1;
-		}
-	}
+	ret_val = yaffs_find_chunk_in_group(dev, the_chunk, tags, in->obj_id,
+					      inode_chunk);
+	return ret_val;
 }
 
-/* Pruning removes any part of the file structure tree that is beyond the
- * bounds of the file (ie that does not point to chunks).
- *
- * A file should only get pruned when its size is reduced.
- *
- * Before pruning, the chunks must be pulled from the tree and the
- * 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.
- */
-
-static yaffs_Tnode *yaffs_PruneWorker(yaffs_Device * dev, yaffs_Tnode * tn,
-				      __u32 level, int del0)
+static int yaffs_find_del_file_chunk(struct yaffs_obj *in, int inode_chunk,
+				     struct yaffs_ext_tags *tags)
 {
-	int i;
-	int hasData;
-
-	if (tn) {
-		hasData = 0;
+	/* Get the Tnode, then get the level 0 offset chunk offset */
+	struct yaffs_tnode *tn;
+	int the_chunk = -1;
+	struct yaffs_ext_tags local_tags;
+	struct yaffs_dev *dev = in->my_dev;
+	int ret_val = -1;
 
-		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 (!tags) {
+		/* Passed a NULL, so use our own tags space */
+		tags = &local_tags;
+	}
 
-			if (tn->internal[i]) {
-				hasData++;
-			}
-		}
+	tn = yaffs_find_tnode_0(dev, &in->variant.file_variant, inode_chunk);
 
-		if (hasData == 0 && del0) {
-			/* Free and return NULL */
+	if (!tn)
+		return ret_val;
 
-			yaffs_FreeTnode(dev, tn);
-			tn = NULL;
-		}
+	the_chunk = yaffs_get_group_base(dev, tn, inode_chunk);
 
-	}
+	ret_val = yaffs_find_chunk_in_group(dev, the_chunk, tags, in->obj_id,
+					      inode_chunk);
 
-	return tn;
+	/* Delete the entry in the filestructure (if found) */
+	if (ret_val != -1)
+		yaffs_load_tnode_0(dev, tn, inode_chunk, 0);
 
+	return ret_val;
 }
 
-static int yaffs_PruneFileStructure(yaffs_Device * dev,
-				    yaffs_FileStructure * fStruct)
+int yaffs_put_chunk_in_file(struct yaffs_obj *in, int inode_chunk,
+			    int nand_chunk, int in_scan)
 {
-	int i;
-	int hasData;
-	int done = 0;
-	yaffs_Tnode *tn;
+	/* NB in_scan is zero unless scanning.
+	 * For forward scanning, in_scan is > 0;
+	 * for backward scanning in_scan is < 0
+	 *
+	 * nand_chunk = 0 is a dummy insert to make sure the tnodes are there.
+	 */
 
-	if (fStruct->topLevel > 0) {
-		fStruct->top =
-		    yaffs_PruneWorker(dev, fStruct->top, fStruct->topLevel, 0);
+	struct yaffs_tnode *tn;
+	struct yaffs_dev *dev = in->my_dev;
+	int existing_cunk;
+	struct yaffs_ext_tags existing_tags;
+	struct yaffs_ext_tags new_tags;
+	unsigned existing_serial, new_serial;
 
-		/* Now we have a tree with all the non-zero branches NULL but the height
-		 * is the same as it was.
-		 * Let's see if we can trim internal tnodes to shorten the tree.
-		 * We can do this if only the 0th element in the tnode is in use
-		 * (ie all the non-zero are NULL)
+	if (in->variant_type != YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_FILE) {
+		/* Just ignore an attempt at putting a chunk into a non-file
+		 * during scanning.
+		 * If it is not during Scanning then something went wrong!
 		 */
-
-		while (fStruct->topLevel && !done) {
-			tn = fStruct->top;
-
-			hasData = 0;
-			for (i = 1; i < YAFFS_NTNODES_INTERNAL; i++) {
-				if (tn->internal[i]) {
-					hasData++;
-				}
-			}
-
-			if (!hasData) {
-				fStruct->top = tn->internal[0];
-				fStruct->topLevel--;
-				yaffs_FreeTnode(dev, tn);
-			} else {
-				done = 1;
-			}
+		if (!in_scan) {
+			yaffs_trace(YAFFS_TRACE_ERROR,
+				"yaffs tragedy:attempt to put data chunk into a non-file"
+				);
+			BUG();
 		}
-	}
-
-	return YAFFS_OK;
-}
-
-/*-------------------- End of File Structure functions.-------------------*/
 
-/* yaffs_CreateFreeObjects creates a bunch more objects and
- * adds them to the object free list.
- */
-static int yaffs_CreateFreeObjects(yaffs_Device * dev, int nObjects)
-{
-	int i;
-	yaffs_Object *newObjects;
-	yaffs_ObjectList *list;
-
-	if (nObjects < 1)
+		yaffs_chunk_del(dev, nand_chunk, 1, __LINE__);
 		return YAFFS_OK;
-
-	/* make these things */
-	newObjects = YMALLOC(nObjects * sizeof(yaffs_Object));
-	list = YMALLOC(sizeof(yaffs_ObjectList));
-
-	if (!newObjects || !list) {
-		if(newObjects)
-			YFREE(newObjects);
-		if(list)
-			YFREE(list);
-		T(YAFFS_TRACE_ALLOCATE,
-		  (TSTR("yaffs: Could not allocate more objects" TENDSTR)));
-		return YAFFS_FAIL;
-	}
-
-	/* Hook them into the free list */
-	for (i = 0; i < nObjects - 1; i++) {
-		newObjects[i].siblings.next =
-		    (struct list_head *)(&newObjects[i + 1]);
 	}
 
-	newObjects[nObjects - 1].siblings.next = (void *)dev->freeObjects;
-	dev->freeObjects = newObjects;
-	dev->nFreeObjects += nObjects;
-	dev->nObjectsCreated += nObjects;
-
-	/* Now add this bunch of Objects to a list for freeing up. */
-
-	list->objects = newObjects;
-	list->next = dev->allocatedObjectList;
-	dev->allocatedObjectList = list;
-
-	return YAFFS_OK;
-}
-
-
-/* AllocateEmptyObject gets us a clean Object. Tries to make allocate more if we run out */
-static yaffs_Object *yaffs_AllocateEmptyObject(yaffs_Device * dev)
-{
-	yaffs_Object *tn = NULL;
-
-	/* If there are none left make more */
-	if (!dev->freeObjects) {
-		yaffs_CreateFreeObjects(dev, YAFFS_ALLOCATION_NOBJECTS);
-	}
-
-	if (dev->freeObjects) {
-		tn = dev->freeObjects;
-		dev->freeObjects =
-		    (yaffs_Object *) (dev->freeObjects->siblings.next);
-		dev->nFreeObjects--;
+	tn = yaffs_add_find_tnode_0(dev,
+				    &in->variant.file_variant,
+				    inode_chunk, NULL);
+	if (!tn)
+		return YAFFS_FAIL;
 
-		/* Now sweeten it up... */
+	if (!nand_chunk)
+		/* Dummy insert, bail now */
+		return YAFFS_OK;
 
-		memset(tn, 0, sizeof(yaffs_Object));
-		tn->myDev = dev;
-		tn->chunkId = -1;
-		tn->variantType = YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_UNKNOWN;
-		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&(tn->hardLinks));
-		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&(tn->hashLink));
-		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tn->siblings);
+	existing_cunk = yaffs_get_group_base(dev, tn, inode_chunk);
 
-		/* Add it to the lost and found directory.
-		 * NB Can't put root or lostNFound in lostNFound so
-		 * check if lostNFound exists first
+	if (in_scan != 0) {
+		/* If we're scanning then we need to test for duplicates
+		 * NB This does not need to be efficient since it should only
+		 * happen when the power fails during a write, then only one
+		 * chunk should ever be affected.
+		 *
+		 * Correction for YAFFS2: This could happen quite a lot and we
+		 * need to think about efficiency! TODO
+		 * Update: For backward scanning we don't need to re-read tags
+		 * so this is quite cheap.
 		 */
-		if (dev->lostNFoundDir) {
-			yaffs_AddObjectToDirectory(dev->lostNFoundDir, tn);
-		}
-	}
 
-	return tn;
-}
-
-static yaffs_Object *yaffs_CreateFakeDirectory(yaffs_Device * dev, int number,
-					       __u32 mode)
-{
+		if (existing_cunk > 0) {
+			/* NB Right now existing chunk will not be real
+			 * chunk_id if the chunk group size > 1
+			 * thus we have to do a FindChunkInFile to get the
+			 * real chunk id.
+			 *
+			 * We have a duplicate now we need to decide which
+			 * one to use:
+			 *
+			 * Backwards scanning YAFFS2: The old one is what
+			 * we use, dump the new one.
+			 * YAFFS1: Get both sets of tags and compare serial
+			 * numbers.
+			 */
 
-	yaffs_Object *obj =
-	    yaffs_CreateNewObject(dev, number, YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_DIRECTORY);
-	if (obj) {
-		obj->fake = 1;		/* it is fake so it has no NAND presence... */
-		obj->renameAllowed = 0;	/* ... and we're not allowed to rename it... */
-		obj->unlinkAllowed = 0;	/* ... or unlink it */
-		obj->deleted = 0;
-		obj->unlinked = 0;
-		obj->yst_mode = mode;
-		obj->myDev = dev;
-		obj->chunkId = 0;	/* Not a valid chunk. */
-	}
+			if (in_scan > 0) {
+				/* Only do this for forward scanning */
+				yaffs_rd_chunk_tags_nand(dev,
+							 nand_chunk,
+							 NULL, &new_tags);
 
-	return obj;
+				/* Do a proper find */
+				existing_cunk =
+				    yaffs_find_chunk_in_file(in, inode_chunk,
+							     &existing_tags);
+			}
 
-}
+			if (existing_cunk <= 0) {
+				/*Hoosterman - how did this happen? */
 
-static void yaffs_UnhashObject(yaffs_Object * tn)
-{
-	int bucket;
-	yaffs_Device *dev = tn->myDev;
+				yaffs_trace(YAFFS_TRACE_ERROR,
+					"yaffs tragedy: existing chunk < 0 in scan"
+					);
 
-	/* If it is still linked into the bucket list, free from the list */
-	if (!list_empty(&tn->hashLink)) {
-		list_del_init(&tn->hashLink);
-		bucket = yaffs_HashFunction(tn->objectId);
-		dev->objectBucket[bucket].count--;
-	}
+			}
 
-}
+			/* NB The deleted flags should be false, otherwise
+			 * the chunks will not be loaded during a scan
+			 */
 
-/*  FreeObject frees up a Object and puts it back on the free list */
-static void yaffs_FreeObject(yaffs_Object * tn)
-{
+			if (in_scan > 0) {
+				new_serial = new_tags.serial_number;
+				existing_serial = existing_tags.serial_number;
+			}
 
-	yaffs_Device *dev = tn->myDev;
+			if ((in_scan > 0) &&
+			    (existing_cunk <= 0 ||
+			     ((existing_serial + 1) & 3) == new_serial)) {
+				/* Forward scanning.
+				 * Use new
+				 * Delete the old one and drop through to
+				 * update the tnode
+				 */
+				yaffs_chunk_del(dev, existing_cunk, 1,
+						__LINE__);
+			} else {
+				/* Backward scanning or we want to use the
+				 * existing one
+				 * Delete the new one and return early so that
+				 * the tnode isn't changed
+				 */
+				yaffs_chunk_del(dev, nand_chunk, 1, __LINE__);
+				return YAFFS_OK;
+			}
+		}
 
-/* XXX U-BOOT XXX */
-#if 0
-#ifdef  __KERNEL__
-	if (tn->myInode) {
-		/* We're still hooked up to a cached inode.
-		 * Don't delete now, but mark for later deletion
-		 */
-		tn->deferedFree = 1;
-		return;
 	}
-#endif
-#endif
-	yaffs_UnhashObject(tn);
 
-	/* Link into the free list. */
-	tn->siblings.next = (struct list_head *)(dev->freeObjects);
-	dev->freeObjects = tn;
-	dev->nFreeObjects++;
-}
+	if (existing_cunk == 0)
+		in->n_data_chunks++;
 
-/* XXX U-BOOT XXX */
-#if 0
-#ifdef __KERNEL__
+	yaffs_load_tnode_0(dev, tn, inode_chunk, nand_chunk);
 
-void yaffs_HandleDeferedFree(yaffs_Object * obj)
-{
-	if (obj->deferedFree) {
-		yaffs_FreeObject(obj);
-	}
+	return YAFFS_OK;
 }
 
-#endif
-#endif
-
-static void yaffs_DeinitialiseObjects(yaffs_Device * dev)
+static void yaffs_soft_del_chunk(struct yaffs_dev *dev, int chunk)
 {
-	/* Free the list of allocated Objects */
+	struct yaffs_block_info *the_block;
+	unsigned block_no;
 
-	yaffs_ObjectList *tmp;
+	yaffs_trace(YAFFS_TRACE_DELETION, "soft delete chunk %d", chunk);
 
-	while (dev->allocatedObjectList) {
-		tmp = dev->allocatedObjectList->next;
-		YFREE(dev->allocatedObjectList->objects);
-		YFREE(dev->allocatedObjectList);
-
-		dev->allocatedObjectList = tmp;
+	block_no = chunk / dev->param.chunks_per_block;
+	the_block = yaffs_get_block_info(dev, block_no);
+	if (the_block) {
+		the_block->soft_del_pages++;
+		dev->n_free_chunks++;
+		yaffs2_update_oldest_dirty_seq(dev, block_no, the_block);
 	}
-
-	dev->freeObjects = NULL;
-	dev->nFreeObjects = 0;
 }
 
-static void yaffs_InitialiseObjects(yaffs_Device * dev)
-{
-	int i;
-
-	dev->allocatedObjectList = NULL;
-	dev->freeObjects = NULL;
-	dev->nFreeObjects = 0;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < YAFFS_NOBJECT_BUCKETS; i++) {
-		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->objectBucket[i].list);
-		dev->objectBucket[i].count = 0;
-	}
-
-}
+/* SoftDeleteWorker scans backwards through the tnode tree and soft deletes all
+ * the chunks in the file.
+ * All soft deleting does is increment the block's softdelete count and pulls
+ * the chunk out of the tnode.
+ * Thus, essentially this is the same as DeleteWorker except that the chunks
+ * are soft deleted.
+ */
 
-static int yaffs_FindNiceObjectBucket(yaffs_Device * dev)
+static int yaffs_soft_del_worker(struct yaffs_obj *in, struct yaffs_tnode *tn,
+				 u32 level, int chunk_offset)
 {
-	static int x = 0;
 	int i;
-	int l = 999;
-	int lowest = 999999;
+	int the_chunk;
+	int all_done = 1;
+	struct yaffs_dev *dev = in->my_dev;
 
-	/* First let's see if we can find one that's empty. */
+	if (!tn)
+		return 1;
 
-	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 (level > 0) {
+		for (i = YAFFS_NTNODES_INTERNAL - 1;
+			all_done && i >= 0;
+			i--) {
+			if (tn->internal[i]) {
+				all_done =
+				    yaffs_soft_del_worker(in,
+					tn->internal[i],
+					level - 1,
+					(chunk_offset <<
+					YAFFS_TNODES_INTERNAL_BITS)
+					+ i);
+				if (all_done) {
+					yaffs_free_tnode(dev,
+						tn->internal[i]);
+					tn->internal[i] = NULL;
+				} else {
+					/* Can this happen? */
+				}
+			}
 		}
-
+		return (all_done) ? 1 : 0;
 	}
 
-	/* If we didn't find an empty list, then try
-	 * looking a bit further for a short one
-	 */
-
-	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;
+	/* level 0 */
+	 for (i = YAFFS_NTNODES_LEVEL0 - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+		the_chunk = yaffs_get_group_base(dev, tn, i);
+		if (the_chunk) {
+			yaffs_soft_del_chunk(dev, the_chunk);
+			yaffs_load_tnode_0(dev, tn, i, 0);
 		}
-
 	}
-
-	return l;
+	return 1;
 }
 
-static int yaffs_CreateNewObjectNumber(yaffs_Device * dev)
+static void yaffs_remove_obj_from_dir(struct yaffs_obj *obj)
 {
-	int bucket = yaffs_FindNiceObjectBucket(dev);
+	struct yaffs_dev *dev = obj->my_dev;
+	struct yaffs_obj *parent;
 
-	/* Now find an object value that has not already been taken
-	 * by scanning the list.
-	 */
+	yaffs_verify_obj_in_dir(obj);
+	parent = obj->parent;
 
-	int found = 0;
-	struct list_head *i;
+	yaffs_verify_dir(parent);
 
-	__u32 n = (__u32) bucket;
+	if (dev && dev->param.remove_obj_fn)
+		dev->param.remove_obj_fn(obj);
 
-	/* yaffs_CheckObjectHashSanity();  */
-
-	while (!found) {
-		found = 1;
-		n += YAFFS_NOBJECT_BUCKETS;
-		if (1 || dev->objectBucket[bucket].count > 0) {
-			list_for_each(i, &dev->objectBucket[bucket].list) {
-				/* If there is already one in the list */
-				if (i
-				    && list_entry(i, yaffs_Object,
-						  hashLink)->objectId == n) {
-					found = 0;
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-
-	return n;
-}
-
-static void yaffs_HashObject(yaffs_Object * in)
-{
-	int bucket = yaffs_HashFunction(in->objectId);
-	yaffs_Device *dev = in->myDev;
-
-	list_add(&in->hashLink, &dev->objectBucket[bucket].list);
-	dev->objectBucket[bucket].count++;
+	list_del_init(&obj->siblings);
+	obj->parent = NULL;
 
+	yaffs_verify_dir(parent);
 }
 
-yaffs_Object *yaffs_FindObjectByNumber(yaffs_Device * dev, __u32 number)
+void yaffs_add_obj_to_dir(struct yaffs_obj *directory, struct yaffs_obj *obj)
 {
-	int bucket = yaffs_HashFunction(number);
-	struct list_head *i;
-	yaffs_Object *in;
-
-	list_for_each(i, &dev->objectBucket[bucket].list) {
-		/* Look if it is in the list */
-		if (i) {
-			in = list_entry(i, yaffs_Object, hashLink);
-			if (in->objectId == number) {
-/* XXX U-BOOT XXX */
-#if 0
-#ifdef __KERNEL__
-				/* Don't tell the VFS about this one if it is defered free */
-				if (in->deferedFree)
-					return NULL;
-#endif
-#endif
-				return in;
-			}
-		}
+	if (!directory) {
+		yaffs_trace(YAFFS_TRACE_ALWAYS,
+			"tragedy: Trying to add an object to a null pointer directory"
+			);
+		BUG();
+		return;
 	}
-
-	return NULL;
-}
-
-yaffs_Object *yaffs_CreateNewObject(yaffs_Device * dev, int number,
-				    yaffs_ObjectType type)
-{
-
-	yaffs_Object *theObject;
-	yaffs_Tnode *tn = NULL;
-
-	if (number < 0) {
-		number = yaffs_CreateNewObjectNumber(dev);
+	if (directory->variant_type != YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_DIRECTORY) {
+		yaffs_trace(YAFFS_TRACE_ALWAYS,
+			"tragedy: Trying to add an object to a non-directory"
+			);
+		BUG();
 	}
 
-	theObject = yaffs_AllocateEmptyObject(dev);
-	if(!theObject)
-		return NULL;
-
-	if(type == YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_FILE){
-		tn = yaffs_GetTnode(dev);
-		if(!tn){
-			yaffs_FreeObject(theObject);
-			return NULL;
-		}
+	if (obj->siblings.prev == NULL) {
+		/* Not initialised */
+		BUG();
 	}
 
+	yaffs_verify_dir(directory);
 
+	yaffs_remove_obj_from_dir(obj);
 
-	if (theObject) {
-		theObject->fake = 0;
-		theObject->renameAllowed = 1;
-		theObject->unlinkAllowed = 1;
-		theObject->objectId = number;
-		yaffs_HashObject(theObject);
-		theObject->variantType = type;
-#ifdef CONFIG_YAFFS_WINCE
-		yfsd_WinFileTimeNow(theObject->win_atime);
-		theObject->win_ctime[0] = theObject->win_mtime[0] =
-		    theObject->win_atime[0];
-		theObject->win_ctime[1] = theObject->win_mtime[1] =
-		    theObject->win_atime[1];
-
-#else
+	/* Now add it */
+	list_add(&obj->siblings, &directory->variant.dir_variant.children);
+	obj->parent = directory;
 
-		theObject->yst_atime = theObject->yst_mtime =
-		    theObject->yst_ctime = Y_CURRENT_TIME;
-#endif
-		switch (type) {
-		case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_FILE:
-			theObject->variant.fileVariant.fileSize = 0;
-			theObject->variant.fileVariant.scannedFileSize = 0;
-			theObject->variant.fileVariant.shrinkSize = 0xFFFFFFFF;	/* max __u32 */
-			theObject->variant.fileVariant.topLevel = 0;
-			theObject->variant.fileVariant.top = tn;
-			break;
-		case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_DIRECTORY:
-			INIT_LIST_HEAD(&theObject->variant.directoryVariant.
-				       children);
-			break;
-		case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_SYMLINK:
-		case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_HARDLINK:
-		case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_SPECIAL:
-			/* No action required */
-			break;
-		case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_UNKNOWN:
-			/* todo this should not happen */
-			break;
-		}
+	if (directory == obj->my_dev->unlinked_dir
+	    || directory == obj->my_dev->del_dir) {
+		obj->unlinked = 1;
+		obj->my_dev->n_unlinked_files++;
+		obj->rename_allowed = 0;
 	}
 
-	return theObject;
+	yaffs_verify_dir(directory);
+	yaffs_verify_obj_in_dir(obj);
 }
 
-static yaffs_Object *yaffs_FindOrCreateObjectByNumber(yaffs_Device * dev,
-						      int number,
-						      yaffs_ObjectType type)
+static int yaffs_change_obj_name(struct yaffs_obj *obj,
+				 struct yaffs_obj *new_dir,
+				 const YCHAR *new_name, int force, int shadows)
 {
-	yaffs_Object *theObject = NULL;
+	int unlink_op;
+	int del_op;
+	struct yaffs_obj *existing_target;
 
-	if (number > 0) {
-		theObject = yaffs_FindObjectByNumber(dev, number);
-	}
+	if (new_dir == NULL)
+		new_dir = obj->parent;	/* use the old directory */
 
-	if (!theObject) {
-		theObject = yaffs_CreateNewObject(dev, number, type);
+	if (new_dir->variant_type != YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_DIRECTORY) {
+		yaffs_trace(YAFFS_TRACE_ALWAYS,
+			"tragedy: yaffs_change_obj_name: new_dir is not a directory"
+			);
+		BUG();
 	}
 
-	return theObject;
+	unlink_op = (new_dir == obj->my_dev->unlinked_dir);
+	del_op = (new_dir == obj->my_dev->del_dir);
 
-}
+	existing_target = yaffs_find_by_name(new_dir, new_name);
 
+	/* If the object is a file going into the unlinked directory,
+	 *   then it is OK to just stuff it in since duplicate names are OK.
+	 *   else only proceed if the new name does not exist and we're putting
+	 *   it into a directory.
+	 */
+	if (!(unlink_op || del_op || force ||
+	      shadows > 0 || !existing_target) ||
+	      new_dir->variant_type != YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_DIRECTORY)
+		return YAFFS_FAIL;
 
-static YCHAR *yaffs_CloneString(const YCHAR * str)
-{
-	YCHAR *newStr = NULL;
+	yaffs_set_obj_name(obj, new_name);
+	obj->dirty = 1;
+	yaffs_add_obj_to_dir(new_dir, obj);
 
-	if (str && *str) {
-		newStr = YMALLOC((yaffs_strlen(str) + 1) * sizeof(YCHAR));
-		if(newStr)
-			yaffs_strcpy(newStr, str);
-	}
+	if (unlink_op)
+		obj->unlinked = 1;
 
-	return newStr;
+	/* If it is a deletion then we mark it as a shrink for gc  */
+	if (yaffs_update_oh(obj, new_name, 0, del_op, shadows, NULL) >= 0)
+		return YAFFS_OK;
 
+	return YAFFS_FAIL;
 }
 
-/*
- * Mknod (create) a new object.
- * equivalentObject only has meaning for a hard link;
- * aliasString only has meaning for a sumlink.
- * rdev only has meaning for devices (a subset of special objects)
+/*------------------------ Short Operations Cache ------------------------------
+ *   In many situations where there is no high level buffering  a lot of
+ *   reads might be short sequential reads, and a lot of writes may be short
+ *   sequential writes. eg. scanning/writing a jpeg file.
+ *   In these cases, a short read/write cache can provide a huge perfomance
+ *   benefit with dumb-as-a-rock code.
+ *   In Linux, the page cache provides read buffering and the short op cache
+ *   provides write buffering.
+ *
+ *   There are a small number (~10) of cache chunks per device so that we don't
+ *   need a very intelligent search.
  */
 
-static yaffs_Object *yaffs_MknodObject(yaffs_ObjectType type,
-				       yaffs_Object * parent,
-				       const YCHAR * name,
-				       __u32 mode,
-				       __u32 uid,
-				       __u32 gid,
-				       yaffs_Object * equivalentObject,
-				       const YCHAR * aliasString, __u32 rdev)
+static int yaffs_obj_cache_dirty(struct yaffs_obj *obj)
 {
-	yaffs_Object *in;
-	YCHAR *str = NULL;
-
-	yaffs_Device *dev = parent->myDev;
-
-	/* Check if the entry exists. If it does then fail the call since we don't want a dup.*/
-	if (yaffs_FindObjectByName(parent, name)) {
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	in = yaffs_CreateNewObject(dev, -1, type);
+	struct yaffs_dev *dev = obj->my_dev;
+	int i;
+	struct yaffs_cache *cache;
+	int n_caches = obj->my_dev->param.n_caches;
 
-	if(type == YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_SYMLINK){
-		str = yaffs_CloneString(aliasString);
-		if(!str){
-			yaffs_FreeObject(in);
-			return NULL;
-		}
+	for (i = 0; i < n_caches; i++) {
+		cache = &dev->cache[i];
+		if (cache->object == obj && cache->dirty)
+			return 1;
 	}
 
+	return 0;
+}
 
+static void yaffs_flush_file_cache(struct yaffs_obj *obj)
+{
+	struct yaffs_dev *dev = obj->my_dev;
+	int lowest = -99;	/* Stop compiler whining. */
+	int i;
+	struct yaffs_cache *cache;
+	int chunk_written = 0;
+	int n_caches = obj->my_dev->param.n_caches;
 
-	if (in) {
-		in->chunkId = -1;
-		in->valid = 1;
-		in->variantType = type;
-
-		in->yst_mode = mode;
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_YAFFS_WINCE
-		yfsd_WinFileTimeNow(in->win_atime);
-		in->win_ctime[0] = in->win_mtime[0] = in->win_atime[0];
-		in->win_ctime[1] = in->win_mtime[1] = in->win_atime[1];
-
-#else
-		in->yst_atime = in->yst_mtime = in->yst_ctime = Y_CURRENT_TIME;
-
-		in->yst_rdev = rdev;
-		in->yst_uid = uid;
-		in->yst_gid = gid;
-#endif
-		in->nDataChunks = 0;
-
-		yaffs_SetObjectName(in, name);
-		in->dirty = 1;
-
-		yaffs_AddObjectToDirectory(parent, in);
-
-		in->myDev = parent->myDev;
-
-		switch (type) {
-		case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_SYMLINK:
-			in->variant.symLinkVariant.alias = str;
-			break;
-		case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_HARDLINK:
-			in->variant.hardLinkVariant.equivalentObject =
-			    equivalentObject;
-			in->variant.hardLinkVariant.equivalentObjectId =
-			    equivalentObject->objectId;
-			list_add(&in->hardLinks, &equivalentObject->hardLinks);
-			break;
-		case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_FILE:
-		case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_DIRECTORY:
-		case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_SPECIAL:
-		case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_UNKNOWN:
-			/* do nothing */
-			break;
+	if (n_caches < 1)
+		return;
+	do {
+		cache = NULL;
+
+		/* Find the lowest dirty chunk for this object */
+		for (i = 0; i < n_caches; i++) {
+			if (dev->cache[i].object == obj &&
+			    dev->cache[i].dirty) {
+				if (!cache ||
+				    dev->cache[i].chunk_id < lowest) {
+					cache = &dev->cache[i];
+					lowest = cache->chunk_id;
+				}
+			}
 		}
 
-		if (yaffs_UpdateObjectHeader(in, name, 0, 0, 0) < 0) {
-			/* Could not create the object header, fail the creation */
-			yaffs_DestroyObject(in);
-			in = NULL;
+		if (cache && !cache->locked) {
+			/* Write it out and free it up */
+			chunk_written =
+			    yaffs_wr_data_obj(cache->object,
+					      cache->chunk_id,
+					      cache->data,
+					      cache->n_bytes, 1);
+			cache->dirty = 0;
+			cache->object = NULL;
 		}
+	} while (cache && chunk_written > 0);
 
-	}
-
-	return in;
+	if (cache)
+		/* Hoosterman, disk full while writing cache out. */
+		yaffs_trace(YAFFS_TRACE_ERROR,
+			"yaffs tragedy: no space during cache write");
 }
 
-yaffs_Object *yaffs_MknodFile(yaffs_Object * parent, const YCHAR * name,
-			      __u32 mode, __u32 uid, __u32 gid)
-{
-	return yaffs_MknodObject(YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_FILE, parent, name, mode,
-				 uid, gid, NULL, NULL, 0);
-}
+/*yaffs_flush_whole_cache(dev)
+ *
+ *
+ */
 
-yaffs_Object *yaffs_MknodDirectory(yaffs_Object * parent, const YCHAR * name,
-				   __u32 mode, __u32 uid, __u32 gid)
+void yaffs_flush_whole_cache(struct yaffs_dev *dev)
 {
-	return yaffs_MknodObject(YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_DIRECTORY, parent, name,
-				 mode, uid, gid, NULL, NULL, 0);
-}
+	struct yaffs_obj *obj;
+	int n_caches = dev->param.n_caches;
+	int i;
 
-yaffs_Object *yaffs_MknodSpecial(yaffs_Object * parent, const YCHAR * name,
-				 __u32 mode, __u32 uid, __u32 gid, __u32 rdev)
-{
-	return yaffs_MknodObject(YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_SPECIAL, parent, name, mode,
-				 uid, gid, NULL, NULL, rdev);
-}
+	/* Find a dirty object in the cache and flush it...
+	 * until there are no further dirty objects.
+	 */
+	do {
+		obj = NULL;
+		for (i = 0; i < n_caches && !obj; i++) {
+			if (dev->cache[i].object && dev->cache[i].dirty)
+				obj = dev->cache[i].object;
+		}
+		if (obj)
+			yaffs_flush_file_cache(obj);
+	} while (obj);
 
-yaffs_Object *yaffs_MknodSymLink(yaffs_Object * parent, const YCHAR * name,
-				 __u32 mode, __u32 uid, __u32 gid,
-				 const YCHAR * alias)
-{
-	return yaffs_MknodObject(YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_SYMLINK, parent, name, mode,
-				 uid, gid, NULL, alias, 0);
 }
 
-/* yaffs_Link returns the object id of the equivalent object.*/
-yaffs_Object *yaffs_Link(yaffs_Object * parent, const YCHAR * name,
-			 yaffs_Object * equivalentObject)
+/* Grab us a cache chunk for use.
+ * First look for an empty one.
+ * Then look for the least recently used non-dirty one.
+ * Then look for the least recently used dirty one...., flush and look again.
+ */
+static struct yaffs_cache *yaffs_grab_chunk_worker(struct yaffs_dev *dev)
 {
-	/* Get the real object in case we were fed a hard link as an equivalent object */
-	equivalentObject = yaffs_GetEquivalentObject(equivalentObject);
+	int i;
 
-	if (yaffs_MknodObject
-	    (YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_HARDLINK, parent, name, 0, 0, 0,
-	     equivalentObject, NULL, 0)) {
-		return equivalentObject;
-	} else {
-		return NULL;
+	if (dev->param.n_caches > 0) {
+		for (i = 0; i < dev->param.n_caches; i++) {
+			if (!dev->cache[i].object)
+				return &dev->cache[i];
+		}
 	}
-
+	return NULL;
 }
 
-static int yaffs_ChangeObjectName(yaffs_Object * obj, yaffs_Object * newDir,
-				  const YCHAR * newName, int force, int shadows)
+static struct yaffs_cache *yaffs_grab_chunk_cache(struct yaffs_dev *dev)
 {
-	int unlinkOp;
-	int deleteOp;
-
-	yaffs_Object *existingTarget;
-
-	if (newDir == NULL) {
-		newDir = obj->parent;	/* use the old directory */
-	}
-
-	if (newDir->variantType != YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_DIRECTORY) {
-		T(YAFFS_TRACE_ALWAYS,
-		  (TSTR
-		   ("tragendy: yaffs_ChangeObjectName: newDir is not a directory"
-		    TENDSTR)));
-		YBUG();
-	}
-
-	/* TODO: Do we need this different handling for YAFFS2 and YAFFS1?? */
-	if (obj->myDev->isYaffs2) {
-		unlinkOp = (newDir == obj->myDev->unlinkedDir);
-	} else {
-		unlinkOp = (newDir == obj->myDev->unlinkedDir
-			    && obj->variantType == YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_FILE);
-	}
+	struct yaffs_cache *cache;
+	struct yaffs_obj *the_obj;
+	int usage;
+	int i;
+	int pushout;
 
-	deleteOp = (newDir == obj->myDev->deletedDir);
+	if (dev->param.n_caches < 1)
+		return NULL;
 
-	existingTarget = yaffs_FindObjectByName(newDir, newName);
+	/* Try find a non-dirty one... */
 
-	/* If the object is a file going into the unlinked directory,
-	 *   then it is OK to just stuff it in since duplicate names are allowed.
-	 *   else only proceed if the new name does not exist and if we're putting
-	 *   it into a directory.
-	 */
-	if ((unlinkOp ||
-	     deleteOp ||
-	     force ||
-	     (shadows > 0) ||
-	     !existingTarget) &&
-	    newDir->variantType == YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_DIRECTORY) {
-		yaffs_SetObjectName(obj, newName);
-		obj->dirty = 1;
+	cache = yaffs_grab_chunk_worker(dev);
 
-		yaffs_AddObjectToDirectory(newDir, obj);
+	if (!cache) {
+		/* They were all dirty, find the LRU object and flush
+		 * its cache, then  find again.
+		 * NB what's here is not very accurate,
+		 * we actually flush the object with the LRU chunk.
+		 */
 
-		if (unlinkOp)
-			obj->unlinked = 1;
+		/* With locking we can't assume we can use entry zero,
+		 * Set the_obj to a valid pointer for Coverity. */
+		the_obj = dev->cache[0].object;
+		usage = -1;
+		cache = NULL;
+		pushout = -1;
+
+		for (i = 0; i < dev->param.n_caches; i++) {
+			if (dev->cache[i].object &&
+			    !dev->cache[i].locked &&
+			    (dev->cache[i].last_use < usage ||
+			    !cache)) {
+				usage = dev->cache[i].last_use;
+				the_obj = dev->cache[i].object;
+				cache = &dev->cache[i];
+				pushout = i;
+			}
+		}
 
-		/* If it is a deletion then we mark it as a shrink for gc purposes. */
-		if (yaffs_UpdateObjectHeader(obj, newName, 0, deleteOp, shadows)>= 0)
-			return YAFFS_OK;
+		if (!cache || cache->dirty) {
+			/* Flush and try again */
+			yaffs_flush_file_cache(the_obj);
+			cache = yaffs_grab_chunk_worker(dev);
+		}
 	}
-
-	return YAFFS_FAIL;
+	return cache;
 }
 
-int yaffs_RenameObject(yaffs_Object * oldDir, const YCHAR * oldName,
-		       yaffs_Object * newDir, const YCHAR * newName)
+/* Find a cached chunk */
+static struct yaffs_cache *yaffs_find_chunk_cache(const struct yaffs_obj *obj,
+						  int chunk_id)
 {
-	yaffs_Object *obj;
-	yaffs_Object *existingTarget;
-	int force = 0;
+	struct yaffs_dev *dev = obj->my_dev;
+	int i;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_YAFFS_CASE_INSENSITIVE
-	/* Special case for case insemsitive systems (eg. WinCE).
-	 * While look-up is case insensitive, the name isn't.
-	 * Therefore we might want to change x.txt to X.txt
-	*/
-	if (oldDir == newDir && yaffs_strcmp(oldName, newName) == 0) {
-		force = 1;
-	}
-#endif
+	if (dev->param.n_caches < 1)
+		return NULL;
 
-	obj = yaffs_FindObjectByName(oldDir, oldName);
-	/* Check new name to long. */
-	if (obj->variantType == YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_SYMLINK &&
-	    yaffs_strlen(newName) > YAFFS_MAX_ALIAS_LENGTH)
-	  /* ENAMETOOLONG */
-	  return YAFFS_FAIL;
-	else if (obj->variantType != YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_SYMLINK &&
-		 yaffs_strlen(newName) > YAFFS_MAX_NAME_LENGTH)
-	  /* ENAMETOOLONG */
-	  return YAFFS_FAIL;
-
-	if (obj && obj->renameAllowed) {
-
-		/* Now do the handling for an existing target, if there is one */
-
-		existingTarget = yaffs_FindObjectByName(newDir, newName);
-		if (existingTarget &&
-		    existingTarget->variantType == YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_DIRECTORY &&
-		    !list_empty(&existingTarget->variant.directoryVariant.children)) {
-			/* There is a target that is a non-empty directory, so we fail */
-			return YAFFS_FAIL;	/* EEXIST or ENOTEMPTY */
-		} else if (existingTarget && existingTarget != obj) {
-			/* Nuke the target first, using shadowing,
-			 * but only if it isn't the same object
-			 */
-			yaffs_ChangeObjectName(obj, newDir, newName, force,
-					       existingTarget->objectId);
-			yaffs_UnlinkObject(existingTarget);
-		}
+	for (i = 0; i < dev->param.n_caches; i++) {
+		if (dev->cache[i].object == obj &&
+		    dev->cache[i].chunk_id == chunk_id) {
+			dev->cache_hits++;
 
-		return yaffs_ChangeObjectName(obj, newDir, newName, 1, 0);
+			return &dev->cache[i];
+		}
 	}
-	return YAFFS_FAIL;
+	return NULL;
 }
 
-/*------------------------- Block Management and Page Allocation ----------------*/
-
-static int yaffs_InitialiseBlocks(yaffs_Device * dev)
+/* Mark the chunk for the least recently used algorithym */
+static void yaffs_use_cache(struct yaffs_dev *dev, struct yaffs_cache *cache,
+			    int is_write)
 {
-	int nBlocks = dev->internalEndBlock - dev->internalStartBlock + 1;
-
-	dev->blockInfo = NULL;
-	dev->chunkBits = NULL;
-
-	dev->allocationBlock = -1;	/* force it to get a new one */
+	int i;
 
-	/* If the first allocation strategy fails, thry the alternate one */
-	dev->blockInfo = YMALLOC(nBlocks * sizeof(yaffs_BlockInfo));
-	if(!dev->blockInfo){
-		dev->blockInfo = YMALLOC_ALT(nBlocks * sizeof(yaffs_BlockInfo));
-		dev->blockInfoAlt = 1;
-	}
-	else
-		dev->blockInfoAlt = 0;
+	if (dev->param.n_caches < 1)
+		return;
 
-	if(dev->blockInfo){
+	if (dev->cache_last_use < 0 ||
+		dev->cache_last_use > 100000000) {
+		/* Reset the cache usages */
+		for (i = 1; i < dev->param.n_caches; i++)
+			dev->cache[i].last_use = 0;
 
-		/* Set up dynamic blockinfo stuff. */
-		dev->chunkBitmapStride = (dev->nChunksPerBlock + 7) / 8; /* round up bytes */
-		dev->chunkBits = YMALLOC(dev->chunkBitmapStride * nBlocks);
-		if(!dev->chunkBits){
-			dev->chunkBits = YMALLOC_ALT(dev->chunkBitmapStride * nBlocks);
-			dev->chunkBitsAlt = 1;
-		}
-		else
-			dev->chunkBitsAlt = 0;
+		dev->cache_last_use = 0;
 	}
+	dev->cache_last_use++;
+	cache->last_use = dev->cache_last_use;
 
-	if (dev->blockInfo && dev->chunkBits) {
-		memset(dev->blockInfo, 0, nBlocks * sizeof(yaffs_BlockInfo));
-		memset(dev->chunkBits, 0, dev->chunkBitmapStride * nBlocks);
-		return YAFFS_OK;
-	}
-
-	return YAFFS_FAIL;
-
+	if (is_write)
+		cache->dirty = 1;
 }
 
-static void yaffs_DeinitialiseBlocks(yaffs_Device * dev)
+/* Invalidate a single cache page.
+ * Do this when a whole page gets written,
+ * ie the short cache for this page is no longer valid.
+ */
+static void yaffs_invalidate_chunk_cache(struct yaffs_obj *object, int chunk_id)
 {
-	if(dev->blockInfoAlt && dev->blockInfo)
-		YFREE_ALT(dev->blockInfo);
-	else if(dev->blockInfo)
-		YFREE(dev->blockInfo);
+	struct yaffs_cache *cache;
 
-	dev->blockInfoAlt = 0;
+	if (object->my_dev->param.n_caches > 0) {
+		cache = yaffs_find_chunk_cache(object, chunk_id);
 
-	dev->blockInfo = NULL;
-
-	if(dev->chunkBitsAlt && dev->chunkBits)
-		YFREE_ALT(dev->chunkBits);
-	else if(dev->chunkBits)
-		YFREE(dev->chunkBits);
-	dev->chunkBitsAlt = 0;
-	dev->chunkBits = NULL;
+		if (cache)
+			cache->object = NULL;
+	}
 }
 
-static int yaffs_BlockNotDisqualifiedFromGC(yaffs_Device * dev,
-					    yaffs_BlockInfo * bi)
+/* Invalidate all the cache pages associated with this object
+ * Do this whenever ther file is deleted or resized.
+ */
+static void yaffs_invalidate_whole_cache(struct yaffs_obj *in)
 {
 	int i;
-	__u32 seq;
-	yaffs_BlockInfo *b;
-
-	if (!dev->isYaffs2)
-		return 1;	/* disqualification only applies to yaffs2. */
+	struct yaffs_dev *dev = in->my_dev;
 
-	if (!bi->hasShrinkHeader)
-		return 1;	/* can gc */
-
-	/* Find the oldest dirty sequence number if we don't know it and save it
-	 * so we don't have to keep recomputing it.
-	 */
-	if (!dev->oldestDirtySequence) {
-		seq = dev->sequenceNumber;
-
-		for (i = dev->internalStartBlock; i <= dev->internalEndBlock;
-		     i++) {
-			b = yaffs_GetBlockInfo(dev, i);
-			if (b->blockState == YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_FULL &&
-			    (b->pagesInUse - b->softDeletions) <
-			    dev->nChunksPerBlock && b->sequenceNumber < seq) {
-				seq = b->sequenceNumber;
-			}
+	if (dev->param.n_caches > 0) {
+		/* Invalidate it. */
+		for (i = 0; i < dev->param.n_caches; i++) {
+			if (dev->cache[i].object == in)
+				dev->cache[i].object = NULL;
 		}
-		dev->oldestDirtySequence = seq;
 	}
-
-	/* Can't do gc of this block if there are any blocks older than this one that have
-	 * discarded pages.
-	 */
-	return (bi->sequenceNumber <= dev->oldestDirtySequence);
-
 }
 
-/* FindDiretiestBlock is used to select the dirtiest block (or close enough)
- * for garbage collection.
- */
-
-static int yaffs_FindBlockForGarbageCollection(yaffs_Device * dev,
-					       int aggressive)
+static void yaffs_unhash_obj(struct yaffs_obj *obj)
 {
+	int bucket;
+	struct yaffs_dev *dev = obj->my_dev;
 
-	int b = dev->currentDirtyChecker;
-
-	int i;
-	int iterations;
-	int dirtiest = -1;
-	int pagesInUse = 0;
-	int prioritised=0;
-	yaffs_BlockInfo *bi;
-	int pendingPrioritisedExist = 0;
-
-	/* First let's see if we need to grab a prioritised block */
-	if(dev->hasPendingPrioritisedGCs){
-		for(i = dev->internalStartBlock; i < dev->internalEndBlock && !prioritised; i++){
-
-			bi = yaffs_GetBlockInfo(dev, i);
-			//yaffs_VerifyBlock(dev,bi,i);
-
-			if(bi->gcPrioritise) {
-				pendingPrioritisedExist = 1;
-				if(bi->blockState == YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_FULL &&
-				   yaffs_BlockNotDisqualifiedFromGC(dev, bi)){
-					pagesInUse = (bi->pagesInUse - bi->softDeletions);
-					dirtiest = i;
-					prioritised = 1;
-					aggressive = 1; /* Fool the non-aggressive skip logiv below */
-				}
-			}
-		}
-
-		if(!pendingPrioritisedExist) /* None found, so we can clear this */
-			dev->hasPendingPrioritisedGCs = 0;
+	/* If it is still linked into the bucket list, free from the list */
+	if (!list_empty(&obj->hash_link)) {
+		list_del_init(&obj->hash_link);
+		bucket = yaffs_hash_fn(obj->obj_id);
+		dev->obj_bucket[bucket].count--;
 	}
+}
 
-	/* If we're doing aggressive GC then we are happy to take a less-dirty block, and
-	 * search harder.
-	 * else (we're doing a leasurely gc), then we only bother to do this if the
-	 * block has only a few pages in use.
-	 */
-
-	dev->nonAggressiveSkip--;
+/*  FreeObject frees up a Object and puts it back on the free list */
+static void yaffs_free_obj(struct yaffs_obj *obj)
+{
+	struct yaffs_dev *dev;
 
-	if (!aggressive && (dev->nonAggressiveSkip > 0)) {
-		return -1;
+	if (!obj) {
+		BUG();
+		return;
 	}
+	dev = obj->my_dev;
+	yaffs_trace(YAFFS_TRACE_OS, "FreeObject %p inode %p",
+		obj, obj->my_inode);
+	if (obj->parent)
+		BUG();
+	if (!list_empty(&obj->siblings))
+		BUG();
 
-	if(!prioritised)
-		pagesInUse =
-			(aggressive) ? dev->nChunksPerBlock : YAFFS_PASSIVE_GC_CHUNKS + 1;
-
-	if (aggressive) {
-		iterations =
-		    dev->internalEndBlock - dev->internalStartBlock + 1;
-	} else {
-		iterations =
-		    dev->internalEndBlock - dev->internalStartBlock + 1;
-		iterations = iterations / 16;
-		if (iterations > 200) {
-			iterations = 200;
-		}
+	if (obj->my_inode) {
+		/* We're still hooked up to a cached inode.
+		 * Don't delete now, but mark for later deletion
+		 */
+		obj->defered_free = 1;
+		return;
 	}
 
-	for (i = 0; i <= iterations && pagesInUse > 0 && !prioritised; i++) {
-		b++;
-		if (b < dev->internalStartBlock || b > dev->internalEndBlock) {
-			b = dev->internalStartBlock;
-		}
+	yaffs_unhash_obj(obj);
 
-		if (b < dev->internalStartBlock || b > dev->internalEndBlock) {
-			T(YAFFS_TRACE_ERROR,
-			  (TSTR("**>> Block %d is not valid" TENDSTR), b));
-			YBUG();
-		}
+	yaffs_free_raw_obj(dev, obj);
+	dev->n_obj--;
+	dev->checkpoint_blocks_required = 0;	/* force recalculation */
+}
 
-		bi = yaffs_GetBlockInfo(dev, b);
+void yaffs_handle_defered_free(struct yaffs_obj *obj)
+{
+	if (obj->defered_free)
+		yaffs_free_obj(obj);
+}
 
-#if 0
-		if (bi->blockState == YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_CHECKPOINT) {
-			dirtiest = b;
-			pagesInUse = 0;
-		}
-		else
-#endif
+static int yaffs_generic_obj_del(struct yaffs_obj *in)
+{
+	/* Iinvalidate the file's data in the cache, without flushing. */
+	yaffs_invalidate_whole_cache(in);
 
-		if (bi->blockState == YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_FULL &&
-		       (bi->pagesInUse - bi->softDeletions) < pagesInUse &&
-			yaffs_BlockNotDisqualifiedFromGC(dev, bi)) {
-			dirtiest = b;
-			pagesInUse = (bi->pagesInUse - bi->softDeletions);
-		}
+	if (in->my_dev->param.is_yaffs2 && in->parent != in->my_dev->del_dir) {
+		/* Move to unlinked directory so we have a deletion record */
+		yaffs_change_obj_name(in, in->my_dev->del_dir, _Y("deleted"), 0,
+				      0);
 	}
 
-	dev->currentDirtyChecker = b;
+	yaffs_remove_obj_from_dir(in);
+	yaffs_chunk_del(in->my_dev, in->hdr_chunk, 1, __LINE__);
+	in->hdr_chunk = 0;
 
-	if (dirtiest > 0) {
-		T(YAFFS_TRACE_GC,
-		  (TSTR("GC Selected block %d with %d free, prioritised:%d" TENDSTR), dirtiest,
-		   dev->nChunksPerBlock - pagesInUse,prioritised));
-	}
+	yaffs_free_obj(in);
+	return YAFFS_OK;
 
-	dev->oldestDirtySequence = 0;
+}
 
-	if (dirtiest > 0) {
-		dev->nonAggressiveSkip = 4;
-	}
+static void yaffs_soft_del_file(struct yaffs_obj *obj)
+{
+	if (!obj->deleted ||
+	    obj->variant_type != YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_FILE ||
+	    obj->soft_del)
+		return;
 
-	return dirtiest;
+	if (obj->n_data_chunks <= 0) {
+		/* Empty file with no duplicate object headers,
+		 * just delete it immediately */
+		yaffs_free_tnode(obj->my_dev, obj->variant.file_variant.top);
+		obj->variant.file_variant.top = NULL;
+		yaffs_trace(YAFFS_TRACE_TRACING,
+			"yaffs: Deleting empty file %d",
+			obj->obj_id);
+		yaffs_generic_obj_del(obj);
+	} else {
+		yaffs_soft_del_worker(obj,
+				      obj->variant.file_variant.top,
+				      obj->variant.
+				      file_variant.top_level, 0);
+		obj->soft_del = 1;
+	}
 }
 
-static void yaffs_BlockBecameDirty(yaffs_Device * dev, int blockNo)
+/* Pruning removes any part of the file structure tree that is beyond the
+ * bounds of the file (ie that does not point to chunks).
+ *
+ * A file should only get pruned when its size is reduced.
+ *
+ * Before pruning, the chunks must be pulled from the tree and the
+ * 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 struct yaffs_tnode *yaffs_prune_worker(struct yaffs_dev *dev,
+					      struct yaffs_tnode *tn, u32 level,
+					      int del0)
 {
-	yaffs_BlockInfo *bi = yaffs_GetBlockInfo(dev, blockNo);
+	int i;
+	int has_data;
 
-	int erasedOk = 0;
+	if (!tn)
+		return tn;
 
-	/* If the block is still healthy erase it and mark as clean.
-	 * If the block has had a data failure, then retire it.
-	 */
-
-	T(YAFFS_TRACE_GC | YAFFS_TRACE_ERASE,
-		(TSTR("yaffs_BlockBecameDirty block %d state %d %s"TENDSTR),
-		blockNo, bi->blockState, (bi->needsRetiring) ? "needs retiring" : ""));
+	has_data = 0;
 
-	bi->blockState = YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_DIRTY;
+	if (level > 0) {
+		for (i = 0; i < YAFFS_NTNODES_INTERNAL; i++) {
+			if (tn->internal[i]) {
+				tn->internal[i] =
+				    yaffs_prune_worker(dev,
+						tn->internal[i],
+						level - 1,
+						(i == 0) ? del0 : 1);
+			}
 
-	if (!bi->needsRetiring) {
-		yaffs_InvalidateCheckpoint(dev);
-		erasedOk = yaffs_EraseBlockInNAND(dev, blockNo);
-		if (!erasedOk) {
-			dev->nErasureFailures++;
-			T(YAFFS_TRACE_ERROR | YAFFS_TRACE_BAD_BLOCKS,
-			  (TSTR("**>> Erasure failed %d" TENDSTR), blockNo));
+			if (tn->internal[i])
+				has_data++;
 		}
-	}
+	} else {
+		int tnode_size_u32 = dev->tnode_size / sizeof(u32);
+		u32 *map = (u32 *) tn;
 
-	if (erasedOk &&
-	    ((yaffs_traceMask & YAFFS_TRACE_ERASE) || !yaffs_SkipVerification(dev))) {
-		int i;
-		for (i = 0; i < dev->nChunksPerBlock; i++) {
-			if (!yaffs_CheckChunkErased
-			    (dev, blockNo * dev->nChunksPerBlock + i)) {
-				T(YAFFS_TRACE_ERROR,
-				  (TSTR
-				   (">>Block %d erasure supposedly OK, but chunk %d not erased"
-				    TENDSTR), blockNo, i));
-			}
+		for (i = 0; !has_data && i < tnode_size_u32; i++) {
+			if (map[i])
+				has_data++;
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (erasedOk) {
-		/* Clean it up... */
-		bi->blockState = YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_EMPTY;
-		dev->nErasedBlocks++;
-		bi->pagesInUse = 0;
-		bi->softDeletions = 0;
-		bi->hasShrinkHeader = 0;
-		bi->skipErasedCheck = 1;  /* This is clean, so no need to check */
-		bi->gcPrioritise = 0;
-		yaffs_ClearChunkBits(dev, blockNo);
-
-		T(YAFFS_TRACE_ERASE,
-		  (TSTR("Erased block %d" TENDSTR), blockNo));
-	} else {
-		dev->nFreeChunks -= dev->nChunksPerBlock;	/* We lost a block of free space */
-
-		yaffs_RetireBlock(dev, blockNo);
-		T(YAFFS_TRACE_ERROR | YAFFS_TRACE_BAD_BLOCKS,
-		  (TSTR("**>> Block %d retired" TENDSTR), blockNo));
+	if (has_data == 0 && del0) {
+		/* Free and return NULL */
+		yaffs_free_tnode(dev, tn);
+		tn = NULL;
 	}
+	return tn;
 }
 
-static int yaffs_FindBlockForAllocation(yaffs_Device * dev)
+static int yaffs_prune_tree(struct yaffs_dev *dev,
+			    struct yaffs_file_var *file_struct)
 {
 	int i;
+	int has_data;
+	int done = 0;
+	struct yaffs_tnode *tn;
 
-	yaffs_BlockInfo *bi;
+	if (file_struct->top_level < 1)
+		return YAFFS_OK;
 
-	if (dev->nErasedBlocks < 1) {
-		/* Hoosterman we've got a problem.
-		 * Can't get space to gc
-		 */
-		T(YAFFS_TRACE_ERROR,
-		  (TSTR("yaffs tragedy: no more eraased blocks" TENDSTR)));
+	file_struct->top =
+	   yaffs_prune_worker(dev, file_struct->top, file_struct->top_level, 0);
 
-		return -1;
-	}
+	/* Now we have a tree with all the non-zero branches NULL but
+	 * the height is the same as it was.
+	 * Let's see if we can trim internal tnodes to shorten the tree.
+	 * We can do this if only the 0th element in the tnode is in use
+	 * (ie all the non-zero are NULL)
+	 */
 
-	/* Find an empty block. */
+	while (file_struct->top_level && !done) {
+		tn = file_struct->top;
 
-	for (i = dev->internalStartBlock; i <= dev->internalEndBlock; i++) {
-		dev->allocationBlockFinder++;
-		if (dev->allocationBlockFinder < dev->internalStartBlock
-		    || dev->allocationBlockFinder > dev->internalEndBlock) {
-			dev->allocationBlockFinder = dev->internalStartBlock;
+		has_data = 0;
+		for (i = 1; i < YAFFS_NTNODES_INTERNAL; i++) {
+			if (tn->internal[i])
+				has_data++;
 		}
 
-		bi = yaffs_GetBlockInfo(dev, dev->allocationBlockFinder);
-
-		if (bi->blockState == YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_EMPTY) {
-			bi->blockState = YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_ALLOCATING;
-			dev->sequenceNumber++;
-			bi->sequenceNumber = dev->sequenceNumber;
-			dev->nErasedBlocks--;
-			T(YAFFS_TRACE_ALLOCATE,
-			  (TSTR("Allocated block %d, seq  %d, %d left" TENDSTR),
-			   dev->allocationBlockFinder, dev->sequenceNumber,
-			   dev->nErasedBlocks));
-			return dev->allocationBlockFinder;
+		if (!has_data) {
+			file_struct->top = tn->internal[0];
+			file_struct->top_level--;
+			yaffs_free_tnode(dev, tn);
+		} else {
+			done = 1;
 		}
 	}
 
-	T(YAFFS_TRACE_ALWAYS,
-	  (TSTR
-	   ("yaffs tragedy: no more eraased blocks, but there should have been %d"
-	    TENDSTR), dev->nErasedBlocks));
-
-	return -1;
+	return YAFFS_OK;
 }
 
+/*-------------------- End of File Structure functions.-------------------*/
 
-// Check if there's space to allocate...
-// Thinks.... do we need top make this ths same as yaffs_GetFreeChunks()?
-static int yaffs_CheckSpaceForAllocation(yaffs_Device * dev)
+/* alloc_empty_obj gets us a clean Object.*/
+static struct yaffs_obj *yaffs_alloc_empty_obj(struct yaffs_dev *dev)
 {
-	int reservedChunks;
-	int reservedBlocks = dev->nReservedBlocks;
-	int checkpointBlocks;
+	struct yaffs_obj *obj = yaffs_alloc_raw_obj(dev);
 
-	checkpointBlocks =  dev->nCheckpointReservedBlocks - dev->blocksInCheckpoint;
-	if(checkpointBlocks < 0)
-		checkpointBlocks = 0;
+	if (!obj)
+		return obj;
 
-	reservedChunks = ((reservedBlocks + checkpointBlocks) * dev->nChunksPerBlock);
+	dev->n_obj++;
 
-	return (dev->nFreeChunks > reservedChunks);
-}
+	/* Now sweeten it up... */
 
-static int yaffs_AllocateChunk(yaffs_Device * dev, int useReserve, yaffs_BlockInfo **blockUsedPtr)
-{
-	int retVal;
-	yaffs_BlockInfo *bi;
+	memset(obj, 0, sizeof(struct yaffs_obj));
+	obj->being_created = 1;
 
-	if (dev->allocationBlock < 0) {
-		/* Get next block to allocate off */
-		dev->allocationBlock = yaffs_FindBlockForAllocation(dev);
-		dev->allocationPage = 0;
-	}
+	obj->my_dev = dev;
+	obj->hdr_chunk = 0;
+	obj->variant_type = YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_UNKNOWN;
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&(obj->hard_links));
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&(obj->hash_link));
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&obj->siblings);
 
-	if (!useReserve && !yaffs_CheckSpaceForAllocation(dev)) {
-		/* Not enough space to allocate unless we're allowed to use the reserve. */
-		return -1;
+	/* Now make the directory sane */
+	if (dev->root_dir) {
+		obj->parent = dev->root_dir;
+		list_add(&(obj->siblings),
+			 &dev->root_dir->variant.dir_variant.children);
 	}
 
-	if (dev->nErasedBlocks < dev->nReservedBlocks
-	    && dev->allocationPage == 0) {
-		T(YAFFS_TRACE_ALLOCATE, (TSTR("Allocating reserve" TENDSTR)));
-	}
-
-	/* Next page please.... */
-	if (dev->allocationBlock >= 0) {
-		bi = yaffs_GetBlockInfo(dev, dev->allocationBlock);
-
-		retVal = (dev->allocationBlock * dev->nChunksPerBlock) +
-		    dev->allocationPage;
-		bi->pagesInUse++;
-		yaffs_SetChunkBit(dev, dev->allocationBlock,
-				  dev->allocationPage);
-
-		dev->allocationPage++;
-
-		dev->nFreeChunks--;
-
-		/* If the block is full set the state to full */
-		if (dev->allocationPage >= dev->nChunksPerBlock) {
-			bi->blockState = YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_FULL;
-			dev->allocationBlock = -1;
-		}
-
-		if(blockUsedPtr)
-			*blockUsedPtr = bi;
+	/* Add it to the lost and found directory.
+	 * NB Can't put root or lost-n-found in lost-n-found so
+	 * check if lost-n-found exists first
+	 */
+	if (dev->lost_n_found)
+		yaffs_add_obj_to_dir(dev->lost_n_found, obj);
 
-		return retVal;
-	}
+	obj->being_created = 0;
 
-	T(YAFFS_TRACE_ERROR,
-	  (TSTR("!!!!!!!!! Allocator out !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" TENDSTR)));
+	dev->checkpoint_blocks_required = 0;	/* force recalculation */
 
-	return -1;
+	return obj;
 }
 
-static int yaffs_GetErasedChunks(yaffs_Device * dev)
+static int yaffs_find_nice_bucket(struct yaffs_dev *dev)
 {
-	int n;
+	int i;
+	int l = 999;
+	int lowest = 999999;
 
-	n = dev->nErasedBlocks * dev->nChunksPerBlock;
+	/* Search for the shortest list or one that
+	 * isn't too long.
+	 */
 
-	if (dev->allocationBlock > 0) {
-		n += (dev->nChunksPerBlock - dev->allocationPage);
+	for (i = 0; i < 10 && lowest > 4; i++) {
+		dev->bucket_finder++;
+		dev->bucket_finder %= YAFFS_NOBJECT_BUCKETS;
+		if (dev->obj_bucket[dev->bucket_finder].count < lowest) {
+			lowest = dev->obj_bucket[dev->bucket_finder].count;
+			l = dev->bucket_finder;
+		}
 	}
 
-	return n;
-
+	return l;
 }
 
-static int yaffs_GarbageCollectBlock(yaffs_Device * dev, int block)
+static int yaffs_new_obj_id(struct yaffs_dev *dev)
 {
-	int oldChunk;
-	int newChunk;
-	int chunkInBlock;
-	int markNAND;
-	int retVal = YAFFS_OK;
-	int cleanups = 0;
-	int i;
-	int isCheckpointBlock;
-	int matchingChunk;
-
-	int chunksBefore = yaffs_GetErasedChunks(dev);
-	int chunksAfter;
-
-	yaffs_ExtendedTags tags;
-
-	yaffs_BlockInfo *bi = yaffs_GetBlockInfo(dev, block);
-
-	yaffs_Object *object;
-
-	isCheckpointBlock = (bi->blockState == YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_CHECKPOINT);
-
-	bi->blockState = YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_COLLECTING;
-
-	T(YAFFS_TRACE_TRACING,
-	  (TSTR("Collecting block %d, in use %d, shrink %d, " TENDSTR), block,
-	   bi->pagesInUse, bi->hasShrinkHeader));
-
-	/*yaffs_VerifyFreeChunks(dev); */
-
-	bi->hasShrinkHeader = 0;	/* clear the flag so that the block can erase */
+	int bucket = yaffs_find_nice_bucket(dev);
+	int found = 0;
+	struct list_head *i;
+	u32 n = (u32) bucket;
 
-	/* Take off the number of soft deleted entries because
-	 * they're going to get really deleted during GC.
+	/* Now find an object value that has not already been taken
+	 * by scanning the list.
 	 */
-	dev->nFreeChunks -= bi->softDeletions;
-
-	dev->isDoingGC = 1;
-
-	if (isCheckpointBlock ||
-	    !yaffs_StillSomeChunkBits(dev, block)) {
-		T(YAFFS_TRACE_TRACING,
-		  (TSTR
-		   ("Collecting block %d that has no chunks in use" TENDSTR),
-		   block));
-		yaffs_BlockBecameDirty(dev, block);
-	} else {
-
-		__u8 *buffer = yaffs_GetTempBuffer(dev, __LINE__);
-
-		yaffs_VerifyBlock(dev,bi,block);
-
-		for (chunkInBlock = 0, oldChunk = block * dev->nChunksPerBlock;
-		     chunkInBlock < dev->nChunksPerBlock
-		     && yaffs_StillSomeChunkBits(dev, block);
-		     chunkInBlock++, oldChunk++) {
-			if (yaffs_CheckChunkBit(dev, block, chunkInBlock)) {
-
-				/* This page is in use and might need to be copied off */
 
-				markNAND = 1;
-
-				yaffs_InitialiseTags(&tags);
-
-				yaffs_ReadChunkWithTagsFromNAND(dev, oldChunk,
-								buffer, &tags);
-
-				object =
-				    yaffs_FindObjectByNumber(dev,
-							     tags.objectId);
-
-				T(YAFFS_TRACE_GC_DETAIL,
-				  (TSTR
-				   ("Collecting page %d, %d %d %d " TENDSTR),
-				   chunkInBlock, tags.objectId, tags.chunkId,
-				   tags.byteCount));
-
-				if(object && !yaffs_SkipVerification(dev)){
-					if(tags.chunkId == 0)
-						matchingChunk = object->chunkId;
-					else if(object->softDeleted)
-						matchingChunk = oldChunk; /* Defeat the test */
-					else
-						matchingChunk = yaffs_FindChunkInFile(object,tags.chunkId,NULL);
-
-					if(oldChunk != matchingChunk)
-						T(YAFFS_TRACE_ERROR,
-						  (TSTR("gc: page in gc mismatch: %d %d %d %d"TENDSTR),
-						  oldChunk,matchingChunk,tags.objectId, tags.chunkId));
-
-				}
-
-				if (!object) {
-					T(YAFFS_TRACE_ERROR,
-					  (TSTR
-					   ("page %d in gc has no object: %d %d %d "
-					    TENDSTR), oldChunk,
-					    tags.objectId, tags.chunkId, tags.byteCount));
-				}
-
-				if (object && object->deleted
-				    && tags.chunkId != 0) {
-					/* Data chunk in a deleted file, throw it away
-					 * It's a soft deleted data chunk,
-					 * No need to copy this, just forget about it and
-					 * fix up the object.
-					 */
-
-					object->nDataChunks--;
-
-					if (object->nDataChunks <= 0) {
-						/* remeber to clean up the object */
-						dev->gcCleanupList[cleanups] =
-						    tags.objectId;
-						cleanups++;
-					}
-					markNAND = 0;
-				} else if (0
-					   /* Todo object && object->deleted && object->nDataChunks == 0 */
-					   ) {
-					/* Deleted object header with no data chunks.
-					 * Can be discarded and the file deleted.
-					 */
-					object->chunkId = 0;
-					yaffs_FreeTnode(object->myDev,
-							object->variant.
-							fileVariant.top);
-					object->variant.fileVariant.top = NULL;
-					yaffs_DoGenericObjectDeletion(object);
-
-				} else if (object) {
-					/* It's either a data chunk in a live file or
-					 * an ObjectHeader, so we're interested in it.
-					 * NB Need to keep the ObjectHeaders of deleted files
-					 * until the whole file has been deleted off
-					 */
-					tags.serialNumber++;
-
-					dev->nGCCopies++;
-
-					if (tags.chunkId == 0) {
-						/* It is an object Id,
-						 * We need to nuke the shrinkheader flags first
-						 * We no longer want the shrinkHeader flag since its work is done
-						 * and if it is left in place it will mess up scanning.
-						 * Also, clear out any shadowing stuff
-						 */
-
-						yaffs_ObjectHeader *oh;
-						oh = (yaffs_ObjectHeader *)buffer;
-						oh->isShrink = 0;
-						oh->shadowsObject = -1;
-						tags.extraShadows = 0;
-						tags.extraIsShrinkHeader = 0;
-
-						yaffs_VerifyObjectHeader(object,oh,&tags,1);
-					}
-
-					newChunk =
-					    yaffs_WriteNewChunkWithTagsToNAND(dev, buffer, &tags, 1);
-
-					if (newChunk < 0) {
-						retVal = YAFFS_FAIL;
-					} else {
-
-						/* Ok, now fix up the Tnodes etc. */
-
-						if (tags.chunkId == 0) {
-							/* It's a header */
-							object->chunkId =  newChunk;
-							object->serial =   tags.serialNumber;
-						} else {
-							/* It's a data chunk */
-							yaffs_PutChunkIntoFile
-							    (object,
-							     tags.chunkId,
-							     newChunk, 0);
-						}
-					}
+	while (!found) {
+		found = 1;
+		n += YAFFS_NOBJECT_BUCKETS;
+		if (1 || dev->obj_bucket[bucket].count > 0) {
+			list_for_each(i, &dev->obj_bucket[bucket].list) {
+				/* If there is already one in the list */
+				if (i && list_entry(i, struct yaffs_obj,
+						    hash_link)->obj_id == n) {
+					found = 0;
 				}
-
-				yaffs_DeleteChunk(dev, oldChunk, markNAND, __LINE__);
-
 			}
 		}
+	}
+	return n;
+}
 
-		yaffs_ReleaseTempBuffer(dev, buffer, __LINE__);
+static void yaffs_hash_obj(struct yaffs_obj *in)
+{
+	int bucket = yaffs_hash_fn(in->obj_id);
+	struct yaffs_dev *dev = in->my_dev;
 
+	list_add(&in->hash_link, &dev->obj_bucket[bucket].list);
+	dev->obj_bucket[bucket].count++;
+}
 
-		/* Do any required cleanups */
-		for (i = 0; i < cleanups; i++) {
-			/* Time to delete the file too */
-			object =
-			    yaffs_FindObjectByNumber(dev,
-						     dev->gcCleanupList[i]);
-			if (object) {
-				yaffs_FreeTnode(dev,
-						object->variant.fileVariant.
-						top);
-				object->variant.fileVariant.top = NULL;
-				T(YAFFS_TRACE_GC,
-				  (TSTR
-				   ("yaffs: About to finally delete object %d"
-				    TENDSTR), object->objectId));
-				yaffs_DoGenericObjectDeletion(object);
-				object->myDev->nDeletedFiles--;
-			}
+struct yaffs_obj *yaffs_find_by_number(struct yaffs_dev *dev, u32 number)
+{
+	int bucket = yaffs_hash_fn(number);
+	struct list_head *i;
+	struct yaffs_obj *in;
 
+	list_for_each(i, &dev->obj_bucket[bucket].list) {
+		/* Look if it is in the list */
+		in = list_entry(i, struct yaffs_obj, hash_link);
+		if (in->obj_id == number) {
+			/* Don't show if it is defered free */
+			if (in->defered_free)
+				return NULL;
+			return in;
 		}
-
-	}
-
-	yaffs_VerifyCollectedBlock(dev,bi,block);
-
-	if (chunksBefore >= (chunksAfter = yaffs_GetErasedChunks(dev))) {
-		T(YAFFS_TRACE_GC,
-		  (TSTR
-		   ("gc did not increase free chunks before %d after %d"
-		    TENDSTR), chunksBefore, chunksAfter));
 	}
 
-	dev->isDoingGC = 0;
-
-	return retVal;
+	return NULL;
 }
 
-/* New garbage collector
- * If we're very low on erased blocks then we do aggressive garbage collection
- * otherwise we do "leasurely" garbage collection.
- * Aggressive gc looks further (whole array) and will accept less dirty blocks.
- * Passive gc only inspects smaller areas and will only accept more dirty blocks.
- *
- * The idea is to help clear out space in a more spread-out manner.
- * Dunno if it really does anything useful.
- */
-static int yaffs_CheckGarbageCollection(yaffs_Device * dev)
+struct yaffs_obj *yaffs_new_obj(struct yaffs_dev *dev, int number,
+				enum yaffs_obj_type type)
 {
-	int block;
-	int aggressive;
-	int gcOk = YAFFS_OK;
-	int maxTries = 0;
+	struct yaffs_obj *the_obj = NULL;
+	struct yaffs_tnode *tn = NULL;
 
-	int checkpointBlockAdjust;
+	if (number < 0)
+		number = yaffs_new_obj_id(dev);
 
-	if (dev->isDoingGC) {
-		/* Bail out so we don't get recursive gc */
-		return YAFFS_OK;
+	if (type == YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_FILE) {
+		tn = yaffs_get_tnode(dev);
+		if (!tn)
+			return NULL;
 	}
 
-	/* This loop should pass the first time.
-	 * We'll only see looping here if the erase of the collected block fails.
-	 */
-
-	do {
-		maxTries++;
+	the_obj = yaffs_alloc_empty_obj(dev);
+	if (!the_obj) {
+		if (tn)
+			yaffs_free_tnode(dev, tn);
+		return NULL;
+	}
 
-		checkpointBlockAdjust = (dev->nCheckpointReservedBlocks - dev->blocksInCheckpoint);
-		if(checkpointBlockAdjust < 0)
-			checkpointBlockAdjust = 0;
+	the_obj->fake = 0;
+	the_obj->rename_allowed = 1;
+	the_obj->unlink_allowed = 1;
+	the_obj->obj_id = number;
+	yaffs_hash_obj(the_obj);
+	the_obj->variant_type = type;
+	yaffs_load_current_time(the_obj, 1, 1);
 
-		if (dev->nErasedBlocks < (dev->nReservedBlocks + checkpointBlockAdjust + 2)) {
-			/* We need a block soon...*/
-			aggressive = 1;
-		} else {
-			/* We're in no hurry */
-			aggressive = 0;
-		}
-
-		block = yaffs_FindBlockForGarbageCollection(dev, aggressive);
+	switch (type) {
+	case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_FILE:
+		the_obj->variant.file_variant.file_size = 0;
+		the_obj->variant.file_variant.scanned_size = 0;
+		the_obj->variant.file_variant.shrink_size =
+						yaffs_max_file_size(dev);
+		the_obj->variant.file_variant.top_level = 0;
+		the_obj->variant.file_variant.top = tn;
+		break;
+	case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_DIRECTORY:
+		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&the_obj->variant.dir_variant.children);
+		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&the_obj->variant.dir_variant.dirty);
+		break;
+	case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_SYMLINK:
+	case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_HARDLINK:
+	case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_SPECIAL:
+		/* No action required */
+		break;
+	case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_UNKNOWN:
+		/* todo this should not happen */
+		break;
+	}
+	return the_obj;
+}
 
-		if (block > 0) {
-			dev->garbageCollections++;
-			if (!aggressive) {
-				dev->passiveGarbageCollections++;
-			}
+static struct yaffs_obj *yaffs_create_fake_dir(struct yaffs_dev *dev,
+					       int number, u32 mode)
+{
 
-			T(YAFFS_TRACE_GC,
-			  (TSTR
-			   ("yaffs: GC erasedBlocks %d aggressive %d" TENDSTR),
-			   dev->nErasedBlocks, aggressive));
+	struct yaffs_obj *obj =
+	    yaffs_new_obj(dev, number, YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_DIRECTORY);
 
-			gcOk = yaffs_GarbageCollectBlock(dev, block);
-		}
+	if (!obj)
+		return NULL;
 
-		if (dev->nErasedBlocks < (dev->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) && (block > 0)
-		 && (maxTries < 2));
+	obj->fake = 1;	/* it is fake so it might not use NAND */
+	obj->rename_allowed = 0;
+	obj->unlink_allowed = 0;
+	obj->deleted = 0;
+	obj->unlinked = 0;
+	obj->yst_mode = mode;
+	obj->my_dev = dev;
+	obj->hdr_chunk = 0;	/* Not a valid chunk. */
+	return obj;
 
-	return aggressive ? gcOk : YAFFS_OK;
 }
 
-/*-------------------------  TAGS --------------------------------*/
 
-static int yaffs_TagsMatch(const yaffs_ExtendedTags * tags, int objectId,
-			   int chunkInObject)
+static void yaffs_init_tnodes_and_objs(struct yaffs_dev *dev)
 {
-	return (tags->chunkId == chunkInObject &&
-		tags->objectId == objectId && !tags->chunkDeleted) ? 1 : 0;
-
-}
+	int i;
 
+	dev->n_obj = 0;
+	dev->n_tnodes = 0;
+	yaffs_init_raw_tnodes_and_objs(dev);
 
-/*-------------------- Data file manipulation -----------------*/
+	for (i = 0; i < YAFFS_NOBJECT_BUCKETS; i++) {
+		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->obj_bucket[i].list);
+		dev->obj_bucket[i].count = 0;
+	}
+}
 
-static int yaffs_FindChunkInFile(yaffs_Object * in, int chunkInInode,
-				 yaffs_ExtendedTags * tags)
+struct yaffs_obj *yaffs_find_or_create_by_number(struct yaffs_dev *dev,
+						 int number,
+						 enum yaffs_obj_type type)
 {
-	/*Get the Tnode, then get the level 0 offset chunk offset */
-	yaffs_Tnode *tn;
-	int theChunk = -1;
-	yaffs_ExtendedTags localTags;
-	int retVal = -1;
+	struct yaffs_obj *the_obj = NULL;
 
-	yaffs_Device *dev = in->myDev;
+	if (number > 0)
+		the_obj = yaffs_find_by_number(dev, number);
 
-	if (!tags) {
-		/* Passed a NULL, so use our own tags space */
-		tags = &localTags;
-	}
-
-	tn = yaffs_FindLevel0Tnode(dev, &in->variant.fileVariant, chunkInInode);
+	if (!the_obj)
+		the_obj = yaffs_new_obj(dev, number, type);
 
-	if (tn) {
-		theChunk = yaffs_GetChunkGroupBase(dev,tn,chunkInInode);
+	return the_obj;
 
-		retVal =
-		    yaffs_FindChunkInGroup(dev, theChunk, tags, in->objectId,
-					   chunkInInode);
-	}
-	return retVal;
 }
 
-static int yaffs_FindAndDeleteChunkInFile(yaffs_Object * in, int chunkInInode,
-					  yaffs_ExtendedTags * tags)
+YCHAR *yaffs_clone_str(const YCHAR *str)
 {
-	/* Get the Tnode, then get the level 0 offset chunk offset */
-	yaffs_Tnode *tn;
-	int theChunk = -1;
-	yaffs_ExtendedTags localTags;
+	YCHAR *new_str = NULL;
+	int len;
 
-	yaffs_Device *dev = in->myDev;
-	int retVal = -1;
+	if (!str)
+		str = _Y("");
 
-	if (!tags) {
-		/* Passed a NULL, so use our own tags space */
-		tags = &localTags;
+	len = yaffs_strnlen(str, YAFFS_MAX_ALIAS_LENGTH);
+	new_str = kmalloc((len + 1) * sizeof(YCHAR), GFP_NOFS);
+	if (new_str) {
+		yaffs_strncpy(new_str, str, len);
+		new_str[len] = 0;
 	}
+	return new_str;
 
-	tn = yaffs_FindLevel0Tnode(dev, &in->variant.fileVariant, chunkInInode);
-
-	if (tn) {
-
-		theChunk = yaffs_GetChunkGroupBase(dev,tn,chunkInInode);
+}
+/*
+ *yaffs_update_parent() handles fixing a directories mtime and ctime when a new
+ * link (ie. name) is created or deleted in the directory.
+ *
+ * ie.
+ *   create dir/a : update dir's mtime/ctime
+ *   rm dir/a:   update dir's mtime/ctime
+ *   modify dir/a: don't update dir's mtimme/ctime
+ *
+ * This can be handled immediately or defered. Defering helps reduce the number
+ * of updates when many files in a directory are changed within a brief period.
+ *
+ * If the directory updating is defered then yaffs_update_dirty_dirs must be
+ * called periodically.
+ */
 
-		retVal =
-		    yaffs_FindChunkInGroup(dev, theChunk, tags, in->objectId,
-					   chunkInInode);
+static void yaffs_update_parent(struct yaffs_obj *obj)
+{
+	struct yaffs_dev *dev;
 
-		/* Delete the entry in the filestructure (if found) */
-		if (retVal != -1) {
-			yaffs_PutLevel0Tnode(dev,tn,chunkInInode,0);
+	if (!obj)
+		return;
+	dev = obj->my_dev;
+	obj->dirty = 1;
+	yaffs_load_current_time(obj, 0, 1);
+	if (dev->param.defered_dir_update) {
+		struct list_head *link = &obj->variant.dir_variant.dirty;
+
+		if (list_empty(link)) {
+			list_add(link, &dev->dirty_dirs);
+			yaffs_trace(YAFFS_TRACE_BACKGROUND,
+			  "Added object %d to dirty directories",
+			   obj->obj_id);
 		}
-	} else {
-		/*T(("No level 0 found for %d\n", chunkInInode)); */
-	}
 
-	if (retVal == -1) {
-		/* T(("Could not find %d to delete\n",chunkInInode)); */
+	} else {
+		yaffs_update_oh(obj, NULL, 0, 0, 0, NULL);
 	}
-	return retVal;
 }
 
-#ifdef YAFFS_PARANOID
-
-static int yaffs_CheckFileSanity(yaffs_Object * in)
+void yaffs_update_dirty_dirs(struct yaffs_dev *dev)
 {
-	int chunk;
-	int nChunks;
-	int fSize;
-	int failed = 0;
-	int objId;
-	yaffs_Tnode *tn;
-	yaffs_Tags localTags;
-	yaffs_Tags *tags = &localTags;
-	int theChunk;
-	int chunkDeleted;
-
-	if (in->variantType != YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_FILE) {
-		/* T(("Object not a file\n")); */
-		return YAFFS_FAIL;
-	}
-
-	objId = in->objectId;
-	fSize = in->variant.fileVariant.fileSize;
-	nChunks =
-	    (fSize + in->myDev->nDataBytesPerChunk - 1) / in->myDev->nDataBytesPerChunk;
+	struct list_head *link;
+	struct yaffs_obj *obj;
+	struct yaffs_dir_var *d_s;
+	union yaffs_obj_var *o_v;
 
-	for (chunk = 1; chunk <= nChunks; chunk++) {
-		tn = yaffs_FindLevel0Tnode(in->myDev, &in->variant.fileVariant,
-					   chunk);
+	yaffs_trace(YAFFS_TRACE_BACKGROUND, "Update dirty directories");
 
-		if (tn) {
+	while (!list_empty(&dev->dirty_dirs)) {
+		link = dev->dirty_dirs.next;
+		list_del_init(link);
 
-			theChunk = yaffs_GetChunkGroupBase(dev,tn,chunk);
+		d_s = list_entry(link, struct yaffs_dir_var, dirty);
+		o_v = list_entry(d_s, union yaffs_obj_var, dir_variant);
+		obj = list_entry(o_v, struct yaffs_obj, variant);
 
-			if (yaffs_CheckChunkBits
-			    (dev, theChunk / dev->nChunksPerBlock,
-			     theChunk % dev->nChunksPerBlock)) {
+		yaffs_trace(YAFFS_TRACE_BACKGROUND, "Update directory %d",
+			obj->obj_id);
 
-				yaffs_ReadChunkTagsFromNAND(in->myDev, theChunk,
-							    tags,
-							    &chunkDeleted);
-				if (yaffs_TagsMatch
-				    (tags, in->objectId, chunk, chunkDeleted)) {
-					/* found it; */
-
-				}
-			} else {
-
-				failed = 1;
-			}
-
-		} else {
-			/* T(("No level 0 found for %d\n", chunk)); */
-		}
+		if (obj->dirty)
+			yaffs_update_oh(obj, NULL, 0, 0, 0, NULL);
 	}
-
-	return failed ? YAFFS_FAIL : YAFFS_OK;
 }
 
-#endif
+/*
+ * Mknod (create) a new object.
+ * equiv_obj only has meaning for a hard link;
+ * alias_str only has meaning for a symlink.
+ * rdev only has meaning for devices (a subset of special objects)
+ */
 
-static int yaffs_PutChunkIntoFile(yaffs_Object * in, int chunkInInode,
-				  int chunkInNAND, int inScan)
+static struct yaffs_obj *yaffs_create_obj(enum yaffs_obj_type type,
+					  struct yaffs_obj *parent,
+					  const YCHAR *name,
+					  u32 mode,
+					  u32 uid,
+					  u32 gid,
+					  struct yaffs_obj *equiv_obj,
+					  const YCHAR *alias_str, u32 rdev)
 {
-	/* NB inScan is zero unless scanning.
-	 * For forward scanning, inScan is > 0;
-	 * for backward scanning inScan is < 0
-	 */
-
-	yaffs_Tnode *tn;
-	yaffs_Device *dev = in->myDev;
-	int existingChunk;
-	yaffs_ExtendedTags existingTags;
-	yaffs_ExtendedTags newTags;
-	unsigned existingSerial, newSerial;
-
-	if (in->variantType != YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_FILE) {
-		/* Just ignore an attempt at putting a chunk into a non-file during scanning
-		 * If it is not during Scanning then something went wrong!
-		 */
-		if (!inScan) {
-			T(YAFFS_TRACE_ERROR,
-			  (TSTR
-			   ("yaffs tragedy:attempt to put data chunk into a non-file"
-			    TENDSTR)));
-			YBUG();
-		}
+	struct yaffs_obj *in;
+	YCHAR *str = NULL;
+	struct yaffs_dev *dev = parent->my_dev;
 
-		yaffs_DeleteChunk(dev, chunkInNAND, 1, __LINE__);
-		return YAFFS_OK;
-	}
+	/* Check if the entry exists.
+	 * If it does then fail the call since we don't want a dup. */
+	if (yaffs_find_by_name(parent, name))
+		return NULL;
 
-	tn = yaffs_AddOrFindLevel0Tnode(dev,
-					&in->variant.fileVariant,
-					chunkInInode,
-					NULL);
-	if (!tn) {
-		return YAFFS_FAIL;
+	if (type == YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_SYMLINK) {
+		str = yaffs_clone_str(alias_str);
+		if (!str)
+			return NULL;
 	}
 
-	existingChunk = yaffs_GetChunkGroupBase(dev,tn,chunkInInode);
+	in = yaffs_new_obj(dev, -1, type);
 
-	if (inScan != 0) {
-		/* If we're scanning then we need to test for duplicates
-		 * NB This does not need to be efficient since it should only ever
-		 * happen when the power fails during a write, then only one
-		 * chunk should ever be affected.
-		 *
-		 * Correction for YAFFS2: This could happen quite a lot and we need to think about efficiency! TODO
-		 * Update: For backward scanning we don't need to re-read tags so this is quite cheap.
-		 */
-
-		if (existingChunk != 0) {
-			/* NB Right now existing chunk will not be real chunkId if the device >= 32MB
-			 *    thus we have to do a FindChunkInFile to get the real chunk id.
-			 *
-			 * We have a duplicate now we need to decide which one to use:
-			 *
-			 * Backwards scanning YAFFS2: The old one is what we use, dump the new one.
-			 * Forward scanning YAFFS2: The new one is what we use, dump the old one.
-			 * YAFFS1: Get both sets of tags and compare serial numbers.
-			 */
-
-			if (inScan > 0) {
-				/* Only do this for forward scanning */
-				yaffs_ReadChunkWithTagsFromNAND(dev,
-								chunkInNAND,
-								NULL, &newTags);
+	if (!in) {
+		kfree(str);
+		return NULL;
+	}
 
-				/* Do a proper find */
-				existingChunk =
-				    yaffs_FindChunkInFile(in, chunkInInode,
-							  &existingTags);
-			}
+	in->hdr_chunk = 0;
+	in->valid = 1;
+	in->variant_type = type;
 
-			if (existingChunk <= 0) {
-				/*Hoosterman - how did this happen? */
+	in->yst_mode = mode;
 
-				T(YAFFS_TRACE_ERROR,
-				  (TSTR
-				   ("yaffs tragedy: existing chunk < 0 in scan"
-				    TENDSTR)));
+	yaffs_attribs_init(in, gid, uid, rdev);
 
-			}
+	in->n_data_chunks = 0;
 
-			/* NB The deleted flags should be false, otherwise the chunks will
-			 * not be loaded during a scan
-			 */
+	yaffs_set_obj_name(in, name);
+	in->dirty = 1;
 
-			newSerial = newTags.serialNumber;
-			existingSerial = existingTags.serialNumber;
+	yaffs_add_obj_to_dir(parent, in);
 
-			if ((inScan > 0) &&
-			    (in->myDev->isYaffs2 ||
-			     existingChunk <= 0 ||
-			     ((existingSerial + 1) & 3) == newSerial)) {
-				/* Forward scanning.
-				 * Use new
-				 * Delete the old one and drop through to update the tnode
-				 */
-				yaffs_DeleteChunk(dev, existingChunk, 1,
-						  __LINE__);
-			} else {
-				/* Backward scanning or we want to use the existing one
-				 * Use existing.
-				 * Delete the new one and return early so that the tnode isn't changed
-				 */
-				yaffs_DeleteChunk(dev, chunkInNAND, 1,
-						  __LINE__);
-				return YAFFS_OK;
-			}
-		}
+	in->my_dev = parent->my_dev;
 
+	switch (type) {
+	case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_SYMLINK:
+		in->variant.symlink_variant.alias = str;
+		break;
+	case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_HARDLINK:
+		in->variant.hardlink_variant.equiv_obj = equiv_obj;
+		in->variant.hardlink_variant.equiv_id = equiv_obj->obj_id;
+		list_add(&in->hard_links, &equiv_obj->hard_links);
+		break;
+	case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_FILE:
+	case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_DIRECTORY:
+	case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_SPECIAL:
+	case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_UNKNOWN:
+		/* do nothing */
+		break;
 	}
 
-	if (existingChunk == 0) {
-		in->nDataChunks++;
+	if (yaffs_update_oh(in, name, 0, 0, 0, NULL) < 0) {
+		/* Could not create the object header, fail */
+		yaffs_del_obj(in);
+		in = NULL;
 	}
 
-	yaffs_PutLevel0Tnode(dev,tn,chunkInInode,chunkInNAND);
+	if (in)
+		yaffs_update_parent(parent);
 
-	return YAFFS_OK;
+	return in;
 }
 
-static int yaffs_ReadChunkDataFromObject(yaffs_Object * in, int chunkInInode,
-					 __u8 * buffer)
+struct yaffs_obj *yaffs_create_file(struct yaffs_obj *parent,
+				    const YCHAR *name, u32 mode, u32 uid,
+				    u32 gid)
 {
-	int chunkInNAND = yaffs_FindChunkInFile(in, chunkInInode, NULL);
+	return yaffs_create_obj(YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_FILE, parent, name, mode,
+				uid, gid, NULL, NULL, 0);
+}
 
-	if (chunkInNAND >= 0) {
-		return yaffs_ReadChunkWithTagsFromNAND(in->myDev, chunkInNAND,
-						       buffer,NULL);
-	} else {
-		T(YAFFS_TRACE_NANDACCESS,
-		  (TSTR("Chunk %d not found zero instead" TENDSTR),
-		   chunkInNAND));
-		/* get sane (zero) data if you read a hole */
-		memset(buffer, 0, in->myDev->nDataBytesPerChunk);
-		return 0;
-	}
+struct yaffs_obj *yaffs_create_dir(struct yaffs_obj *parent, const YCHAR *name,
+				   u32 mode, u32 uid, u32 gid)
+{
+	return yaffs_create_obj(YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_DIRECTORY, parent, name,
+				mode, uid, gid, NULL, NULL, 0);
+}
 
+struct yaffs_obj *yaffs_create_special(struct yaffs_obj *parent,
+				       const YCHAR *name, u32 mode, u32 uid,
+				       u32 gid, u32 rdev)
+{
+	return yaffs_create_obj(YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_SPECIAL, parent, name, mode,
+				uid, gid, NULL, NULL, rdev);
 }
 
-void yaffs_DeleteChunk(yaffs_Device * dev, int chunkId, int markNAND, int lyn)
+struct yaffs_obj *yaffs_create_symlink(struct yaffs_obj *parent,
+				       const YCHAR *name, u32 mode, u32 uid,
+				       u32 gid, const YCHAR *alias)
 {
-	int block;
-	int page;
-	yaffs_ExtendedTags tags;
-	yaffs_BlockInfo *bi;
+	return yaffs_create_obj(YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_SYMLINK, parent, name, mode,
+				uid, gid, NULL, alias, 0);
+}
 
-	if (chunkId <= 0)
-		return;
+/* yaffs_link_obj returns the object id of the equivalent object.*/
+struct yaffs_obj *yaffs_link_obj(struct yaffs_obj *parent, const YCHAR * name,
+				 struct yaffs_obj *equiv_obj)
+{
+	/* Get the real object in case we were fed a hard link obj */
+	equiv_obj = yaffs_get_equivalent_obj(equiv_obj);
 
+	if (yaffs_create_obj(YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_HARDLINK,
+			parent, name, 0, 0, 0,
+			equiv_obj, NULL, 0))
+		return equiv_obj;
 
-	dev->nDeletions++;
-	block = chunkId / dev->nChunksPerBlock;
-	page = chunkId % dev->nChunksPerBlock;
+	return NULL;
 
+}
 
-	if(!yaffs_CheckChunkBit(dev,block,page))
-		T(YAFFS_TRACE_VERIFY,
-			(TSTR("Deleting invalid chunk %d"TENDSTR),
-			 chunkId));
 
-	bi = yaffs_GetBlockInfo(dev, block);
 
-	T(YAFFS_TRACE_DELETION,
-	  (TSTR("line %d delete of chunk %d" TENDSTR), lyn, chunkId));
+/*---------------------- Block Management and Page Allocation -------------*/
 
-	if (markNAND &&
-	    bi->blockState != YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_COLLECTING && !dev->isYaffs2) {
+static void yaffs_deinit_blocks(struct yaffs_dev *dev)
+{
+	if (dev->block_info_alt && dev->block_info)
+		vfree(dev->block_info);
+	else
+		kfree(dev->block_info);
 
-		yaffs_InitialiseTags(&tags);
+	dev->block_info_alt = 0;
 
-		tags.chunkDeleted = 1;
+	dev->block_info = NULL;
 
-		yaffs_WriteChunkWithTagsToNAND(dev, chunkId, NULL, &tags);
-		yaffs_HandleUpdateChunk(dev, chunkId, &tags);
-	} else {
-		dev->nUnmarkedDeletions++;
-	}
+	if (dev->chunk_bits_alt && dev->chunk_bits)
+		vfree(dev->chunk_bits);
+	else
+		kfree(dev->chunk_bits);
+	dev->chunk_bits_alt = 0;
+	dev->chunk_bits = NULL;
+}
 
-	/* Pull out of the management area.
-	 * If the whole block became dirty, this will kick off an erasure.
-	 */
-	if (bi->blockState == YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_ALLOCATING ||
-	    bi->blockState == YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_FULL ||
-	    bi->blockState == YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_NEEDS_SCANNING ||
-	    bi->blockState == YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_COLLECTING) {
-		dev->nFreeChunks++;
+static int yaffs_init_blocks(struct yaffs_dev *dev)
+{
+	int n_blocks = dev->internal_end_block - dev->internal_start_block + 1;
 
-		yaffs_ClearChunkBit(dev, block, page);
+	dev->block_info = NULL;
+	dev->chunk_bits = NULL;
+	dev->alloc_block = -1;	/* force it to get a new one */
 
-		bi->pagesInUse--;
+	/* If the first allocation strategy fails, thry the alternate one */
+	dev->block_info =
+		kmalloc(n_blocks * sizeof(struct yaffs_block_info), GFP_NOFS);
+	if (!dev->block_info) {
+		dev->block_info =
+		    vmalloc(n_blocks * sizeof(struct yaffs_block_info));
+		dev->block_info_alt = 1;
+	} else {
+		dev->block_info_alt = 0;
+	}
 
-		if (bi->pagesInUse == 0 &&
-		    !bi->hasShrinkHeader &&
-		    bi->blockState != YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_ALLOCATING &&
-		    bi->blockState != YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_NEEDS_SCANNING) {
-			yaffs_BlockBecameDirty(dev, block);
-		}
+	if (!dev->block_info)
+		goto alloc_error;
 
+	/* Set up dynamic blockinfo stuff. Round up bytes. */
+	dev->chunk_bit_stride = (dev->param.chunks_per_block + 7) / 8;
+	dev->chunk_bits =
+		kmalloc(dev->chunk_bit_stride * n_blocks, GFP_NOFS);
+	if (!dev->chunk_bits) {
+		dev->chunk_bits =
+		    vmalloc(dev->chunk_bit_stride * n_blocks);
+		dev->chunk_bits_alt = 1;
 	} else {
-		/* T(("Bad news deleting chunk %d\n",chunkId)); */
+		dev->chunk_bits_alt = 0;
 	}
+	if (!dev->chunk_bits)
+		goto alloc_error;
 
-}
-
-static int yaffs_WriteChunkDataToObject(yaffs_Object * in, int chunkInInode,
-					const __u8 * buffer, int nBytes,
-					int useReserve)
-{
-	/* Find old chunk Need to do this to get serial number
-	 * Write new one and patch into tree.
-	 * Invalidate old tags.
-	 */
 
-	int prevChunkId;
-	yaffs_ExtendedTags prevTags;
+	memset(dev->block_info, 0, n_blocks * sizeof(struct yaffs_block_info));
+	memset(dev->chunk_bits, 0, dev->chunk_bit_stride * n_blocks);
+	return YAFFS_OK;
 
-	int newChunkId;
-	yaffs_ExtendedTags newTags;
+alloc_error:
+	yaffs_deinit_blocks(dev);
+	return YAFFS_FAIL;
+}
 
-	yaffs_Device *dev = in->myDev;
 
-	yaffs_CheckGarbageCollection(dev);
+void yaffs_block_became_dirty(struct yaffs_dev *dev, int block_no)
+{
+	struct yaffs_block_info *bi = yaffs_get_block_info(dev, block_no);
+	int erased_ok = 0;
+	int i;
 
-	/* Get the previous chunk at this location in the file if it exists */
-	prevChunkId = yaffs_FindChunkInFile(in, chunkInInode, &prevTags);
+	/* If the block is still healthy erase it and mark as clean.
+	 * If the block has had a data failure, then retire it.
+	 */
 
-	/* Set up new tags */
-	yaffs_InitialiseTags(&newTags);
+	yaffs_trace(YAFFS_TRACE_GC | YAFFS_TRACE_ERASE,
+		"yaffs_block_became_dirty block %d state %d %s",
+		block_no, bi->block_state,
+		(bi->needs_retiring) ? "needs retiring" : "");
 
-	newTags.chunkId = chunkInInode;
-	newTags.objectId = in->objectId;
-	newTags.serialNumber =
-	    (prevChunkId >= 0) ? prevTags.serialNumber + 1 : 1;
-	newTags.byteCount = nBytes;
+	yaffs2_clear_oldest_dirty_seq(dev, bi);
 
-	newChunkId =
-	    yaffs_WriteNewChunkWithTagsToNAND(dev, buffer, &newTags,
-					      useReserve);
+	bi->block_state = YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_DIRTY;
 
-	if (newChunkId >= 0) {
-		yaffs_PutChunkIntoFile(in, chunkInInode, newChunkId, 0);
+	/* If this is the block being garbage collected then stop gc'ing */
+	if (block_no == dev->gc_block)
+		dev->gc_block = 0;
 
-		if (prevChunkId >= 0) {
-			yaffs_DeleteChunk(dev, prevChunkId, 1, __LINE__);
+	/* If this block is currently the best candidate for gc
+	 * then drop as a candidate */
+	if (block_no == dev->gc_dirtiest) {
+		dev->gc_dirtiest = 0;
+		dev->gc_pages_in_use = 0;
+	}
 
+	if (!bi->needs_retiring) {
+		yaffs2_checkpt_invalidate(dev);
+		erased_ok = yaffs_erase_block(dev, block_no);
+		if (!erased_ok) {
+			dev->n_erase_failures++;
+			yaffs_trace(YAFFS_TRACE_ERROR | YAFFS_TRACE_BAD_BLOCKS,
+			  "**>> Erasure failed %d", block_no);
 		}
-
-		yaffs_CheckFileSanity(in);
 	}
-	return newChunkId;
 
-}
-
-/* UpdateObjectHeader updates the header on NAND for an object.
- * If name is not NULL, then that new name is used.
- */
-int yaffs_UpdateObjectHeader(yaffs_Object * in, const YCHAR * name, int force,
-			     int isShrink, int shadows)
-{
-
-	yaffs_BlockInfo *bi;
-
-	yaffs_Device *dev = in->myDev;
-
-	int prevChunkId;
-	int retVal = 0;
-
-	int newChunkId;
-	yaffs_ExtendedTags newTags;
-	yaffs_ExtendedTags oldTags;
-
-	__u8 *buffer = NULL;
-	YCHAR oldName[YAFFS_MAX_NAME_LENGTH + 1];
-
-	yaffs_ObjectHeader *oh = NULL;
-
-	yaffs_strcpy(oldName,"silly old name");
+	/* Verify erasure if needed */
+	if (erased_ok &&
+	    ((yaffs_trace_mask & YAFFS_TRACE_ERASE) ||
+	     !yaffs_skip_verification(dev))) {
+		for (i = 0; i < dev->param.chunks_per_block; i++) {
+			if (!yaffs_check_chunk_erased(dev,
+				block_no * dev->param.chunks_per_block + i)) {
+				yaffs_trace(YAFFS_TRACE_ERROR,
+					">>Block %d erasure supposedly OK, but chunk %d not erased",
+					block_no, i);
+			}
+		}
+	}
 
-	if (!in->fake || force) {
+	if (!erased_ok) {
+		/* We lost a block of free space */
+		dev->n_free_chunks -= dev->param.chunks_per_block;
+		yaffs_retire_block(dev, block_no);
+		yaffs_trace(YAFFS_TRACE_ERROR | YAFFS_TRACE_BAD_BLOCKS,
+			"**>> Block %d retired", block_no);
+		return;
+	}
 
-		yaffs_CheckGarbageCollection(dev);
-		yaffs_CheckObjectDetailsLoaded(in);
+	/* Clean it up... */
+	bi->block_state = YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_EMPTY;
+	bi->seq_number = 0;
+	dev->n_erased_blocks++;
+	bi->pages_in_use = 0;
+	bi->soft_del_pages = 0;
+	bi->has_shrink_hdr = 0;
+	bi->skip_erased_check = 1;	/* Clean, so no need to check */
+	bi->gc_prioritise = 0;
+	bi->has_summary = 0;
+
+	yaffs_clear_chunk_bits(dev, block_no);
+
+	yaffs_trace(YAFFS_TRACE_ERASE, "Erased block %d", block_no);
+}
+
+static inline int yaffs_gc_process_chunk(struct yaffs_dev *dev,
+					struct yaffs_block_info *bi,
+					int old_chunk, u8 *buffer)
+{
+	int new_chunk;
+	int mark_flash = 1;
+	struct yaffs_ext_tags tags;
+	struct yaffs_obj *object;
+	int matching_chunk;
+	int ret_val = YAFFS_OK;
+
+	memset(&tags, 0, sizeof(tags));
+	yaffs_rd_chunk_tags_nand(dev, old_chunk,
+				 buffer, &tags);
+	object = yaffs_find_by_number(dev, tags.obj_id);
+
+	yaffs_trace(YAFFS_TRACE_GC_DETAIL,
+		"Collecting chunk in block %d, %d %d %d ",
+		dev->gc_chunk, tags.obj_id,
+		tags.chunk_id, tags.n_bytes);
+
+	if (object && !yaffs_skip_verification(dev)) {
+		if (tags.chunk_id == 0)
+			matching_chunk =
+			    object->hdr_chunk;
+		else if (object->soft_del)
+			/* Defeat the test */
+			matching_chunk = old_chunk;
+		else
+			matching_chunk =
+			    yaffs_find_chunk_in_file
+			    (object, tags.chunk_id,
+			     NULL);
+
+		if (old_chunk != matching_chunk)
+			yaffs_trace(YAFFS_TRACE_ERROR,
+				"gc: page in gc mismatch: %d %d %d %d",
+				old_chunk,
+				matching_chunk,
+				tags.obj_id,
+				tags.chunk_id);
+	}
+
+	if (!object) {
+		yaffs_trace(YAFFS_TRACE_ERROR,
+			"page %d in gc has no object: %d %d %d ",
+			old_chunk,
+			tags.obj_id, tags.chunk_id,
+			tags.n_bytes);
+	}
+
+	if (object &&
+	    object->deleted &&
+	    object->soft_del && tags.chunk_id != 0) {
+		/* Data chunk in a soft deleted file,
+		 * throw it away.
+		 * It's a soft deleted data chunk,
+		 * No need to copy this, just forget
+		 * about it and fix up the object.
+		 */
 
-		buffer = yaffs_GetTempBuffer(in->myDev, __LINE__);
-		oh = (yaffs_ObjectHeader *) buffer;
+		/* Free chunks already includes
+		 * softdeleted chunks, how ever this
+		 * chunk is going to soon be really
+		 * deleted which will increment free
+		 * chunks. We have to decrement free
+		 * chunks so this works out properly.
+		 */
+		dev->n_free_chunks--;
+		bi->soft_del_pages--;
+
+		object->n_data_chunks--;
+		if (object->n_data_chunks <= 0) {
+			/* remeber to clean up obj */
+			dev->gc_cleanup_list[dev->n_clean_ups] = tags.obj_id;
+			dev->n_clean_ups++;
+		}
+		mark_flash = 0;
+	} else if (object) {
+		/* It's either a data chunk in a live
+		 * file or an ObjectHeader, so we're
+		 * interested in it.
+		 * NB Need to keep the ObjectHeaders of
+		 * deleted files until the whole file
+		 * has been deleted off
+		 */
+		tags.serial_number++;
+		dev->n_gc_copies++;
+
+		if (tags.chunk_id == 0) {
+			/* It is an object Id,
+			 * We need to nuke the
+			 * shrinkheader flags since its
+			 * work is done.
+			 * Also need to clean up
+			 * shadowing.
+			 */
+			struct yaffs_obj_hdr *oh;
+			oh = (struct yaffs_obj_hdr *) buffer;
+
+			oh->is_shrink = 0;
+			tags.extra_is_shrink = 0;
+			oh->shadows_obj = 0;
+			oh->inband_shadowed_obj_id = 0;
+			tags.extra_shadows = 0;
+
+			/* Update file size */
+			if (object->variant_type == YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_FILE) {
+				yaffs_oh_size_load(oh,
+				    object->variant.file_variant.file_size);
+				tags.extra_file_size =
+				    object->variant.file_variant.file_size;
+			}
 
-		prevChunkId = in->chunkId;
+			yaffs_verify_oh(object, oh, &tags, 1);
+			new_chunk =
+			    yaffs_write_new_chunk(dev, (u8 *) oh, &tags, 1);
+		} else {
+			new_chunk =
+			    yaffs_write_new_chunk(dev, buffer, &tags, 1);
+		}
 
-		if (prevChunkId >= 0) {
-			yaffs_ReadChunkWithTagsFromNAND(dev, prevChunkId,
-							buffer, &oldTags);
+		if (new_chunk < 0) {
+			ret_val = YAFFS_FAIL;
+		} else {
 
-			yaffs_VerifyObjectHeader(in,oh,&oldTags,0);
+			/* Now fix up the Tnodes etc. */
 
-			memcpy(oldName, oh->name, sizeof(oh->name));
+			if (tags.chunk_id == 0) {
+				/* It's a header */
+				object->hdr_chunk = new_chunk;
+				object->serial = tags.serial_number;
+			} else {
+				/* It's a data chunk */
+				yaffs_put_chunk_in_file(object, tags.chunk_id,
+							new_chunk, 0);
+			}
 		}
+	}
+	if (ret_val == YAFFS_OK)
+		yaffs_chunk_del(dev, old_chunk, mark_flash, __LINE__);
+	return ret_val;
+}
 
-		memset(buffer, 0xFF, dev->nDataBytesPerChunk);
+static int yaffs_gc_block(struct yaffs_dev *dev, int block, int whole_block)
+{
+	int old_chunk;
+	int ret_val = YAFFS_OK;
+	int i;
+	int is_checkpt_block;
+	int max_copies;
+	int chunks_before = yaffs_get_erased_chunks(dev);
+	int chunks_after;
+	struct yaffs_block_info *bi = yaffs_get_block_info(dev, block);
 
-		oh->type = in->variantType;
-		oh->yst_mode = in->yst_mode;
-		oh->shadowsObject = shadows;
+	is_checkpt_block = (bi->block_state == YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_CHECKPOINT);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_YAFFS_WINCE
-		oh->win_atime[0] = in->win_atime[0];
-		oh->win_ctime[0] = in->win_ctime[0];
-		oh->win_mtime[0] = in->win_mtime[0];
-		oh->win_atime[1] = in->win_atime[1];
-		oh->win_ctime[1] = in->win_ctime[1];
-		oh->win_mtime[1] = in->win_mtime[1];
-#else
-		oh->yst_uid = in->yst_uid;
-		oh->yst_gid = in->yst_gid;
-		oh->yst_atime = in->yst_atime;
-		oh->yst_mtime = in->yst_mtime;
-		oh->yst_ctime = in->yst_ctime;
-		oh->yst_rdev = in->yst_rdev;
-#endif
-		if (in->parent) {
-			oh->parentObjectId = in->parent->objectId;
-		} else {
-			oh->parentObjectId = 0;
-		}
-
-		if (name && *name) {
-			memset(oh->name, 0, sizeof(oh->name));
-			yaffs_strncpy(oh->name, name, YAFFS_MAX_NAME_LENGTH);
-		} else if (prevChunkId>=0) {
-			memcpy(oh->name, oldName, sizeof(oh->name));
-		} else {
-			memset(oh->name, 0, sizeof(oh->name));
-		}
+	yaffs_trace(YAFFS_TRACE_TRACING,
+		"Collecting block %d, in use %d, shrink %d, whole_block %d",
+		block, bi->pages_in_use, bi->has_shrink_hdr,
+		whole_block);
 
-		oh->isShrink = isShrink;
+	/*yaffs_verify_free_chunks(dev); */
 
-		switch (in->variantType) {
-		case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_UNKNOWN:
-			/* Should not happen */
-			break;
-		case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_FILE:
-			oh->fileSize =
-			    (oh->parentObjectId == YAFFS_OBJECTID_DELETED
-			     || oh->parentObjectId ==
-			     YAFFS_OBJECTID_UNLINKED) ? 0 : in->variant.
-			    fileVariant.fileSize;
-			break;
-		case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_HARDLINK:
-			oh->equivalentObjectId =
-			    in->variant.hardLinkVariant.equivalentObjectId;
-			break;
-		case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_SPECIAL:
-			/* Do nothing */
-			break;
-		case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_DIRECTORY:
-			/* Do nothing */
-			break;
-		case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_SYMLINK:
-			yaffs_strncpy(oh->alias,
-				      in->variant.symLinkVariant.alias,
-				      YAFFS_MAX_ALIAS_LENGTH);
-			oh->alias[YAFFS_MAX_ALIAS_LENGTH] = 0;
-			break;
-		}
+	if (bi->block_state == YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_FULL)
+		bi->block_state = YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_COLLECTING;
 
-		/* Tags */
-		yaffs_InitialiseTags(&newTags);
-		in->serial++;
-		newTags.chunkId = 0;
-		newTags.objectId = in->objectId;
-		newTags.serialNumber = in->serial;
+	bi->has_shrink_hdr = 0;	/* clear the flag so that the block can erase */
 
-		/* Add extra info for file header */
+	dev->gc_disable = 1;
 
-		newTags.extraHeaderInfoAvailable = 1;
-		newTags.extraParentObjectId = oh->parentObjectId;
-		newTags.extraFileLength = oh->fileSize;
-		newTags.extraIsShrinkHeader = oh->isShrink;
-		newTags.extraEquivalentObjectId = oh->equivalentObjectId;
-		newTags.extraShadows = (oh->shadowsObject > 0) ? 1 : 0;
-		newTags.extraObjectType = in->variantType;
+	yaffs_summary_gc(dev, block);
 
-		yaffs_VerifyObjectHeader(in,oh,&newTags,1);
+	if (is_checkpt_block || !yaffs_still_some_chunks(dev, block)) {
+		yaffs_trace(YAFFS_TRACE_TRACING,
+			"Collecting block %d that has no chunks in use",
+			block);
+		yaffs_block_became_dirty(dev, block);
+	} else {
 
-		/* Create new chunk in NAND */
-		newChunkId =
-		    yaffs_WriteNewChunkWithTagsToNAND(dev, buffer, &newTags,
-						      (prevChunkId >= 0) ? 1 : 0);
+		u8 *buffer = yaffs_get_temp_buffer(dev);
 
-		if (newChunkId >= 0) {
+		yaffs_verify_blk(dev, bi, block);
 
-			in->chunkId = newChunkId;
+		max_copies = (whole_block) ? dev->param.chunks_per_block : 5;
+		old_chunk = block * dev->param.chunks_per_block + dev->gc_chunk;
 
-			if (prevChunkId >= 0) {
-				yaffs_DeleteChunk(dev, prevChunkId, 1,
-						  __LINE__);
+		for (/* init already done */ ;
+		     ret_val == YAFFS_OK &&
+		     dev->gc_chunk < dev->param.chunks_per_block &&
+		     (bi->block_state == YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_COLLECTING) &&
+		     max_copies > 0;
+		     dev->gc_chunk++, old_chunk++) {
+			if (yaffs_check_chunk_bit(dev, block, dev->gc_chunk)) {
+				/* Page is in use and might need to be copied */
+				max_copies--;
+				ret_val = yaffs_gc_process_chunk(dev, bi,
+							old_chunk, buffer);
 			}
+		}
+		yaffs_release_temp_buffer(dev, buffer);
+	}
 
-			if(!yaffs_ObjectHasCachedWriteData(in))
-				in->dirty = 0;
+	yaffs_verify_collected_blk(dev, bi, block);
 
-			/* 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);
-				bi->hasShrinkHeader = 1;
+	if (bi->block_state == YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_COLLECTING) {
+		/*
+		 * The gc did not complete. Set block state back to FULL
+		 * because checkpointing does not restore gc.
+		 */
+		bi->block_state = YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_FULL;
+	} else {
+		/* The gc completed. */
+		/* Do any required cleanups */
+		for (i = 0; i < dev->n_clean_ups; i++) {
+			/* Time to delete the file too */
+			struct yaffs_obj *object =
+			    yaffs_find_by_number(dev, dev->gc_cleanup_list[i]);
+			if (object) {
+				yaffs_free_tnode(dev,
+					  object->variant.file_variant.top);
+				object->variant.file_variant.top = NULL;
+				yaffs_trace(YAFFS_TRACE_GC,
+					"yaffs: About to finally delete object %d",
+					object->obj_id);
+				yaffs_generic_obj_del(object);
+				object->my_dev->n_deleted_files--;
 			}
 
 		}
-
-		retVal = newChunkId;
-
+		chunks_after = yaffs_get_erased_chunks(dev);
+		if (chunks_before >= chunks_after)
+			yaffs_trace(YAFFS_TRACE_GC,
+				"gc did not increase free chunks before %d after %d",
+				chunks_before, chunks_after);
+		dev->gc_block = 0;
+		dev->gc_chunk = 0;
+		dev->n_clean_ups = 0;
 	}
 
-	if (buffer)
-		yaffs_ReleaseTempBuffer(dev, buffer, __LINE__);
+	dev->gc_disable = 0;
 
-	return retVal;
+	return ret_val;
 }
 
-/*------------------------ Short Operations Cache ----------------------------------------
- *   In many situations where there is no high level buffering (eg WinCE) a lot of
- *   reads might be short sequential reads, and a lot of writes may be short
- *   sequential writes. eg. scanning/writing a jpeg file.
- *   In these cases, a short read/write cache can provide a huge perfomance benefit
- *   with dumb-as-a-rock code.
- *   In Linux, the page cache provides read buffering aand the short op cache provides write
- *   buffering.
- *
- *   There are a limited number (~10) of cache chunks per device so that we don't
- *   need a very intelligent search.
+/*
+ * find_gc_block() selects the dirtiest block (or close enough)
+ * for garbage collection.
  */
 
-static int yaffs_ObjectHasCachedWriteData(yaffs_Object *obj)
+static unsigned yaffs_find_gc_block(struct yaffs_dev *dev,
+				    int aggressive, int background)
 {
-	yaffs_Device *dev = obj->myDev;
 	int i;
-	yaffs_ChunkCache *cache;
-	int nCaches = obj->myDev->nShortOpCaches;
-
-	for(i = 0; i < nCaches; i++){
-		cache = &dev->srCache[i];
-		if (cache->object == obj &&
-		    cache->dirty)
-			return 1;
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
+	int iterations;
+	unsigned selected = 0;
+	int prioritised = 0;
+	int prioritised_exist = 0;
+	struct yaffs_block_info *bi;
+	int threshold;
 
-static void yaffs_FlushFilesChunkCache(yaffs_Object * obj)
-{
-	yaffs_Device *dev = obj->myDev;
-	int lowest = -99;	/* Stop compiler whining. */
-	int i;
-	yaffs_ChunkCache *cache;
-	int chunkWritten = 0;
-	int nCaches = obj->myDev->nShortOpCaches;
-
-	if (nCaches > 0) {
-		do {
-			cache = NULL;
-
-			/* Find the dirty cache for this object with the lowest chunk id. */
-			for (i = 0; i < nCaches; i++) {
-				if (dev->srCache[i].object == obj &&
-				    dev->srCache[i].dirty) {
-					if (!cache
-					    || dev->srCache[i].chunkId <
-					    lowest) {
-						cache = &dev->srCache[i];
-						lowest = cache->chunkId;
-					}
+	/* First let's see if we need to grab a prioritised block */
+	if (dev->has_pending_prioritised_gc && !aggressive) {
+		dev->gc_dirtiest = 0;
+		bi = dev->block_info;
+		for (i = dev->internal_start_block;
+		     i <= dev->internal_end_block && !selected; i++) {
+
+			if (bi->gc_prioritise) {
+				prioritised_exist = 1;
+				if (bi->block_state == YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_FULL &&
+				    yaffs_block_ok_for_gc(dev, bi)) {
+					selected = i;
+					prioritised = 1;
 				}
 			}
-
-			if (cache && !cache->locked) {
-				/* Write it out and free it up */
-
-				chunkWritten =
-				    yaffs_WriteChunkDataToObject(cache->object,
-								 cache->chunkId,
-								 cache->data,
-								 cache->nBytes,
-								 1);
-				cache->dirty = 0;
-				cache->object = NULL;
-			}
-
-		} while (cache && chunkWritten > 0);
-
-		if (cache) {
-			/* Hoosterman, disk full while writing cache out. */
-			T(YAFFS_TRACE_ERROR,
-			  (TSTR("yaffs tragedy: no space during cache write" TENDSTR)));
-
+			bi++;
 		}
-	}
 
-}
+		/*
+		 * If there is a prioritised block and none was selected then
+		 * this happened because there is at least one old dirty block
+		 * gumming up the works. Let's gc the oldest dirty block.
+		 */
 
-/*yaffs_FlushEntireDeviceCache(dev)
- *
- *
- */
+		if (prioritised_exist &&
+		    !selected && dev->oldest_dirty_block > 0)
+			selected = dev->oldest_dirty_block;
 
-void yaffs_FlushEntireDeviceCache(yaffs_Device *dev)
-{
-	yaffs_Object *obj;
-	int nCaches = dev->nShortOpCaches;
-	int i;
+		if (!prioritised_exist)	/* None found, so we can clear this */
+			dev->has_pending_prioritised_gc = 0;
+	}
 
-	/* Find a dirty object in the cache and flush it...
-	 * until there are no further dirty objects.
+	/* If we're doing aggressive GC then we are happy to take a less-dirty
+	 * block, and search harder.
+	 * else (leasurely gc), then we only bother to do this if the
+	 * block has only a few pages in use.
 	 */
-	do {
-		obj = NULL;
-		for( i = 0; i < nCaches && !obj; i++) {
-			if (dev->srCache[i].object &&
-			    dev->srCache[i].dirty)
-				obj = dev->srCache[i].object;
 
-		}
-		if(obj)
-			yaffs_FlushFilesChunkCache(obj);
+	if (!selected) {
+		int pages_used;
+		int n_blocks =
+		    dev->internal_end_block - dev->internal_start_block + 1;
+		if (aggressive) {
+			threshold = dev->param.chunks_per_block;
+			iterations = n_blocks;
+		} else {
+			int max_threshold;
 
-	} while(obj);
+			if (background)
+				max_threshold = dev->param.chunks_per_block / 2;
+			else
+				max_threshold = dev->param.chunks_per_block / 8;
 
-}
+			if (max_threshold < YAFFS_GC_PASSIVE_THRESHOLD)
+				max_threshold = YAFFS_GC_PASSIVE_THRESHOLD;
 
+			threshold = background ? (dev->gc_not_done + 2) * 2 : 0;
+			if (threshold < YAFFS_GC_PASSIVE_THRESHOLD)
+				threshold = YAFFS_GC_PASSIVE_THRESHOLD;
+			if (threshold > max_threshold)
+				threshold = max_threshold;
 
-/* Grab us a cache chunk for use.
- * First look for an empty one.
- * Then look for the least recently used non-dirty one.
- * Then look for the least recently used dirty one...., flush and look again.
- */
-static yaffs_ChunkCache *yaffs_GrabChunkCacheWorker(yaffs_Device * dev)
-{
-	int i;
-	int usage;
-	int theOne;
+			iterations = n_blocks / 16 + 1;
+			if (iterations > 100)
+				iterations = 100;
+		}
 
-	if (dev->nShortOpCaches > 0) {
-		for (i = 0; i < dev->nShortOpCaches; i++) {
-			if (!dev->srCache[i].object)
-				return &dev->srCache[i];
+		for (i = 0;
+		     i < iterations &&
+		     (dev->gc_dirtiest < 1 ||
+		      dev->gc_pages_in_use > YAFFS_GC_GOOD_ENOUGH);
+		     i++) {
+			dev->gc_block_finder++;
+			if (dev->gc_block_finder < dev->internal_start_block ||
+			    dev->gc_block_finder > dev->internal_end_block)
+				dev->gc_block_finder =
+				    dev->internal_start_block;
+
+			bi = yaffs_get_block_info(dev, dev->gc_block_finder);
+
+			pages_used = bi->pages_in_use - bi->soft_del_pages;
+
+			if (bi->block_state == YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_FULL &&
+			    pages_used < dev->param.chunks_per_block &&
+			    (dev->gc_dirtiest < 1 ||
+			     pages_used < dev->gc_pages_in_use) &&
+			    yaffs_block_ok_for_gc(dev, bi)) {
+				dev->gc_dirtiest = dev->gc_block_finder;
+				dev->gc_pages_in_use = pages_used;
+			}
 		}
 
-		return NULL;
+		if (dev->gc_dirtiest > 0 && dev->gc_pages_in_use <= threshold)
+			selected = dev->gc_dirtiest;
+	}
 
-		theOne = -1;
-		usage = 0;	/* just to stop the compiler grizzling */
+	/*
+	 * If nothing has been selected for a while, try the oldest dirty
+	 * because that's gumming up the works.
+	 */
 
-		for (i = 0; i < dev->nShortOpCaches; i++) {
-			if (!dev->srCache[i].dirty &&
-			    ((dev->srCache[i].lastUse < usage && theOne >= 0) ||
-			     theOne < 0)) {
-				usage = dev->srCache[i].lastUse;
-				theOne = i;
-			}
+	if (!selected && dev->param.is_yaffs2 &&
+	    dev->gc_not_done >= (background ? 10 : 20)) {
+		yaffs2_find_oldest_dirty_seq(dev);
+		if (dev->oldest_dirty_block > 0) {
+			selected = dev->oldest_dirty_block;
+			dev->gc_dirtiest = selected;
+			dev->oldest_dirty_gc_count++;
+			bi = yaffs_get_block_info(dev, selected);
+			dev->gc_pages_in_use =
+			    bi->pages_in_use - bi->soft_del_pages;
+		} else {
+			dev->gc_not_done = 0;
 		}
+	}
+
+	if (selected) {
+		yaffs_trace(YAFFS_TRACE_GC,
+			"GC Selected block %d with %d free, prioritised:%d",
+			selected,
+			dev->param.chunks_per_block - dev->gc_pages_in_use,
+			prioritised);
 
+		dev->n_gc_blocks++;
+		if (background)
+			dev->bg_gcs++;
 
-		return theOne >= 0 ? &dev->srCache[theOne] : NULL;
+		dev->gc_dirtiest = 0;
+		dev->gc_pages_in_use = 0;
+		dev->gc_not_done = 0;
+		if (dev->refresh_skip > 0)
+			dev->refresh_skip--;
 	} else {
-		return NULL;
+		dev->gc_not_done++;
+		yaffs_trace(YAFFS_TRACE_GC,
+			"GC none: finder %d skip %d threshold %d dirtiest %d using %d oldest %d%s",
+			dev->gc_block_finder, dev->gc_not_done, threshold,
+			dev->gc_dirtiest, dev->gc_pages_in_use,
+			dev->oldest_dirty_block, background ? " bg" : "");
 	}
 
+	return selected;
 }
 
-static yaffs_ChunkCache *yaffs_GrabChunkCache(yaffs_Device * dev)
+/* New garbage collector
+ * If we're very low on erased blocks then we do aggressive garbage collection
+ * otherwise we do "leasurely" garbage collection.
+ * Aggressive gc looks further (whole array) and will accept less dirty blocks.
+ * Passive gc only inspects smaller areas and only accepts more dirty blocks.
+ *
+ * The idea is to help clear out space in a more spread-out manner.
+ * Dunno if it really does anything useful.
+ */
+static int yaffs_check_gc(struct yaffs_dev *dev, int background)
 {
-	yaffs_ChunkCache *cache;
-	yaffs_Object *theObj;
-	int usage;
-	int i;
+	int aggressive = 0;
+	int gc_ok = YAFFS_OK;
+	int max_tries = 0;
+	int min_erased;
+	int erased_chunks;
+	int checkpt_block_adjust;
 
-	if (dev->nShortOpCaches > 0) {
-		/* Try find a non-dirty one... */
+	if (dev->param.gc_control && (dev->param.gc_control(dev) & 1) == 0)
+		return YAFFS_OK;
 
-		cache = yaffs_GrabChunkCacheWorker(dev);
+	if (dev->gc_disable)
+		/* Bail out so we don't get recursive gc */
+		return YAFFS_OK;
 
-		if (!cache) {
-			/* They were all dirty, find the last recently used object and flush
-			 * its cache, then  find again.
-			 * NB what's here is not very accurate, we actually flush the object
-			 * the last recently used page.
-			 */
+	/* This loop should pass the first time.
+	 * Only loops here if the collection does not increase space.
+	 */
 
-			/* With locking we can't assume we can use entry zero */
+	do {
+		max_tries++;
 
-			theObj = NULL;
-			usage = -1;
-			cache = NULL;
+		checkpt_block_adjust = yaffs_calc_checkpt_blocks_required(dev);
 
-			for (i = 0; i < dev->nShortOpCaches; i++) {
-				if (dev->srCache[i].object &&
-				    !dev->srCache[i].locked &&
-				    (dev->srCache[i].lastUse < usage || !cache))
-				{
-					usage = dev->srCache[i].lastUse;
-					theObj = dev->srCache[i].object;
-					cache = &dev->srCache[i];
-				}
-			}
+		min_erased =
+		    dev->param.n_reserved_blocks + checkpt_block_adjust + 1;
+		erased_chunks =
+		    dev->n_erased_blocks * dev->param.chunks_per_block;
 
-			if (!cache || cache->dirty) {
-				/* Flush and try again */
-				yaffs_FlushFilesChunkCache(theObj);
-				cache = yaffs_GrabChunkCacheWorker(dev);
+		/* If we need a block soon then do aggressive gc. */
+		if (dev->n_erased_blocks < min_erased)
+			aggressive = 1;
+		else {
+			if (!background
+			    && erased_chunks > (dev->n_free_chunks / 4))
+				break;
+
+			if (dev->gc_skip > 20)
+				dev->gc_skip = 20;
+			if (erased_chunks < dev->n_free_chunks / 2 ||
+			    dev->gc_skip < 1 || background)
+				aggressive = 0;
+			else {
+				dev->gc_skip--;
+				break;
 			}
-
 		}
-		return cache;
-	} else
-		return NULL;
 
-}
+		dev->gc_skip = 5;
 
-/* Find a cached chunk */
-static yaffs_ChunkCache *yaffs_FindChunkCache(const yaffs_Object * obj,
-					      int chunkId)
-{
-	yaffs_Device *dev = obj->myDev;
-	int i;
-	if (dev->nShortOpCaches > 0) {
-		for (i = 0; i < dev->nShortOpCaches; i++) {
-			if (dev->srCache[i].object == obj &&
-			    dev->srCache[i].chunkId == chunkId) {
-				dev->cacheHits++;
+		/* If we don't already have a block being gc'd then see if we
+		 * should start another */
 
-				return &dev->srCache[i];
-			}
+		if (dev->gc_block < 1 && !aggressive) {
+			dev->gc_block = yaffs2_find_refresh_block(dev);
+			dev->gc_chunk = 0;
+			dev->n_clean_ups = 0;
 		}
-	}
-	return NULL;
-}
-
-/* Mark the chunk for the least recently used algorithym */
-static void yaffs_UseChunkCache(yaffs_Device * dev, yaffs_ChunkCache * cache,
-				int isAWrite)
-{
-
-	if (dev->nShortOpCaches > 0) {
-		if (dev->srLastUse < 0 || dev->srLastUse > 100000000) {
-			/* Reset the cache usages */
-			int i;
-			for (i = 1; i < dev->nShortOpCaches; i++) {
-				dev->srCache[i].lastUse = 0;
-			}
-			dev->srLastUse = 0;
+		if (dev->gc_block < 1) {
+			dev->gc_block =
+			    yaffs_find_gc_block(dev, aggressive, background);
+			dev->gc_chunk = 0;
+			dev->n_clean_ups = 0;
 		}
 
-		dev->srLastUse++;
+		if (dev->gc_block > 0) {
+			dev->all_gcs++;
+			if (!aggressive)
+				dev->passive_gc_count++;
 
-		cache->lastUse = dev->srLastUse;
+			yaffs_trace(YAFFS_TRACE_GC,
+				"yaffs: GC n_erased_blocks %d aggressive %d",
+				dev->n_erased_blocks, aggressive);
 
-		if (isAWrite) {
-			cache->dirty = 1;
+			gc_ok = yaffs_gc_block(dev, dev->gc_block, aggressive);
 		}
-	}
-}
-
-/* Invalidate a single cache page.
- * Do this when a whole page gets written,
- * ie the short cache for this page is no longer valid.
- */
-static void yaffs_InvalidateChunkCache(yaffs_Object * object, int chunkId)
-{
-	if (object->myDev->nShortOpCaches > 0) {
-		yaffs_ChunkCache *cache = yaffs_FindChunkCache(object, chunkId);
 
-		if (cache) {
-			cache->object = NULL;
+		if (dev->n_erased_blocks < (dev->param.n_reserved_blocks) &&
+		    dev->gc_block > 0) {
+			yaffs_trace(YAFFS_TRACE_GC,
+				"yaffs: GC !!!no reclaim!!! n_erased_blocks %d after try %d block %d",
+				dev->n_erased_blocks, max_tries,
+				dev->gc_block);
 		}
-	}
-}
+	} while ((dev->n_erased_blocks < dev->param.n_reserved_blocks) &&
+		 (dev->gc_block > 0) && (max_tries < 2));
 
-/* Invalidate all the cache pages associated with this object
- * Do this whenever ther file is deleted or resized.
- */
-static void yaffs_InvalidateWholeChunkCache(yaffs_Object * in)
-{
-	int i;
-	yaffs_Device *dev = in->myDev;
-
-	if (dev->nShortOpCaches > 0) {
-		/* Invalidate it. */
-		for (i = 0; i < dev->nShortOpCaches; i++) {
-			if (dev->srCache[i].object == in) {
-				dev->srCache[i].object = NULL;
-			}
-		}
-	}
+	return aggressive ? gc_ok : YAFFS_OK;
 }
 
-/*--------------------- Checkpointing --------------------*/
-
-
-static int yaffs_WriteCheckpointValidityMarker(yaffs_Device *dev,int head)
+/*
+ * yaffs_bg_gc()
+ * Garbage collects. Intended to be called from a background thread.
+ * Returns non-zero if at least half the free chunks are erased.
+ */
+int yaffs_bg_gc(struct yaffs_dev *dev, unsigned urgency)
 {
-	yaffs_CheckpointValidity cp;
+	int erased_chunks = dev->n_erased_blocks * dev->param.chunks_per_block;
 
-	memset(&cp,0,sizeof(cp));
+	yaffs_trace(YAFFS_TRACE_BACKGROUND, "Background gc %u", urgency);
 
-	cp.structType = sizeof(cp);
-	cp.magic = YAFFS_MAGIC;
-	cp.version = YAFFS_CHECKPOINT_VERSION;
-	cp.head = (head) ? 1 : 0;
-
-	return (yaffs_CheckpointWrite(dev,&cp,sizeof(cp)) == sizeof(cp))?
-		1 : 0;
+	yaffs_check_gc(dev, 1);
+	return erased_chunks > dev->n_free_chunks / 2;
 }
 
-static int yaffs_ReadCheckpointValidityMarker(yaffs_Device *dev, int head)
-{
-	yaffs_CheckpointValidity cp;
-	int ok;
-
-	ok = (yaffs_CheckpointRead(dev,&cp,sizeof(cp)) == sizeof(cp));
-
-	if(ok)
-		ok = (cp.structType == sizeof(cp)) &&
-		     (cp.magic == YAFFS_MAGIC) &&
-		     (cp.version == YAFFS_CHECKPOINT_VERSION) &&
-		     (cp.head == ((head) ? 1 : 0));
-	return ok ? 1 : 0;
-}
+/*-------------------- Data file manipulation -----------------*/
 
-static void yaffs_DeviceToCheckpointDevice(yaffs_CheckpointDevice *cp,
-					   yaffs_Device *dev)
+static int yaffs_rd_data_obj(struct yaffs_obj *in, int inode_chunk, u8 * buffer)
 {
-	cp->nErasedBlocks = dev->nErasedBlocks;
-	cp->allocationBlock = dev->allocationBlock;
-	cp->allocationPage = dev->allocationPage;
-	cp->nFreeChunks = dev->nFreeChunks;
+	int nand_chunk = yaffs_find_chunk_in_file(in, inode_chunk, NULL);
 
-	cp->nDeletedFiles = dev->nDeletedFiles;
-	cp->nUnlinkedFiles = dev->nUnlinkedFiles;
-	cp->nBackgroundDeletions = dev->nBackgroundDeletions;
-	cp->sequenceNumber = dev->sequenceNumber;
-	cp->oldestDirtySequence = dev->oldestDirtySequence;
+	if (nand_chunk >= 0)
+		return yaffs_rd_chunk_tags_nand(in->my_dev, nand_chunk,
+						buffer, NULL);
+	else {
+		yaffs_trace(YAFFS_TRACE_NANDACCESS,
+			"Chunk %d not found zero instead",
+			nand_chunk);
+		/* get sane (zero) data if you read a hole */
+		memset(buffer, 0, in->my_dev->data_bytes_per_chunk);
+		return 0;
+	}
 
 }
 
-static void yaffs_CheckpointDeviceToDevice(yaffs_Device *dev,
-					   yaffs_CheckpointDevice *cp)
+void yaffs_chunk_del(struct yaffs_dev *dev, int chunk_id, int mark_flash,
+		     int lyn)
 {
-	dev->nErasedBlocks = cp->nErasedBlocks;
-	dev->allocationBlock = cp->allocationBlock;
-	dev->allocationPage = cp->allocationPage;
-	dev->nFreeChunks = cp->nFreeChunks;
+	int block;
+	int page;
+	struct yaffs_ext_tags tags;
+	struct yaffs_block_info *bi;
 
-	dev->nDeletedFiles = cp->nDeletedFiles;
-	dev->nUnlinkedFiles = cp->nUnlinkedFiles;
-	dev->nBackgroundDeletions = cp->nBackgroundDeletions;
-	dev->sequenceNumber = cp->sequenceNumber;
-	dev->oldestDirtySequence = cp->oldestDirtySequence;
-}
+	if (chunk_id <= 0)
+		return;
 
+	dev->n_deletions++;
+	block = chunk_id / dev->param.chunks_per_block;
+	page = chunk_id % dev->param.chunks_per_block;
 
-static int yaffs_WriteCheckpointDevice(yaffs_Device *dev)
-{
-	yaffs_CheckpointDevice cp;
-	__u32 nBytes;
-	__u32 nBlocks = (dev->internalEndBlock - dev->internalStartBlock + 1);
+	if (!yaffs_check_chunk_bit(dev, block, page))
+		yaffs_trace(YAFFS_TRACE_VERIFY,
+			"Deleting invalid chunk %d", chunk_id);
 
-	int ok;
+	bi = yaffs_get_block_info(dev, block);
 
-	/* Write device runtime values*/
-	yaffs_DeviceToCheckpointDevice(&cp,dev);
-	cp.structType = sizeof(cp);
+	yaffs2_update_oldest_dirty_seq(dev, block, bi);
 
-	ok = (yaffs_CheckpointWrite(dev,&cp,sizeof(cp)) == sizeof(cp));
+	yaffs_trace(YAFFS_TRACE_DELETION,
+		"line %d delete of chunk %d",
+		lyn, chunk_id);
 
-	/* Write block info */
-	if(ok) {
-		nBytes = nBlocks * sizeof(yaffs_BlockInfo);
-		ok = (yaffs_CheckpointWrite(dev,dev->blockInfo,nBytes) == nBytes);
-	}
+	if (!dev->param.is_yaffs2 && mark_flash &&
+	    bi->block_state != YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_COLLECTING) {
 
-	/* Write chunk bits */
-	if(ok) {
-		nBytes = nBlocks * dev->chunkBitmapStride;
-		ok = (yaffs_CheckpointWrite(dev,dev->chunkBits,nBytes) == nBytes);
+		memset(&tags, 0, sizeof(tags));
+		tags.is_deleted = 1;
+		yaffs_wr_chunk_tags_nand(dev, chunk_id, NULL, &tags);
+		yaffs_handle_chunk_update(dev, chunk_id, &tags);
+	} else {
+		dev->n_unmarked_deletions++;
 	}
-	return	 ok ? 1 : 0;
 
+	/* Pull out of the management area.
+	 * If the whole block became dirty, this will kick off an erasure.
+	 */
+	if (bi->block_state == YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_ALLOCATING ||
+	    bi->block_state == YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_FULL ||
+	    bi->block_state == YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_NEEDS_SCAN ||
+	    bi->block_state == YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_COLLECTING) {
+		dev->n_free_chunks++;
+		yaffs_clear_chunk_bit(dev, block, page);
+		bi->pages_in_use--;
+
+		if (bi->pages_in_use == 0 &&
+		    !bi->has_shrink_hdr &&
+		    bi->block_state != YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_ALLOCATING &&
+		    bi->block_state != YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_NEEDS_SCAN) {
+			yaffs_block_became_dirty(dev, block);
+		}
+	}
 }
 
-static int yaffs_ReadCheckpointDevice(yaffs_Device *dev)
+static int yaffs_wr_data_obj(struct yaffs_obj *in, int inode_chunk,
+			     const u8 *buffer, int n_bytes, int use_reserve)
 {
-	yaffs_CheckpointDevice cp;
-	__u32 nBytes;
-	__u32 nBlocks = (dev->internalEndBlock - dev->internalStartBlock + 1);
+	/* Find old chunk Need to do this to get serial number
+	 * Write new one and patch into tree.
+	 * Invalidate old tags.
+	 */
 
-	int ok;
+	int prev_chunk_id;
+	struct yaffs_ext_tags prev_tags;
+	int new_chunk_id;
+	struct yaffs_ext_tags new_tags;
+	struct yaffs_dev *dev = in->my_dev;
 
-	ok = (yaffs_CheckpointRead(dev,&cp,sizeof(cp)) == sizeof(cp));
-	if(!ok)
-		return 0;
+	yaffs_check_gc(dev, 0);
 
-	if(cp.structType != sizeof(cp))
+	/* 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.
+	 */
+	prev_chunk_id = yaffs_find_chunk_in_file(in, inode_chunk, &prev_tags);
+	if (prev_chunk_id < 1 &&
+	    !yaffs_put_chunk_in_file(in, inode_chunk, 0, 0))
 		return 0;
 
+	/* Set up new tags */
+	memset(&new_tags, 0, sizeof(new_tags));
 
-	yaffs_CheckpointDeviceToDevice(dev,&cp);
+	new_tags.chunk_id = inode_chunk;
+	new_tags.obj_id = in->obj_id;
+	new_tags.serial_number =
+	    (prev_chunk_id > 0) ? prev_tags.serial_number + 1 : 1;
+	new_tags.n_bytes = n_bytes;
 
-	nBytes = nBlocks * sizeof(yaffs_BlockInfo);
+	if (n_bytes < 1 || n_bytes > dev->param.total_bytes_per_chunk) {
+		yaffs_trace(YAFFS_TRACE_ERROR,
+		  "Writing %d bytes to chunk!!!!!!!!!",
+		   n_bytes);
+		BUG();
+	}
 
-	ok = (yaffs_CheckpointRead(dev,dev->blockInfo,nBytes) == nBytes);
+	new_chunk_id =
+	    yaffs_write_new_chunk(dev, buffer, &new_tags, use_reserve);
 
-	if(!ok)
-		return 0;
-	nBytes = nBlocks * dev->chunkBitmapStride;
+	if (new_chunk_id > 0) {
+		yaffs_put_chunk_in_file(in, inode_chunk, new_chunk_id, 0);
 
-	ok = (yaffs_CheckpointRead(dev,dev->chunkBits,nBytes) == nBytes);
+		if (prev_chunk_id > 0)
+			yaffs_chunk_del(dev, prev_chunk_id, 1, __LINE__);
 
-	return ok ? 1 : 0;
-}
+		yaffs_verify_file_sane(in);
+	}
+	return new_chunk_id;
 
-static void yaffs_ObjectToCheckpointObject(yaffs_CheckpointObject *cp,
-					   yaffs_Object *obj)
-{
+}
 
-	cp->objectId = obj->objectId;
-	cp->parentId = (obj->parent) ? obj->parent->objectId : 0;
-	cp->chunkId = obj->chunkId;
-	cp->variantType = obj->variantType;
-	cp->deleted = obj->deleted;
-	cp->softDeleted = obj->softDeleted;
-	cp->unlinked = obj->unlinked;
-	cp->fake = obj->fake;
-	cp->renameAllowed = obj->renameAllowed;
-	cp->unlinkAllowed = obj->unlinkAllowed;
-	cp->serial = obj->serial;
-	cp->nDataChunks = obj->nDataChunks;
 
-	if(obj->variantType == YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_FILE)
-		cp->fileSizeOrEquivalentObjectId = obj->variant.fileVariant.fileSize;
-	else if(obj->variantType == YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_HARDLINK)
-		cp->fileSizeOrEquivalentObjectId = obj->variant.hardLinkVariant.equivalentObjectId;
-}
 
-static void yaffs_CheckpointObjectToObject( yaffs_Object *obj,yaffs_CheckpointObject *cp)
+static int yaffs_do_xattrib_mod(struct yaffs_obj *obj, int set,
+				const YCHAR *name, const void *value, int size,
+				int flags)
 {
+	struct yaffs_xattr_mod xmod;
+	int result;
 
-	yaffs_Object *parent;
+	xmod.set = set;
+	xmod.name = name;
+	xmod.data = value;
+	xmod.size = size;
+	xmod.flags = flags;
+	xmod.result = -ENOSPC;
 
-	obj->objectId = cp->objectId;
+	result = yaffs_update_oh(obj, NULL, 0, 0, 0, &xmod);
 
-	if(cp->parentId)
-		parent = yaffs_FindOrCreateObjectByNumber(
-					obj->myDev,
-					cp->parentId,
-					YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_DIRECTORY);
+	if (result > 0)
+		return xmod.result;
 	else
-		parent = NULL;
-
-	if(parent)
-		yaffs_AddObjectToDirectory(parent, obj);
-
-	obj->chunkId = cp->chunkId;
-	obj->variantType = cp->variantType;
-	obj->deleted = cp->deleted;
-	obj->softDeleted = cp->softDeleted;
-	obj->unlinked = cp->unlinked;
-	obj->fake = cp->fake;
-	obj->renameAllowed = cp->renameAllowed;
-	obj->unlinkAllowed = cp->unlinkAllowed;
-	obj->serial = cp->serial;
-	obj->nDataChunks = cp->nDataChunks;
-
-	if(obj->variantType == YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_FILE)
-		obj->variant.fileVariant.fileSize = cp->fileSizeOrEquivalentObjectId;
-	else if(obj->variantType == YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_HARDLINK)
-		obj->variant.hardLinkVariant.equivalentObjectId = cp->fileSizeOrEquivalentObjectId;
-
-	if(obj->objectId >= YAFFS_NOBJECT_BUCKETS)
-		obj->lazyLoaded = 1;
+		return -ENOSPC;
 }
 
-
-
-static int yaffs_CheckpointTnodeWorker(yaffs_Object * in, yaffs_Tnode * tn,
-					__u32 level, int chunkOffset)
+static int yaffs_apply_xattrib_mod(struct yaffs_obj *obj, char *buffer,
+				   struct yaffs_xattr_mod *xmod)
 {
-	int i;
-	yaffs_Device *dev = in->myDev;
-	int ok = 1;
-	int nTnodeBytes = (dev->tnodeWidth * YAFFS_NTNODES_LEVEL0)/8;
-
-	if (tn) {
-		if (level > 0) {
-
-			for (i = 0; i < YAFFS_NTNODES_INTERNAL && ok; i++){
-				if (tn->internal[i]) {
-					ok = yaffs_CheckpointTnodeWorker(in,
-							tn->internal[i],
-							level - 1,
-							(chunkOffset<<YAFFS_TNODES_INTERNAL_BITS) + i);
-				}
-			}
-		} else if (level == 0) {
-			__u32 baseOffset = chunkOffset <<  YAFFS_TNODES_LEVEL0_BITS;
-			/* printf("write tnode at %d\n",baseOffset); */
-			ok = (yaffs_CheckpointWrite(dev,&baseOffset,sizeof(baseOffset)) == sizeof(baseOffset));
-			if(ok)
-				ok = (yaffs_CheckpointWrite(dev,tn,nTnodeBytes) == nTnodeBytes);
-		}
-	}
+	int retval = 0;
+	int x_offs = sizeof(struct yaffs_obj_hdr);
+	struct yaffs_dev *dev = obj->my_dev;
+	int x_size = dev->data_bytes_per_chunk - sizeof(struct yaffs_obj_hdr);
+	char *x_buffer = buffer + x_offs;
 
-	return ok;
+	if (xmod->set)
+		retval =
+		    nval_set(x_buffer, x_size, xmod->name, xmod->data,
+			     xmod->size, xmod->flags);
+	else
+		retval = nval_del(x_buffer, x_size, xmod->name);
 
-}
+	obj->has_xattr = nval_hasvalues(x_buffer, x_size);
+	obj->xattr_known = 1;
+	xmod->result = retval;
 
-static int yaffs_WriteCheckpointTnodes(yaffs_Object *obj)
-{
-	__u32 endMarker = ~0;
-	int ok = 1;
-
-	if(obj->variantType == YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_FILE){
-		ok = yaffs_CheckpointTnodeWorker(obj,
-					    obj->variant.fileVariant.top,
-					    obj->variant.fileVariant.topLevel,
-					    0);
-		if(ok)
-			ok = (yaffs_CheckpointWrite(obj->myDev,&endMarker,sizeof(endMarker)) ==
-				sizeof(endMarker));
-	}
-
-	return ok ? 1 : 0;
+	return retval;
 }
 
-static int yaffs_ReadCheckpointTnodes(yaffs_Object *obj)
+static int yaffs_do_xattrib_fetch(struct yaffs_obj *obj, const YCHAR *name,
+				  void *value, int size)
 {
-	__u32 baseChunk;
-	int ok = 1;
-	yaffs_Device *dev = obj->myDev;
-	yaffs_FileStructure *fileStructPtr = &obj->variant.fileVariant;
-	yaffs_Tnode *tn;
-	int nread = 0;
+	char *buffer = NULL;
+	int result;
+	struct yaffs_ext_tags tags;
+	struct yaffs_dev *dev = obj->my_dev;
+	int x_offs = sizeof(struct yaffs_obj_hdr);
+	int x_size = dev->data_bytes_per_chunk - sizeof(struct yaffs_obj_hdr);
+	char *x_buffer;
+	int retval = 0;
 
-	ok = (yaffs_CheckpointRead(dev,&baseChunk,sizeof(baseChunk)) == sizeof(baseChunk));
+	if (obj->hdr_chunk < 1)
+		return -ENODATA;
 
-	while(ok && (~baseChunk)){
-		nread++;
-		/* Read level 0 tnode */
+	/* If we know that the object has no xattribs then don't do all the
+	 * reading and parsing.
+	 */
+	if (obj->xattr_known && !obj->has_xattr) {
+		if (name)
+			return -ENODATA;
+		else
+			return 0;
+	}
 
+	buffer = (char *)yaffs_get_temp_buffer(dev);
+	if (!buffer)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
-		/* printf("read  tnode at %d\n",baseChunk); */
-		tn = yaffs_GetTnodeRaw(dev);
-		if(tn)
-			ok = (yaffs_CheckpointRead(dev,tn,(dev->tnodeWidth * YAFFS_NTNODES_LEVEL0)/8) ==
-			      (dev->tnodeWidth * YAFFS_NTNODES_LEVEL0)/8);
-		else
-			ok = 0;
+	result =
+	    yaffs_rd_chunk_tags_nand(dev, obj->hdr_chunk, (u8 *) buffer, &tags);
 
-		if(tn && ok){
-			ok = yaffs_AddOrFindLevel0Tnode(dev,
-							fileStructPtr,
-							baseChunk,
-							tn) ? 1 : 0;
+	if (result != YAFFS_OK)
+		retval = -ENOENT;
+	else {
+		x_buffer = buffer + x_offs;
 
+		if (!obj->xattr_known) {
+			obj->has_xattr = nval_hasvalues(x_buffer, x_size);
+			obj->xattr_known = 1;
 		}
 
-		if(ok)
-			ok = (yaffs_CheckpointRead(dev,&baseChunk,sizeof(baseChunk)) == sizeof(baseChunk));
-
+		if (name)
+			retval = nval_get(x_buffer, x_size, name, value, size);
+		else
+			retval = nval_list(x_buffer, x_size, value, size);
 	}
-
-	T(YAFFS_TRACE_CHECKPOINT,(
-		TSTR("Checkpoint read tnodes %d records, last %d. ok %d" TENDSTR),
-		nread,baseChunk,ok));
-
-	return ok ? 1 : 0;
+	yaffs_release_temp_buffer(dev, (u8 *) buffer);
+	return retval;
 }
 
-
-static int yaffs_WriteCheckpointObjects(yaffs_Device *dev)
+int yaffs_set_xattrib(struct yaffs_obj *obj, const YCHAR * name,
+		      const void *value, int size, int flags)
 {
-	yaffs_Object *obj;
-	yaffs_CheckpointObject cp;
-	int i;
-	int ok = 1;
-	struct list_head *lh;
-
-
-	/* Iterate through the objects in each hash entry,
-	 * dumping them to the checkpointing stream.
-	 */
-
-	 for(i = 0; ok &&  i <  YAFFS_NOBJECT_BUCKETS; i++){
-		list_for_each(lh, &dev->objectBucket[i].list) {
-			if (lh) {
-				obj = list_entry(lh, yaffs_Object, hashLink);
-				if (!obj->deferedFree) {
-					yaffs_ObjectToCheckpointObject(&cp,obj);
-					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.chunkId,(unsigned) obj));
-
-					ok = (yaffs_CheckpointWrite(dev,&cp,sizeof(cp)) == sizeof(cp));
-
-					if(ok && obj->variantType == YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_FILE){
-						ok = yaffs_WriteCheckpointTnodes(obj);
-					}
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	 }
-
-	 /* Dump end of list */
-	memset(&cp,0xFF,sizeof(yaffs_CheckpointObject));
-	cp.structType = sizeof(cp);
-
-	if(ok)
-		ok = (yaffs_CheckpointWrite(dev,&cp,sizeof(cp)) == sizeof(cp));
-
-	return ok ? 1 : 0;
+	return yaffs_do_xattrib_mod(obj, 1, name, value, size, flags);
 }
 
-static int yaffs_ReadCheckpointObjects(yaffs_Device *dev)
+int yaffs_remove_xattrib(struct yaffs_obj *obj, const YCHAR * name)
 {
-	yaffs_Object *obj;
-	yaffs_CheckpointObject cp;
-	int ok = 1;
-	int done = 0;
-	yaffs_Object *hardList = NULL;
-
-	while(ok && !done) {
-		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));
-			ok = 0;
-		}
-
-		T(YAFFS_TRACE_CHECKPOINT,(TSTR("Checkpoint read object %d parent %d type %d chunk %d " TENDSTR),
-			cp.objectId,cp.parentId,cp.variantType,cp.chunkId));
-
-		if(ok && cp.objectId == ~0)
-			done = 1;
-		else if(ok){
-			obj = yaffs_FindOrCreateObjectByNumber(dev,cp.objectId, cp.variantType);
-			if(obj) {
-				yaffs_CheckpointObjectToObject(obj,&cp);
-				if(obj->variantType == YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_FILE) {
-					ok = yaffs_ReadCheckpointTnodes(obj);
-				} else if(obj->variantType == YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_HARDLINK) {
-					obj->hardLinks.next =
-						    (struct list_head *)
-						    hardList;
-					hardList = obj;
-				}
-
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	if(ok)
-		yaffs_HardlinkFixup(dev,hardList);
-
-	return ok ? 1 : 0;
+	return yaffs_do_xattrib_mod(obj, 0, name, NULL, 0, 0);
 }
 
-static int yaffs_WriteCheckpointSum(yaffs_Device *dev)
+int yaffs_get_xattrib(struct yaffs_obj *obj, const YCHAR * name, void *value,
+		      int size)
 {
-	__u32 checkpointSum;
-	int ok;
-
-	yaffs_GetCheckpointSum(dev,&checkpointSum);
-
-	ok = (yaffs_CheckpointWrite(dev,&checkpointSum,sizeof(checkpointSum)) == sizeof(checkpointSum));
-
-	if(!ok)
-		return 0;
-
-	return 1;
+	return yaffs_do_xattrib_fetch(obj, name, value, size);
 }
 
-static int yaffs_ReadCheckpointSum(yaffs_Device *dev)
+int yaffs_list_xattrib(struct yaffs_obj *obj, char *buffer, int size)
 {
-	__u32 checkpointSum0;
-	__u32 checkpointSum1;
-	int ok;
-
-	yaffs_GetCheckpointSum(dev,&checkpointSum0);
-
-	ok = (yaffs_CheckpointRead(dev,&checkpointSum1,sizeof(checkpointSum1)) == sizeof(checkpointSum1));
+	return yaffs_do_xattrib_fetch(obj, NULL, buffer, size);
+}
 
-	if(!ok)
-		return 0;
+static void yaffs_check_obj_details_loaded(struct yaffs_obj *in)
+{
+	u8 *buf;
+	struct yaffs_obj_hdr *oh;
+	struct yaffs_dev *dev;
+	struct yaffs_ext_tags tags;
+	int result;
+	int alloc_failed = 0;
 
-	if(checkpointSum0 != checkpointSum1)
-		return 0;
+	if (!in || !in->lazy_loaded || in->hdr_chunk < 1)
+		return;
 
-	return 1;
+	dev = in->my_dev;
+	in->lazy_loaded = 0;
+	buf = yaffs_get_temp_buffer(dev);
+
+	result = yaffs_rd_chunk_tags_nand(dev, in->hdr_chunk, buf, &tags);
+	oh = (struct yaffs_obj_hdr *)buf;
+
+	in->yst_mode = oh->yst_mode;
+	yaffs_load_attribs(in, oh);
+	yaffs_set_obj_name_from_oh(in, oh);
+
+	if (in->variant_type == YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_SYMLINK) {
+		in->variant.symlink_variant.alias =
+		    yaffs_clone_str(oh->alias);
+		if (!in->variant.symlink_variant.alias)
+			alloc_failed = 1;	/* Not returned */
+	}
+	yaffs_release_temp_buffer(dev, buf);
+}
+
+static void yaffs_load_name_from_oh(struct yaffs_dev *dev, YCHAR *name,
+				    const YCHAR *oh_name, int buff_size)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_YAFFS_AUTO_UNICODE
+	if (dev->param.auto_unicode) {
+		if (*oh_name) {
+			/* It is an ASCII name, do an ASCII to
+			 * unicode conversion */
+			const char *ascii_oh_name = (const char *)oh_name;
+			int n = buff_size - 1;
+			while (n > 0 && *ascii_oh_name) {
+				*name = *ascii_oh_name;
+				name++;
+				ascii_oh_name++;
+				n--;
+			}
+		} else {
+			yaffs_strncpy(name, oh_name + 1, buff_size - 1);
+		}
+	} else {
+#else
+	dev = dev;
+	{
+#endif
+		yaffs_strncpy(name, oh_name, buff_size - 1);
+	}
 }
 
-
-static int yaffs_WriteCheckpointData(yaffs_Device *dev)
+static void yaffs_load_oh_from_name(struct yaffs_dev *dev, YCHAR *oh_name,
+				    const YCHAR *name)
 {
+#ifdef CONFIG_YAFFS_AUTO_UNICODE
 
-	int ok = 1;
+	int is_ascii;
+	YCHAR *w;
 
-	if(dev->skipCheckpointWrite || !dev->isYaffs2){
-		T(YAFFS_TRACE_CHECKPOINT,(TSTR("skipping checkpoint write" TENDSTR)));
-		ok = 0;
-	}
+	if (dev->param.auto_unicode) {
 
-	if(ok)
-		ok = yaffs_CheckpointOpen(dev,1);
+		is_ascii = 1;
+		w = name;
 
-	if(ok){
-		T(YAFFS_TRACE_CHECKPOINT,(TSTR("write checkpoint validity" TENDSTR)));
-		ok = yaffs_WriteCheckpointValidityMarker(dev,1);
-	}
-	if(ok){
-		T(YAFFS_TRACE_CHECKPOINT,(TSTR("write checkpoint device" TENDSTR)));
-		ok = yaffs_WriteCheckpointDevice(dev);
-	}
-	if(ok){
-		T(YAFFS_TRACE_CHECKPOINT,(TSTR("write checkpoint objects" TENDSTR)));
-		ok = yaffs_WriteCheckpointObjects(dev);
-	}
-	if(ok){
-		T(YAFFS_TRACE_CHECKPOINT,(TSTR("write checkpoint validity" TENDSTR)));
-		ok = yaffs_WriteCheckpointValidityMarker(dev,0);
-	}
+		/* Figure out if the name will fit in ascii character set */
+		while (is_ascii && *w) {
+			if ((*w) & 0xff00)
+				is_ascii = 0;
+			w++;
+		}
 
-	if(ok){
-		ok = yaffs_WriteCheckpointSum(dev);
+		if (is_ascii) {
+			/* It is an ASCII name, so convert unicode to ascii */
+			char *ascii_oh_name = (char *)oh_name;
+			int n = YAFFS_MAX_NAME_LENGTH - 1;
+			while (n > 0 && *name) {
+				*ascii_oh_name = *name;
+				name++;
+				ascii_oh_name++;
+				n--;
+			}
+		} else {
+			/* Unicode name, so save starting at the second YCHAR */
+			*oh_name = 0;
+			yaffs_strncpy(oh_name + 1, name, YAFFS_MAX_NAME_LENGTH - 2);
+		}
+	} else {
+#else
+	dev = dev;
+	{
+#endif
+		yaffs_strncpy(oh_name, name, YAFFS_MAX_NAME_LENGTH - 1);
 	}
+}
 
+/* UpdateObjectHeader updates the header on NAND for an object.
+ * If name is not NULL, then that new name is used.
+ */
+int yaffs_update_oh(struct yaffs_obj *in, const YCHAR *name, int force,
+		    int is_shrink, int shadows, struct yaffs_xattr_mod *xmod)
+{
 
-	if(!yaffs_CheckpointClose(dev))
-		 ok = 0;
+	struct yaffs_block_info *bi;
+	struct yaffs_dev *dev = in->my_dev;
+	int prev_chunk_id;
+	int ret_val = 0;
+	int result = 0;
+	int new_chunk_id;
+	struct yaffs_ext_tags new_tags;
+	struct yaffs_ext_tags old_tags;
+	const YCHAR *alias = NULL;
+	u8 *buffer = NULL;
+	YCHAR old_name[YAFFS_MAX_NAME_LENGTH + 1];
+	struct yaffs_obj_hdr *oh = NULL;
+	loff_t file_size = 0;
 
-	if(ok)
-		dev->isCheckpointed = 1;
-	 else
-		dev->isCheckpointed = 0;
+	yaffs_strcpy(old_name, _Y("silly old name"));
 
-	return dev->isCheckpointed;
-}
+	if (in->fake && in != dev->root_dir && !force && !xmod)
+		return ret_val;
 
-static int yaffs_ReadCheckpointData(yaffs_Device *dev)
-{
-	int ok = 1;
+	yaffs_check_gc(dev, 0);
+	yaffs_check_obj_details_loaded(in);
 
-	if(dev->skipCheckpointRead || !dev->isYaffs2){
-		T(YAFFS_TRACE_CHECKPOINT,(TSTR("skipping checkpoint read" TENDSTR)));
-		ok = 0;
-	}
+	buffer = yaffs_get_temp_buffer(in->my_dev);
+	oh = (struct yaffs_obj_hdr *)buffer;
 
-	if(ok)
-		ok = yaffs_CheckpointOpen(dev,0); /* open for read */
+	prev_chunk_id = in->hdr_chunk;
 
-	if(ok){
-		T(YAFFS_TRACE_CHECKPOINT,(TSTR("read checkpoint validity" TENDSTR)));
-		ok = yaffs_ReadCheckpointValidityMarker(dev,1);
-	}
-	if(ok){
-		T(YAFFS_TRACE_CHECKPOINT,(TSTR("read checkpoint device" TENDSTR)));
-		ok = yaffs_ReadCheckpointDevice(dev);
-	}
-	if(ok){
-		T(YAFFS_TRACE_CHECKPOINT,(TSTR("read checkpoint objects" TENDSTR)));
-		ok = yaffs_ReadCheckpointObjects(dev);
-	}
-	if(ok){
-		T(YAFFS_TRACE_CHECKPOINT,(TSTR("read checkpoint validity" TENDSTR)));
-		ok = yaffs_ReadCheckpointValidityMarker(dev,0);
-	}
+	if (prev_chunk_id > 0) {
+		result = yaffs_rd_chunk_tags_nand(dev, prev_chunk_id,
+						  buffer, &old_tags);
 
-	if(ok){
-		ok = yaffs_ReadCheckpointSum(dev);
-		T(YAFFS_TRACE_CHECKPOINT,(TSTR("read checkpoint checksum %d" TENDSTR),ok));
+		yaffs_verify_oh(in, oh, &old_tags, 0);
+		memcpy(old_name, oh->name, sizeof(oh->name));
+		memset(buffer, 0xff, sizeof(struct yaffs_obj_hdr));
+	} else {
+		memset(buffer, 0xff, dev->data_bytes_per_chunk);
 	}
 
-	if(!yaffs_CheckpointClose(dev))
-		ok = 0;
-
-	if(ok)
-		dev->isCheckpointed = 1;
-	 else
-		dev->isCheckpointed = 0;
+	oh->type = in->variant_type;
+	oh->yst_mode = in->yst_mode;
+	oh->shadows_obj = oh->inband_shadowed_obj_id = shadows;
 
-	return ok ? 1 : 0;
+	yaffs_load_attribs_oh(oh, in);
 
-}
+	if (in->parent)
+		oh->parent_obj_id = in->parent->obj_id;
+	else
+		oh->parent_obj_id = 0;
 
-static void yaffs_InvalidateCheckpoint(yaffs_Device *dev)
-{
-	if(dev->isCheckpointed ||
-	   dev->blocksInCheckpoint > 0){
-		dev->isCheckpointed = 0;
-		yaffs_CheckpointInvalidateStream(dev);
-		if(dev->superBlock && dev->markSuperBlockDirty)
-			dev->markSuperBlockDirty(dev->superBlock);
+	if (name && *name) {
+		memset(oh->name, 0, sizeof(oh->name));
+		yaffs_load_oh_from_name(dev, oh->name, name);
+	} else if (prev_chunk_id > 0) {
+		memcpy(oh->name, old_name, sizeof(oh->name));
+	} else {
+		memset(oh->name, 0, sizeof(oh->name));
 	}
-}
 
+	oh->is_shrink = is_shrink;
 
-int yaffs_CheckpointSave(yaffs_Device *dev)
-{
-
-	T(YAFFS_TRACE_CHECKPOINT,(TSTR("save entry: isCheckpointed %d"TENDSTR),dev->isCheckpointed));
+	switch (in->variant_type) {
+	case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_UNKNOWN:
+		/* Should not happen */
+		break;
+	case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_FILE:
+		if (oh->parent_obj_id != YAFFS_OBJECTID_DELETED &&
+		    oh->parent_obj_id != YAFFS_OBJECTID_UNLINKED)
+			file_size = in->variant.file_variant.file_size;
+		yaffs_oh_size_load(oh, file_size);
+		break;
+	case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_HARDLINK:
+		oh->equiv_id = in->variant.hardlink_variant.equiv_id;
+		break;
+	case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_SPECIAL:
+		/* Do nothing */
+		break;
+	case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_DIRECTORY:
+		/* Do nothing */
+		break;
+	case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_SYMLINK:
+		alias = in->variant.symlink_variant.alias;
+		if (!alias)
+			alias = _Y("no alias");
+		yaffs_strncpy(oh->alias, alias, YAFFS_MAX_ALIAS_LENGTH);
+		oh->alias[YAFFS_MAX_ALIAS_LENGTH] = 0;
+		break;
+	}
 
-	yaffs_VerifyObjects(dev);
-	yaffs_VerifyBlocks(dev);
-	yaffs_VerifyFreeChunks(dev);
+	/* process any xattrib modifications */
+	if (xmod)
+		yaffs_apply_xattrib_mod(in, (char *)buffer, xmod);
+
+	/* Tags */
+	memset(&new_tags, 0, sizeof(new_tags));
+	in->serial++;
+	new_tags.chunk_id = 0;
+	new_tags.obj_id = in->obj_id;
+	new_tags.serial_number = in->serial;
+
+	/* Add extra info for file header */
+	new_tags.extra_available = 1;
+	new_tags.extra_parent_id = oh->parent_obj_id;
+	new_tags.extra_file_size = file_size;
+	new_tags.extra_is_shrink = oh->is_shrink;
+	new_tags.extra_equiv_id = oh->equiv_id;
+	new_tags.extra_shadows = (oh->shadows_obj > 0) ? 1 : 0;
+	new_tags.extra_obj_type = in->variant_type;
+	yaffs_verify_oh(in, oh, &new_tags, 1);
+
+	/* Create new chunk in NAND */
+	new_chunk_id =
+	    yaffs_write_new_chunk(dev, buffer, &new_tags,
+				  (prev_chunk_id > 0) ? 1 : 0);
 
-	if(!dev->isCheckpointed) {
-		yaffs_InvalidateCheckpoint(dev);
-		yaffs_WriteCheckpointData(dev);
-	}
+	if (buffer)
+		yaffs_release_temp_buffer(dev, buffer);
 
-	T(YAFFS_TRACE_ALWAYS,(TSTR("save exit: isCheckpointed %d"TENDSTR),dev->isCheckpointed));
+	if (new_chunk_id < 0)
+		return new_chunk_id;
 
-	return dev->isCheckpointed;
-}
+	in->hdr_chunk = new_chunk_id;
 
-int yaffs_CheckpointRestore(yaffs_Device *dev)
-{
-	int retval;
-	T(YAFFS_TRACE_CHECKPOINT,(TSTR("restore entry: isCheckpointed %d"TENDSTR),dev->isCheckpointed));
+	if (prev_chunk_id > 0)
+		yaffs_chunk_del(dev, prev_chunk_id, 1, __LINE__);
 
-	retval = yaffs_ReadCheckpointData(dev);
+	if (!yaffs_obj_cache_dirty(in))
+		in->dirty = 0;
 
-	if(dev->isCheckpointed){
-		yaffs_VerifyObjects(dev);
-		yaffs_VerifyBlocks(dev);
-		yaffs_VerifyFreeChunks(dev);
+	/* If this was a shrink, then mark the block
+	 * that the chunk lives on */
+	if (is_shrink) {
+		bi = yaffs_get_block_info(in->my_dev,
+					  new_chunk_id /
+					  in->my_dev->param.chunks_per_block);
+		bi->has_shrink_hdr = 1;
 	}
 
-	T(YAFFS_TRACE_CHECKPOINT,(TSTR("restore exit: isCheckpointed %d"TENDSTR),dev->isCheckpointed));
 
-	return retval;
+	return new_chunk_id;
 }
 
 /*--------------------- File read/write ------------------------
@@ -4447,622 +3432,550 @@ int yaffs_CheckpointRestore(yaffs_Device *dev)
  * Curve-balls: the first chunk might also be the last chunk.
  */
 
-int yaffs_ReadDataFromFile(yaffs_Object * in, __u8 * buffer, loff_t offset,
-			   int nBytes)
+int yaffs_file_rd(struct yaffs_obj *in, u8 * buffer, loff_t offset, int n_bytes)
 {
+	int chunk;
+	u32 start;
+	int n_copy;
+	int n = n_bytes;
+	int n_done = 0;
+	struct yaffs_cache *cache;
+	struct yaffs_dev *dev;
 
-	__u32 chunk = 0;
-	__u32 start = 0;
-	int nToCopy;
-	int n = nBytes;
-	int nDone = 0;
-	yaffs_ChunkCache *cache;
-
-	yaffs_Device *dev;
-
-	dev = in->myDev;
+	dev = in->my_dev;
 
 	while (n > 0) {
-		//chunk = offset / dev->nDataBytesPerChunk + 1;
-		//start = offset % dev->nDataBytesPerChunk;
-		yaffs_AddrToChunk(dev,offset,&chunk,&start);
+		yaffs_addr_to_chunk(dev, offset, &chunk, &start);
 		chunk++;
 
 		/* OK now check for the curveball where the start and end are in
 		 * the same chunk.
 		 */
-		if ((start + n) < dev->nDataBytesPerChunk) {
-			nToCopy = n;
-		} else {
-			nToCopy = dev->nDataBytesPerChunk - start;
-		}
+		if ((start + n) < dev->data_bytes_per_chunk)
+			n_copy = n;
+		else
+			n_copy = dev->data_bytes_per_chunk - start;
 
-		cache = yaffs_FindChunkCache(in, chunk);
+		cache = yaffs_find_chunk_cache(in, chunk);
 
-		/* If the chunk is already in the cache or it is less than a whole chunk
-		 * then use the cache (if there is caching)
-		 * else bypass the cache.
+		/* If the chunk is already in the cache or it is less than
+		 * a whole chunk or we're using inband tags then use the cache
+		 * (if there is caching) else bypass the cache.
 		 */
-		if (cache || nToCopy != dev->nDataBytesPerChunk) {
-			if (dev->nShortOpCaches > 0) {
+		if (cache || n_copy != dev->data_bytes_per_chunk ||
+		    dev->param.inband_tags) {
+			if (dev->param.n_caches > 0) {
 
-				/* If we can't find the data in the cache, then load it up. */
+				/* If we can't find the data in the cache,
+				 * then load it up. */
 
 				if (!cache) {
-					cache = yaffs_GrabChunkCache(in->myDev);
+					cache =
+					    yaffs_grab_chunk_cache(in->my_dev);
 					cache->object = in;
-					cache->chunkId = chunk;
+					cache->chunk_id = chunk;
 					cache->dirty = 0;
 					cache->locked = 0;
-					yaffs_ReadChunkDataFromObject(in, chunk,
-								      cache->
-								      data);
-					cache->nBytes = 0;
+					yaffs_rd_data_obj(in, chunk,
+							  cache->data);
+					cache->n_bytes = 0;
 				}
 
-				yaffs_UseChunkCache(dev, cache, 0);
+				yaffs_use_cache(dev, cache, 0);
 
 				cache->locked = 1;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_YAFFS_WINCE
-				yfsd_UnlockYAFFS(TRUE);
-#endif
-				memcpy(buffer, &cache->data[start], nToCopy);
+				memcpy(buffer, &cache->data[start], n_copy);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_YAFFS_WINCE
-				yfsd_LockYAFFS(TRUE);
-#endif
 				cache->locked = 0;
 			} else {
-				/* Read into the local buffer then copy..*/
-
-				__u8 *localBuffer =
-				    yaffs_GetTempBuffer(dev, __LINE__);
-				yaffs_ReadChunkDataFromObject(in, chunk,
-							      localBuffer);
-#ifdef CONFIG_YAFFS_WINCE
-				yfsd_UnlockYAFFS(TRUE);
-#endif
-				memcpy(buffer, &localBuffer[start], nToCopy);
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_YAFFS_WINCE
-				yfsd_LockYAFFS(TRUE);
-#endif
-				yaffs_ReleaseTempBuffer(dev, localBuffer,
-							__LINE__);
-			}
-
-		} else {
-#ifdef CONFIG_YAFFS_WINCE
-			__u8 *localBuffer = yaffs_GetTempBuffer(dev, __LINE__);
-
-			/* Under WinCE can't do direct transfer. Need to use a local buffer.
-			 * This is because we otherwise screw up WinCE's memory mapper
-			 */
-			yaffs_ReadChunkDataFromObject(in, chunk, localBuffer);
+				/* Read into the local buffer then copy.. */
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_YAFFS_WINCE
-			yfsd_UnlockYAFFS(TRUE);
-#endif
-			memcpy(buffer, localBuffer, dev->nDataBytesPerChunk);
+				u8 *local_buffer =
+				    yaffs_get_temp_buffer(dev);
+				yaffs_rd_data_obj(in, chunk, local_buffer);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_YAFFS_WINCE
-			yfsd_LockYAFFS(TRUE);
-			yaffs_ReleaseTempBuffer(dev, localBuffer, __LINE__);
-#endif
+				memcpy(buffer, &local_buffer[start], n_copy);
 
-#else
-			/* A full chunk. Read directly into the supplied buffer. */
-			yaffs_ReadChunkDataFromObject(in, chunk, buffer);
-#endif
+				yaffs_release_temp_buffer(dev, local_buffer);
+			}
+		} else {
+			/* A full chunk. Read directly into the buffer. */
+			yaffs_rd_data_obj(in, chunk, buffer);
 		}
-
-		n -= nToCopy;
-		offset += nToCopy;
-		buffer += nToCopy;
-		nDone += nToCopy;
-
+		n -= n_copy;
+		offset += n_copy;
+		buffer += n_copy;
+		n_done += n_copy;
 	}
-
-	return nDone;
+	return n_done;
 }
 
-int yaffs_WriteDataToFile(yaffs_Object * in, const __u8 * buffer, loff_t offset,
-			  int nBytes, int writeThrough)
+int yaffs_do_file_wr(struct yaffs_obj *in, const u8 *buffer, loff_t offset,
+		     int n_bytes, int write_through)
 {
 
-	__u32 chunk = 0;
-	__u32 start = 0;
-	int nToCopy;
-	int n = nBytes;
-	int nDone = 0;
-	int nToWriteBack;
-	int startOfWrite = offset;
-	int chunkWritten = 0;
-	int nBytesRead;
-
-	yaffs_Device *dev;
-
-	dev = in->myDev;
-
-	while (n > 0 && chunkWritten >= 0) {
-		//chunk = offset / dev->nDataBytesPerChunk + 1;
-		//start = offset % dev->nDataBytesPerChunk;
-		yaffs_AddrToChunk(dev,offset,&chunk,&start);
-		chunk++;
+	int chunk;
+	u32 start;
+	int n_copy;
+	int n = n_bytes;
+	int n_done = 0;
+	int n_writeback;
+	loff_t start_write = offset;
+	int chunk_written = 0;
+	u32 n_bytes_read;
+	loff_t chunk_start;
+	struct yaffs_dev *dev;
+
+	dev = in->my_dev;
+
+	while (n > 0 && chunk_written >= 0) {
+		yaffs_addr_to_chunk(dev, offset, &chunk, &start);
+
+		if (((loff_t)chunk) *
+		    dev->data_bytes_per_chunk + start != offset ||
+		    start >= dev->data_bytes_per_chunk) {
+			yaffs_trace(YAFFS_TRACE_ERROR,
+				"AddrToChunk of offset %lld gives chunk %d start %d",
+				offset, chunk, start);
+		}
+		chunk++;	/* File pos to chunk in file offset */
 
 		/* OK now check for the curveball where the start and end are in
 		 * the same chunk.
 		 */
 
-		if ((start + n) < dev->nDataBytesPerChunk) {
-			nToCopy = n;
+		if ((start + n) < dev->data_bytes_per_chunk) {
+			n_copy = n;
 
-			/* Now folks, to calculate how many bytes to write back....
-			 * If we're overwriting and not writing to then end of file then
-			 * we need to write back as much as was there before.
+			/* Now calculate how many bytes to write back....
+			 * If we're overwriting and not writing to then end of
+			 * file then we need to write back as much as was there
+			 * before.
 			 */
 
-			nBytesRead =
-			    in->variant.fileVariant.fileSize -
-			    ((chunk - 1) * dev->nDataBytesPerChunk);
+			chunk_start = (((loff_t)(chunk - 1)) *
+					dev->data_bytes_per_chunk);
 
-			if (nBytesRead > dev->nDataBytesPerChunk) {
-				nBytesRead = dev->nDataBytesPerChunk;
-			}
+			if (chunk_start > in->variant.file_variant.file_size)
+				n_bytes_read = 0;	/* Past end of file */
+			else
+				n_bytes_read =
+				    in->variant.file_variant.file_size -
+				    chunk_start;
+
+			if (n_bytes_read > dev->data_bytes_per_chunk)
+				n_bytes_read = dev->data_bytes_per_chunk;
 
-			nToWriteBack =
-			    (nBytesRead >
-			     (start + n)) ? nBytesRead : (start + n);
+			n_writeback =
+			    (n_bytes_read >
+			     (start + n)) ? n_bytes_read : (start + n);
+
+			if (n_writeback < 0 ||
+			    n_writeback > dev->data_bytes_per_chunk)
+				BUG();
 
 		} else {
-			nToCopy = dev->nDataBytesPerChunk - start;
-			nToWriteBack = dev->nDataBytesPerChunk;
+			n_copy = dev->data_bytes_per_chunk - start;
+			n_writeback = dev->data_bytes_per_chunk;
 		}
 
-		if (nToCopy != dev->nDataBytesPerChunk) {
-			/* An incomplete start or end chunk (or maybe both start and end chunk) */
-			if (dev->nShortOpCaches > 0) {
-				yaffs_ChunkCache *cache;
-				/* If we can't find the data in the cache, then load the cache */
-				cache = yaffs_FindChunkCache(in, chunk);
-
-				if (!cache
-				    && yaffs_CheckSpaceForAllocation(in->
-								     myDev)) {
-					cache = yaffs_GrabChunkCache(in->myDev);
+		if (n_copy != dev->data_bytes_per_chunk ||
+		    dev->param.inband_tags) {
+			/* 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->param.n_caches > 0) {
+				struct yaffs_cache *cache;
+
+				/* If we can't find the data in the cache, then
+				 * load the cache */
+				cache = yaffs_find_chunk_cache(in, chunk);
+
+				if (!cache &&
+				    yaffs_check_alloc_available(dev, 1)) {
+					cache = yaffs_grab_chunk_cache(dev);
 					cache->object = in;
-					cache->chunkId = chunk;
+					cache->chunk_id = chunk;
 					cache->dirty = 0;
 					cache->locked = 0;
-					yaffs_ReadChunkDataFromObject(in, chunk,
-								      cache->
-								      data);
-				}
-				else if(cache &&
-					!cache->dirty &&
-					!yaffs_CheckSpaceForAllocation(in->myDev)){
-					/* Drop the cache if it was a read cache item and
-					 * no space check has been made for it.
+					yaffs_rd_data_obj(in, chunk,
+							  cache->data);
+				} else if (cache &&
+					   !cache->dirty &&
+					   !yaffs_check_alloc_available(dev,
+									1)) {
+					/* Drop the cache if it was a read cache
+					 * item and no space check has been made
+					 * for it.
 					 */
-					 cache = NULL;
+					cache = NULL;
 				}
 
 				if (cache) {
-					yaffs_UseChunkCache(dev, cache, 1);
+					yaffs_use_cache(dev, cache, 1);
 					cache->locked = 1;
-#ifdef CONFIG_YAFFS_WINCE
-					yfsd_UnlockYAFFS(TRUE);
-#endif
 
 					memcpy(&cache->data[start], buffer,
-					       nToCopy);
+					       n_copy);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_YAFFS_WINCE
-					yfsd_LockYAFFS(TRUE);
-#endif
 					cache->locked = 0;
-					cache->nBytes = nToWriteBack;
+					cache->n_bytes = n_writeback;
 
-					if (writeThrough) {
-						chunkWritten =
-						    yaffs_WriteChunkDataToObject
+					if (write_through) {
+						chunk_written =
+						    yaffs_wr_data_obj
 						    (cache->object,
-						     cache->chunkId,
-						     cache->data, cache->nBytes,
-						     1);
+						     cache->chunk_id,
+						     cache->data,
+						     cache->n_bytes, 1);
 						cache->dirty = 0;
 					}
-
 				} else {
-					chunkWritten = -1;	/* fail the write */
+					chunk_written = -1;	/* fail write */
 				}
 			} else {
-				/* An incomplete start or end chunk (or maybe both start and end chunk)
-				 * Read into the local buffer then copy, then copy over and write back.
+				/* An incomplete start or end chunk (or maybe
+				 * both start and end chunk). Read into the
+				 * local buffer then copy over and write back.
 				 */
 
-				__u8 *localBuffer =
-				    yaffs_GetTempBuffer(dev, __LINE__);
+				u8 *local_buffer = yaffs_get_temp_buffer(dev);
 
-				yaffs_ReadChunkDataFromObject(in, chunk,
-							      localBuffer);
+				yaffs_rd_data_obj(in, chunk, local_buffer);
+				memcpy(&local_buffer[start], buffer, n_copy);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_YAFFS_WINCE
-				yfsd_UnlockYAFFS(TRUE);
-#endif
-
-				memcpy(&localBuffer[start], buffer, nToCopy);
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_YAFFS_WINCE
-				yfsd_LockYAFFS(TRUE);
-#endif
-				chunkWritten =
-				    yaffs_WriteChunkDataToObject(in, chunk,
-								 localBuffer,
-								 nToWriteBack,
-								 0);
-
-				yaffs_ReleaseTempBuffer(dev, localBuffer,
-							__LINE__);
+				chunk_written =
+				    yaffs_wr_data_obj(in, chunk,
+						      local_buffer,
+						      n_writeback, 0);
 
+				yaffs_release_temp_buffer(dev, local_buffer);
 			}
-
 		} else {
+			/* A full chunk. Write directly from the buffer. */
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_YAFFS_WINCE
-			/* Under WinCE can't do direct transfer. Need to use a local buffer.
-			 * This is because we otherwise screw up WinCE's memory mapper
-			 */
-			__u8 *localBuffer = yaffs_GetTempBuffer(dev, __LINE__);
-#ifdef CONFIG_YAFFS_WINCE
-			yfsd_UnlockYAFFS(TRUE);
-#endif
-			memcpy(localBuffer, buffer, dev->nDataBytesPerChunk);
-#ifdef CONFIG_YAFFS_WINCE
-			yfsd_LockYAFFS(TRUE);
-#endif
-			chunkWritten =
-			    yaffs_WriteChunkDataToObject(in, chunk, localBuffer,
-							 dev->nDataBytesPerChunk,
-							 0);
-			yaffs_ReleaseTempBuffer(dev, localBuffer, __LINE__);
-#else
-			/* A full chunk. Write directly from the supplied buffer. */
-			chunkWritten =
-			    yaffs_WriteChunkDataToObject(in, chunk, buffer,
-							 dev->nDataBytesPerChunk,
-							 0);
-#endif
-			/* Since we've overwritten the cached data, we better invalidate it. */
-			yaffs_InvalidateChunkCache(in, chunk);
-		}
+			chunk_written =
+			    yaffs_wr_data_obj(in, chunk, buffer,
+					      dev->data_bytes_per_chunk, 0);
 
-		if (chunkWritten >= 0) {
-			n -= nToCopy;
-			offset += nToCopy;
-			buffer += nToCopy;
-			nDone += nToCopy;
+			/* Since we've overwritten the cached data,
+			 * we better invalidate it. */
+			yaffs_invalidate_chunk_cache(in, chunk);
 		}
 
+		if (chunk_written >= 0) {
+			n -= n_copy;
+			offset += n_copy;
+			buffer += n_copy;
+			n_done += n_copy;
+		}
 	}
 
 	/* Update file object */
 
-	if ((startOfWrite + nDone) > in->variant.fileVariant.fileSize) {
-		in->variant.fileVariant.fileSize = (startOfWrite + nDone);
-	}
+	if ((start_write + n_done) > in->variant.file_variant.file_size)
+		in->variant.file_variant.file_size = (start_write + n_done);
 
 	in->dirty = 1;
-
-	return nDone;
+	return n_done;
 }
 
+int yaffs_wr_file(struct yaffs_obj *in, const u8 *buffer, loff_t offset,
+		  int n_bytes, int write_through)
+{
+	yaffs2_handle_hole(in, offset);
+	return yaffs_do_file_wr(in, buffer, offset, n_bytes, write_through);
+}
 
 /* ---------------------- File resizing stuff ------------------ */
 
-static void yaffs_PruneResizedChunks(yaffs_Object * in, int newSize)
+static void yaffs_prune_chunks(struct yaffs_obj *in, loff_t new_size)
 {
 
-	yaffs_Device *dev = in->myDev;
-	int oldFileSize = in->variant.fileVariant.fileSize;
+	struct yaffs_dev *dev = in->my_dev;
+	loff_t old_size = in->variant.file_variant.file_size;
+	int i;
+	int chunk_id;
+	u32 dummy;
+	int last_del;
+	int start_del;
 
-	int lastDel = 1 + (oldFileSize - 1) / dev->nDataBytesPerChunk;
+	if (old_size > 0)
+		yaffs_addr_to_chunk(dev, old_size - 1, &last_del, &dummy);
+	else
+		last_del = 0;
 
-	int startDel = 1 + (newSize + dev->nDataBytesPerChunk - 1) /
-	    dev->nDataBytesPerChunk;
-	int i;
-	int chunkId;
+	yaffs_addr_to_chunk(dev, new_size + dev->data_bytes_per_chunk - 1,
+				&start_del, &dummy);
+	last_del++;
+	start_del++;
 
 	/* Delete backwards so that we don't end up with holes if
 	 * power is lost part-way through the operation.
 	 */
-	for (i = lastDel; i >= startDel; i--) {
+	for (i = last_del; i >= start_del; i--) {
 		/* NB this could be optimised somewhat,
 		 * eg. could retrieve the tags and write them without
-		 * using yaffs_DeleteChunk
+		 * using yaffs_chunk_del
 		 */
 
-		chunkId = yaffs_FindAndDeleteChunkInFile(in, i, NULL);
-		if (chunkId > 0) {
-			if (chunkId <
-			    (dev->internalStartBlock * dev->nChunksPerBlock)
-			    || chunkId >=
-			    ((dev->internalEndBlock +
-			      1) * dev->nChunksPerBlock)) {
-				T(YAFFS_TRACE_ALWAYS,
-				  (TSTR("Found daft chunkId %d for %d" TENDSTR),
-				   chunkId, i));
-			} else {
-				in->nDataChunks--;
-				yaffs_DeleteChunk(dev, chunkId, 1, __LINE__);
-			}
+		chunk_id = yaffs_find_del_file_chunk(in, i, NULL);
+
+		if (chunk_id < 1)
+			continue;
+
+		if (chunk_id <
+		    (dev->internal_start_block * dev->param.chunks_per_block) ||
+		    chunk_id >=
+		    ((dev->internal_end_block + 1) *
+		      dev->param.chunks_per_block)) {
+			yaffs_trace(YAFFS_TRACE_ALWAYS,
+				"Found daft chunk_id %d for %d",
+				chunk_id, i);
+		} else {
+			in->n_data_chunks--;
+			yaffs_chunk_del(dev, chunk_id, 1, __LINE__);
 		}
 	}
-
 }
 
-int yaffs_ResizeFile(yaffs_Object * in, loff_t newSize)
+void yaffs_resize_file_down(struct yaffs_obj *obj, loff_t new_size)
 {
+	int new_full;
+	u32 new_partial;
+	struct yaffs_dev *dev = obj->my_dev;
 
-	int oldFileSize = in->variant.fileVariant.fileSize;
-	__u32 newSizeOfPartialChunk = 0;
-	__u32 newFullChunks = 0;
+	yaffs_addr_to_chunk(dev, new_size, &new_full, &new_partial);
 
-	yaffs_Device *dev = in->myDev;
+	yaffs_prune_chunks(obj, new_size);
 
-	yaffs_AddrToChunk(dev, newSize, &newFullChunks, &newSizeOfPartialChunk);
+	if (new_partial != 0) {
+		int last_chunk = 1 + new_full;
+		u8 *local_buffer = yaffs_get_temp_buffer(dev);
 
-	yaffs_FlushFilesChunkCache(in);
-	yaffs_InvalidateWholeChunkCache(in);
+		/* Rewrite the last chunk with its new size and zero pad */
+		yaffs_rd_data_obj(obj, last_chunk, local_buffer);
+		memset(local_buffer + new_partial, 0,
+		       dev->data_bytes_per_chunk - new_partial);
 
-	yaffs_CheckGarbageCollection(dev);
+		yaffs_wr_data_obj(obj, last_chunk, local_buffer,
+				  new_partial, 1);
 
-	if (in->variantType != YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_FILE) {
-		return yaffs_GetFileSize(in);
+		yaffs_release_temp_buffer(dev, local_buffer);
 	}
 
-	if (newSize == oldFileSize) {
-		return oldFileSize;
-	}
-
-	if (newSize < oldFileSize) {
-
-		yaffs_PruneResizedChunks(in, newSize);
-
-		if (newSizeOfPartialChunk != 0) {
-			int lastChunk = 1 + newFullChunks;
+	obj->variant.file_variant.file_size = new_size;
 
-			__u8 *localBuffer = yaffs_GetTempBuffer(dev, __LINE__);
+	yaffs_prune_tree(dev, &obj->variant.file_variant);
+}
 
-			/* Got to read and rewrite the last chunk with its new size and zero pad */
-			yaffs_ReadChunkDataFromObject(in, lastChunk,
-						      localBuffer);
+int yaffs_resize_file(struct yaffs_obj *in, loff_t new_size)
+{
+	struct yaffs_dev *dev = in->my_dev;
+	loff_t old_size = in->variant.file_variant.file_size;
 
-			memset(localBuffer + newSizeOfPartialChunk, 0,
-			       dev->nDataBytesPerChunk - newSizeOfPartialChunk);
+	yaffs_flush_file_cache(in);
+	yaffs_invalidate_whole_cache(in);
 
-			yaffs_WriteChunkDataToObject(in, lastChunk, localBuffer,
-						     newSizeOfPartialChunk, 1);
+	yaffs_check_gc(dev, 0);
 
-			yaffs_ReleaseTempBuffer(dev, localBuffer, __LINE__);
-		}
+	if (in->variant_type != YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_FILE)
+		return YAFFS_FAIL;
 
-		in->variant.fileVariant.fileSize = newSize;
+	if (new_size == old_size)
+		return YAFFS_OK;
 
-		yaffs_PruneFileStructure(dev, &in->variant.fileVariant);
+	if (new_size > old_size) {
+		yaffs2_handle_hole(in, new_size);
+		in->variant.file_variant.file_size = new_size;
 	} else {
-		/* newsSize > oldFileSize */
-		in->variant.fileVariant.fileSize = newSize;
+		/* new_size < old_size */
+		yaffs_resize_file_down(in, new_size);
 	}
 
-
-
-	/* Write a new object header.
+	/* 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.
+	 * Do this only if the file is not in the deleted directories
+	 * and is not shadowed.
 	 */
-	if (in->parent->objectId != YAFFS_OBJECTID_UNLINKED &&
-	    in->parent->objectId != YAFFS_OBJECTID_DELETED) {
-		yaffs_UpdateObjectHeader(in, NULL, 0,
-					 (newSize < oldFileSize) ? 1 : 0, 0);
-	}
+	if (in->parent &&
+	    !in->is_shadowed &&
+	    in->parent->obj_id != YAFFS_OBJECTID_UNLINKED &&
+	    in->parent->obj_id != YAFFS_OBJECTID_DELETED)
+		yaffs_update_oh(in, NULL, 0, 0, 0, NULL);
 
 	return YAFFS_OK;
 }
 
-loff_t yaffs_GetFileSize(yaffs_Object * obj)
-{
-	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);
-	default:
-		return 0;
-	}
-}
-
-
-
-int yaffs_FlushFile(yaffs_Object * in, int updateTime)
+int yaffs_flush_file(struct yaffs_obj *in, int update_time, int data_sync)
 {
-	int retVal;
-	if (in->dirty) {
-		yaffs_FlushFilesChunkCache(in);
-		if (updateTime) {
-#ifdef CONFIG_YAFFS_WINCE
-			yfsd_WinFileTimeNow(in->win_mtime);
-#else
+	if (!in->dirty)
+		return YAFFS_OK;
 
-			in->yst_mtime = Y_CURRENT_TIME;
+	yaffs_flush_file_cache(in);
 
-#endif
-		}
-
-		retVal =
-		    (yaffs_UpdateObjectHeader(in, NULL, 0, 0, 0) >=
-		     0) ? YAFFS_OK : YAFFS_FAIL;
-	} else {
-		retVal = YAFFS_OK;
-	}
+	if (data_sync)
+		return YAFFS_OK;
 
-	return retVal;
+	if (update_time)
+		yaffs_load_current_time(in, 0, 0);
 
+	return (yaffs_update_oh(in, NULL, 0, 0, 0, NULL) >= 0) ?
+				YAFFS_OK : YAFFS_FAIL;
 }
 
-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)) {
-		/* Move to the unlinked directory so we have a record that it was deleted. */
-		yaffs_ChangeObjectName(in, in->myDev->deletedDir,"deleted", 0, 0);
-
-	}
-
-	yaffs_RemoveObjectFromDirectory(in);
-	yaffs_DeleteChunk(in->myDev, in->chunkId, 1, __LINE__);
-	in->chunkId = -1;
-
-	yaffs_FreeObject(in);
-	return YAFFS_OK;
-
-}
-
-/* yaffs_DeleteFile deletes the whole file data
+/* yaffs_del_file deletes the whole file data
  * and the inode associated with the file.
  * It does not delete the links associated with the file.
  */
-static int yaffs_UnlinkFile(yaffs_Object * in)
-{
-
-	int retVal;
-	int immediateDeletion = 0;
-
-	if (1) {
-/* XXX U-BOOT XXX */
-#if 0
-#ifdef __KERNEL__
-		if (!in->myInode) {
-			immediateDeletion = 1;
-
-		}
-#endif
-#else
-		if (in->inUse <= 0) {
-			immediateDeletion = 1;
-
-		}
-#endif
-		if (immediateDeletion) {
-			retVal =
-			    yaffs_ChangeObjectName(in, in->myDev->deletedDir,
-						   "deleted", 0, 0);
-			T(YAFFS_TRACE_TRACING,
-			  (TSTR("yaffs: immediate deletion of file %d" TENDSTR),
-			   in->objectId));
-			in->deleted = 1;
-			in->myDev->nDeletedFiles++;
-			if (0 && in->myDev->isYaffs2) {
-				yaffs_ResizeFile(in, 0);
-			}
-			yaffs_SoftDeleteFile(in);
-		} else {
-			retVal =
-			    yaffs_ChangeObjectName(in, in->myDev->unlinkedDir,
-						   "unlinked", 0, 0);
-		}
-
+static int yaffs_unlink_file_if_needed(struct yaffs_obj *in)
+{
+	int ret_val;
+	int del_now = 0;
+	struct yaffs_dev *dev = in->my_dev;
+
+	if (!in->my_inode)
+		del_now = 1;
+
+	if (del_now) {
+		ret_val =
+		    yaffs_change_obj_name(in, in->my_dev->del_dir,
+					  _Y("deleted"), 0, 0);
+		yaffs_trace(YAFFS_TRACE_TRACING,
+			"yaffs: immediate deletion of file %d",
+			in->obj_id);
+		in->deleted = 1;
+		in->my_dev->n_deleted_files++;
+		if (dev->param.disable_soft_del || dev->param.is_yaffs2)
+			yaffs_resize_file(in, 0);
+		yaffs_soft_del_file(in);
+	} else {
+		ret_val =
+		    yaffs_change_obj_name(in, in->my_dev->unlinked_dir,
+					  _Y("unlinked"), 0, 0);
 	}
-	return retVal;
+	return ret_val;
 }
 
-int yaffs_DeleteFile(yaffs_Object * in)
+int yaffs_del_file(struct yaffs_obj *in)
 {
-	int retVal = YAFFS_OK;
+	int ret_val = YAFFS_OK;
+	int deleted;	/* Need to cache value on stack if in is freed */
+	struct yaffs_dev *dev = in->my_dev;
 
-	if (in->nDataChunks > 0) {
-		/* Use soft deletion if there is data in the file */
-		if (!in->unlinked) {
-			retVal = yaffs_UnlinkFile(in);
-		}
-		if (retVal == YAFFS_OK && in->unlinked && !in->deleted) {
+	if (dev->param.disable_soft_del || dev->param.is_yaffs2)
+		yaffs_resize_file(in, 0);
+
+	if (in->n_data_chunks > 0) {
+		/* Use soft deletion if there is data in the file.
+		 * That won't be the case if it has been resized to zero.
+		 */
+		if (!in->unlinked)
+			ret_val = yaffs_unlink_file_if_needed(in);
+
+		deleted = in->deleted;
+
+		if (ret_val == YAFFS_OK && in->unlinked && !in->deleted) {
 			in->deleted = 1;
-			in->myDev->nDeletedFiles++;
-			yaffs_SoftDeleteFile(in);
+			deleted = 1;
+			in->my_dev->n_deleted_files++;
+			yaffs_soft_del_file(in);
 		}
-		return in->deleted ? YAFFS_OK : YAFFS_FAIL;
+		return deleted ? YAFFS_OK : YAFFS_FAIL;
 	} else {
 		/* The file has no data chunks so we toss it immediately */
-		yaffs_FreeTnode(in->myDev, in->variant.fileVariant.top);
-		in->variant.fileVariant.top = NULL;
-		yaffs_DoGenericObjectDeletion(in);
+		yaffs_free_tnode(in->my_dev, in->variant.file_variant.top);
+		in->variant.file_variant.top = NULL;
+		yaffs_generic_obj_del(in);
 
 		return YAFFS_OK;
 	}
 }
 
-static int yaffs_DeleteDirectory(yaffs_Object * in)
+int yaffs_is_non_empty_dir(struct yaffs_obj *obj)
 {
-	/* First check that the directory is empty. */
-	if (list_empty(&in->variant.directoryVariant.children)) {
-		return yaffs_DoGenericObjectDeletion(in);
-	}
+	return (obj &&
+		obj->variant_type == YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_DIRECTORY) &&
+		!(list_empty(&obj->variant.dir_variant.children));
+}
 
-	return YAFFS_FAIL;
+static int yaffs_del_dir(struct yaffs_obj *obj)
+{
+	/* First check that the directory is empty. */
+	if (yaffs_is_non_empty_dir(obj))
+		return YAFFS_FAIL;
 
+	return yaffs_generic_obj_del(obj);
 }
 
-static int yaffs_DeleteSymLink(yaffs_Object * in)
+static int yaffs_del_symlink(struct yaffs_obj *in)
 {
-	YFREE(in->variant.symLinkVariant.alias);
+	kfree(in->variant.symlink_variant.alias);
+	in->variant.symlink_variant.alias = NULL;
 
-	return yaffs_DoGenericObjectDeletion(in);
+	return yaffs_generic_obj_del(in);
 }
 
-static int yaffs_DeleteHardLink(yaffs_Object * in)
+static int yaffs_del_link(struct yaffs_obj *in)
 {
-	/* remove this hardlink from the list assocaited with the equivalent
+	/* remove this hardlink from the list associated with the equivalent
 	 * object
 	 */
-	list_del(&in->hardLinks);
-	return yaffs_DoGenericObjectDeletion(in);
+	list_del_init(&in->hard_links);
+	return yaffs_generic_obj_del(in);
 }
 
-static void yaffs_DestroyObject(yaffs_Object * obj)
+int yaffs_del_obj(struct yaffs_obj *obj)
 {
-	switch (obj->variantType) {
+	int ret_val = -1;
+
+	switch (obj->variant_type) {
 	case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_FILE:
-		yaffs_DeleteFile(obj);
+		ret_val = yaffs_del_file(obj);
 		break;
 	case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_DIRECTORY:
-		yaffs_DeleteDirectory(obj);
+		if (!list_empty(&obj->variant.dir_variant.dirty)) {
+			yaffs_trace(YAFFS_TRACE_BACKGROUND,
+				"Remove object %d from dirty directories",
+				obj->obj_id);
+			list_del_init(&obj->variant.dir_variant.dirty);
+		}
+		return yaffs_del_dir(obj);
 		break;
 	case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_SYMLINK:
-		yaffs_DeleteSymLink(obj);
+		ret_val = yaffs_del_symlink(obj);
 		break;
 	case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_HARDLINK:
-		yaffs_DeleteHardLink(obj);
+		ret_val = yaffs_del_link(obj);
 		break;
 	case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_SPECIAL:
-		yaffs_DoGenericObjectDeletion(obj);
+		ret_val = yaffs_generic_obj_del(obj);
 		break;
 	case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_UNKNOWN:
+		ret_val = 0;
 		break;		/* should not happen. */
 	}
+	return ret_val;
 }
 
-static int yaffs_UnlinkWorker(yaffs_Object * obj)
+static int yaffs_unlink_worker(struct yaffs_obj *obj)
 {
+	int del_now = 0;
+
+	if (!obj)
+		return YAFFS_FAIL;
 
-	if (obj->variantType == YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_HARDLINK) {
-		return yaffs_DeleteHardLink(obj);
-	} else if (!list_empty(&obj->hardLinks)) {
+	if (!obj->my_inode)
+		del_now = 1;
+
+	yaffs_update_parent(obj->parent);
+
+	if (obj->variant_type == YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_HARDLINK) {
+		return yaffs_del_link(obj);
+	} else if (!list_empty(&obj->hard_links)) {
 		/* Curve ball: We're unlinking an object that has a hardlink.
 		 *
 		 * This problem arises because we are not strictly following
@@ -5072,1638 +3985,532 @@ 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 works.
 		 * - Rename the object to the hardlink's name.
 		 * - Delete the hardlink
 		 */
 
-		yaffs_Object *hl;
-		int retVal;
+		struct yaffs_obj *hl;
+		struct yaffs_obj *parent;
+		int ret_val;
 		YCHAR name[YAFFS_MAX_NAME_LENGTH + 1];
 
-		hl = list_entry(obj->hardLinks.next, yaffs_Object, hardLinks);
+		hl = list_entry(obj->hard_links.next, struct yaffs_obj,
+				hard_links);
 
-		list_del_init(&hl->hardLinks);
-		list_del_init(&hl->siblings);
+		yaffs_get_obj_name(hl, name, YAFFS_MAX_NAME_LENGTH + 1);
+		parent = hl->parent;
 
-		yaffs_GetObjectName(hl, name, YAFFS_MAX_NAME_LENGTH + 1);
+		list_del_init(&hl->hard_links);
 
-		retVal = yaffs_ChangeObjectName(obj, hl->parent, name, 0, 0);
+		yaffs_add_obj_to_dir(obj->my_dev->unlinked_dir, hl);
 
-		if (retVal == YAFFS_OK) {
-			retVal = yaffs_DoGenericObjectDeletion(hl);
-		}
-		return retVal;
+		ret_val = yaffs_change_obj_name(obj, parent, name, 0, 0);
 
-	} else {
-		switch (obj->variantType) {
+		if (ret_val == YAFFS_OK)
+			ret_val = yaffs_generic_obj_del(hl);
+
+		return ret_val;
+
+	} else if (del_now) {
+		switch (obj->variant_type) {
 		case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_FILE:
-			return yaffs_UnlinkFile(obj);
+			return yaffs_del_file(obj);
 			break;
 		case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_DIRECTORY:
-			return yaffs_DeleteDirectory(obj);
+			list_del_init(&obj->variant.dir_variant.dirty);
+			return yaffs_del_dir(obj);
 			break;
 		case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_SYMLINK:
-			return yaffs_DeleteSymLink(obj);
+			return yaffs_del_symlink(obj);
 			break;
 		case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_SPECIAL:
-			return yaffs_DoGenericObjectDeletion(obj);
+			return yaffs_generic_obj_del(obj);
 			break;
 		case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_HARDLINK:
 		case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_UNKNOWN:
 		default:
 			return YAFFS_FAIL;
 		}
+	} else if (yaffs_is_non_empty_dir(obj)) {
+		return YAFFS_FAIL;
+	} else {
+		return yaffs_change_obj_name(obj, obj->my_dev->unlinked_dir,
+						_Y("unlinked"), 0, 0);
 	}
 }
 
-
-static int yaffs_UnlinkObject( yaffs_Object *obj)
+static int yaffs_unlink_obj(struct yaffs_obj *obj)
 {
-
-	if (obj && obj->unlinkAllowed) {
-		return yaffs_UnlinkWorker(obj);
-	}
+	if (obj && obj->unlink_allowed)
+		return yaffs_unlink_worker(obj);
 
 	return YAFFS_FAIL;
+}
+
+int yaffs_unlinker(struct yaffs_obj *dir, const YCHAR *name)
+{
+	struct yaffs_obj *obj;
 
+	obj = yaffs_find_by_name(dir, name);
+	return yaffs_unlink_obj(obj);
 }
-int yaffs_Unlink(yaffs_Object * dir, const YCHAR * name)
+
+/* Note:
+ * If old_name is NULL then we take old_dir as the object to be renamed.
+ */
+int yaffs_rename_obj(struct yaffs_obj *old_dir, const YCHAR *old_name,
+		     struct yaffs_obj *new_dir, const YCHAR *new_name)
 {
-	yaffs_Object *obj;
+	struct yaffs_obj *obj = NULL;
+	struct yaffs_obj *existing_target = NULL;
+	int force = 0;
+	int result;
+	struct yaffs_dev *dev;
+
+	if (!old_dir || old_dir->variant_type != YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_DIRECTORY) {
+		BUG();
+		return YAFFS_FAIL;
+	}
+	if (!new_dir || new_dir->variant_type != YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_DIRECTORY) {
+		BUG();
+		return YAFFS_FAIL;
+	}
+
+	dev = old_dir->my_dev;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_YAFFS_CASE_INSENSITIVE
+	/* Special case for case insemsitive systems.
+	 * While look-up is case insensitive, the name isn't.
+	 * Therefore we might want to change x.txt to X.txt
+	 */
+	if (old_dir == new_dir &&
+		old_name && new_name &&
+		yaffs_strcmp(old_name, new_name) == 0)
+		force = 1;
+#endif
+
+	if (yaffs_strnlen(new_name, YAFFS_MAX_NAME_LENGTH + 1) >
+	    YAFFS_MAX_NAME_LENGTH)
+		/* ENAMETOOLONG */
+		return YAFFS_FAIL;
+
+	if (old_name)
+		obj = yaffs_find_by_name(old_dir, old_name);
+	else{
+		obj = old_dir;
+		old_dir = obj->parent;
+	}
+
+	if (obj && obj->rename_allowed) {
+		/* Now handle an existing target, if there is one */
+		existing_target = yaffs_find_by_name(new_dir, new_name);
+		if (yaffs_is_non_empty_dir(existing_target)) {
+			return YAFFS_FAIL;	/* ENOTEMPTY */
+		} else if (existing_target && existing_target != obj) {
+			/* Nuke the target first, using shadowing,
+			 * but only if it isn't the same object.
+			 *
+			 * Note we must disable gc here otherwise it can mess
+			 * up the shadowing.
+			 *
+			 */
+			dev->gc_disable = 1;
+			yaffs_change_obj_name(obj, new_dir, new_name, force,
+					      existing_target->obj_id);
+			existing_target->is_shadowed = 1;
+			yaffs_unlink_obj(existing_target);
+			dev->gc_disable = 0;
+		}
+
+		result = yaffs_change_obj_name(obj, new_dir, new_name, 1, 0);
+
+		yaffs_update_parent(old_dir);
+		if (new_dir != old_dir)
+			yaffs_update_parent(new_dir);
 
-	obj = yaffs_FindObjectByName(dir, name);
-	return yaffs_UnlinkObject(obj);
+		return result;
+	}
+	return YAFFS_FAIL;
 }
 
 /*----------------------- Initialisation Scanning ---------------------- */
 
-static void yaffs_HandleShadowedObject(yaffs_Device * dev, int objId,
-				       int backwardScanning)
+void yaffs_handle_shadowed_obj(struct yaffs_dev *dev, int obj_id,
+			       int backward_scanning)
 {
-	yaffs_Object *obj;
+	struct yaffs_obj *obj;
 
-	if (!backwardScanning) {
-		/* Handle YAFFS1 forward scanning case
-		 * For YAFFS1 we always do the deletion
-		 */
-
-	} else {
+	if (backward_scanning) {
 		/* Handle YAFFS2 case (backward scanning)
 		 * If the shadowed object exists then ignore.
 		 */
-		if (yaffs_FindObjectByNumber(dev, objId)) {
+		obj = yaffs_find_by_number(dev, obj_id);
+		if (obj)
 			return;
-		}
 	}
 
-	/* Let's create it (if it does not exist) assuming it is a file so that it can do shrinking etc.
+	/* Let's create it (if it does not exist) assuming it is a file so that
+	 * it can do shrinking etc.
 	 * We put it in unlinked dir to be cleaned up after the scanning
 	 */
 	obj =
-	    yaffs_FindOrCreateObjectByNumber(dev, objId,
-					     YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_FILE);
-	yaffs_AddObjectToDirectory(dev->unlinkedDir, obj);
-	obj->variant.fileVariant.shrinkSize = 0;
-	obj->valid = 1;		/* So that we don't read any other info for this file */
-
+	    yaffs_find_or_create_by_number(dev, obj_id, YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_FILE);
+	if (!obj)
+		return;
+	obj->is_shadowed = 1;
+	yaffs_add_obj_to_dir(dev->unlinked_dir, obj);
+	obj->variant.file_variant.shrink_size = 0;
+	obj->valid = 1;		/* So that we don't read any other info. */
 }
 
-typedef struct {
-	int seq;
-	int block;
-} yaffs_BlockIndex;
-
-
-static void yaffs_HardlinkFixup(yaffs_Device *dev, yaffs_Object *hardList)
+void yaffs_link_fixup(struct yaffs_dev *dev, struct list_head *hard_list)
 {
-	yaffs_Object *hl;
-	yaffs_Object *in;
-
-	while (hardList) {
-		hl = hardList;
-		hardList = (yaffs_Object *) (hardList->hardLinks.next);
+	struct list_head *lh;
+	struct list_head *save;
+	struct yaffs_obj *hl;
+	struct yaffs_obj *in;
 
-		in = yaffs_FindObjectByNumber(dev,
-					      hl->variant.hardLinkVariant.
-					      equivalentObjectId);
+	list_for_each_safe(lh, save, hard_list) {
+		hl = list_entry(lh, struct yaffs_obj, hard_links);
+		in = yaffs_find_by_number(dev,
+					hl->variant.hardlink_variant.equiv_id);
 
 		if (in) {
 			/* Add the hardlink pointers */
-			hl->variant.hardLinkVariant.equivalentObject = in;
-			list_add(&hl->hardLinks, &in->hardLinks);
+			hl->variant.hardlink_variant.equiv_obj = in;
+			list_add(&hl->hard_links, &in->hard_links);
 		} else {
 			/* Todo Need to report/handle this better.
 			 * Got a problem... hardlink to a non-existant object
 			 */
-			hl->variant.hardLinkVariant.equivalentObject = NULL;
-			INIT_LIST_HEAD(&hl->hardLinks);
-
+			hl->variant.hardlink_variant.equiv_obj = NULL;
+			INIT_LIST_HEAD(&hl->hard_links);
 		}
-
 	}
-
 }
 
-
-
-
-
-static int ybicmp(const void *a, const void *b){
-    register int aseq = ((yaffs_BlockIndex *)a)->seq;
-    register int bseq = ((yaffs_BlockIndex *)b)->seq;
-    register int ablock = ((yaffs_BlockIndex *)a)->block;
-    register int bblock = ((yaffs_BlockIndex *)b)->block;
-    if( aseq == bseq )
-	return ablock - bblock;
-    else
-	return aseq - bseq;
-
-}
-
-static int yaffs_Scan(yaffs_Device * dev)
+static void yaffs_strip_deleted_objs(struct yaffs_dev *dev)
 {
-	yaffs_ExtendedTags tags;
-	int blk;
-	int blockIterator;
-	int startIterator;
-	int endIterator;
-	int nBlocksToScan = 0;
-
-	int chunk;
-	int c;
-	int deleted;
-	yaffs_BlockState state;
-	yaffs_Object *hardList = NULL;
-	yaffs_BlockInfo *bi;
-	int sequenceNumber;
-	yaffs_ObjectHeader *oh;
-	yaffs_Object *in;
-	yaffs_Object *parent;
-	int nBlocks = dev->internalEndBlock - dev->internalStartBlock + 1;
-
-	int alloc_failed = 0;
-
-
-	__u8 *chunkData;
-
-	yaffs_BlockIndex *blockIndex = NULL;
-
-	if (dev->isYaffs2) {
-		T(YAFFS_TRACE_SCAN,
-		  (TSTR("yaffs_Scan is not for YAFFS2!" TENDSTR)));
-		return YAFFS_FAIL;
-	}
-
-	//TODO  Throw all the yaffs2 stuuf out of yaffs_Scan since it is only for yaffs1 format.
-
-	T(YAFFS_TRACE_SCAN,
-	  (TSTR("yaffs_Scan starts  intstartblk %d intendblk %d..." TENDSTR),
-	   dev->internalStartBlock, dev->internalEndBlock));
-
-	chunkData = yaffs_GetTempBuffer(dev, __LINE__);
-
-	dev->sequenceNumber = YAFFS_LOWEST_SEQUENCE_NUMBER;
-
-	if (dev->isYaffs2) {
-		blockIndex = YMALLOC(nBlocks * sizeof(yaffs_BlockIndex));
-		if(!blockIndex)
-			return YAFFS_FAIL;
-	}
-
-	/* Scan all the blocks to determine their state */
-	for (blk = dev->internalStartBlock; blk <= dev->internalEndBlock; blk++) {
-		bi = yaffs_GetBlockInfo(dev, blk);
-		yaffs_ClearChunkBits(dev, blk);
-		bi->pagesInUse = 0;
-		bi->softDeletions = 0;
-
-		yaffs_QueryInitialBlockState(dev, blk, &state, &sequenceNumber);
-
-		bi->blockState = state;
-		bi->sequenceNumber = sequenceNumber;
-
-		T(YAFFS_TRACE_SCAN_DEBUG,
-		  (TSTR("Block scanning block %d state %d seq %d" TENDSTR), blk,
-		   state, sequenceNumber));
-
-		if (state == YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_DEAD) {
-			T(YAFFS_TRACE_BAD_BLOCKS,
-			  (TSTR("block %d is bad" TENDSTR), blk));
-		} else if (state == YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_EMPTY) {
-			T(YAFFS_TRACE_SCAN_DEBUG,
-			  (TSTR("Block empty " TENDSTR)));
-			dev->nErasedBlocks++;
-			dev->nFreeChunks += dev->nChunksPerBlock;
-		} else if (state == YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_NEEDS_SCANNING) {
-
-			/* Determine the highest sequence number */
-			if (dev->isYaffs2 &&
-			    sequenceNumber >= YAFFS_LOWEST_SEQUENCE_NUMBER &&
-			    sequenceNumber < YAFFS_HIGHEST_SEQUENCE_NUMBER) {
-
-				blockIndex[nBlocksToScan].seq = sequenceNumber;
-				blockIndex[nBlocksToScan].block = blk;
-
-				nBlocksToScan++;
-
-				if (sequenceNumber >= dev->sequenceNumber) {
-					dev->sequenceNumber = sequenceNumber;
-				}
-			} else if (dev->isYaffs2) {
-				/* TODO: Nasty sequence number! */
-				T(YAFFS_TRACE_SCAN,
-				  (TSTR
-				   ("Block scanning block %d has bad sequence number %d"
-				    TENDSTR), blk, sequenceNumber));
-
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	/* Sort the blocks
-	 * Dungy old bubble sort for now...
-	 */
-	if (dev->isYaffs2) {
-		yaffs_BlockIndex temp;
-		int i;
-		int j;
-
-		for (i = 0; i < nBlocksToScan; i++)
-			for (j = i + 1; j < nBlocksToScan; j++)
-				if (blockIndex[i].seq > blockIndex[j].seq) {
-					temp = blockIndex[j];
-					blockIndex[j] = blockIndex[i];
-					blockIndex[i] = temp;
-				}
-	}
-
-	/* Now scan the blocks looking at the data. */
-	if (dev->isYaffs2) {
-		startIterator = 0;
-		endIterator = nBlocksToScan - 1;
-		T(YAFFS_TRACE_SCAN_DEBUG,
-		  (TSTR("%d blocks to be scanned" TENDSTR), nBlocksToScan));
-	} else {
-		startIterator = dev->internalStartBlock;
-		endIterator = dev->internalEndBlock;
-	}
-
-	/* For each block.... */
-	for (blockIterator = startIterator; !alloc_failed && blockIterator <= endIterator;
-	     blockIterator++) {
-
-		if (dev->isYaffs2) {
-			/* get the block to scan in the correct order */
-			blk = blockIndex[blockIterator].block;
-		} else {
-			blk = blockIterator;
-		}
-
-		bi = yaffs_GetBlockInfo(dev, blk);
-		state = bi->blockState;
-
-		deleted = 0;
-
-		/* For each chunk in each block that needs scanning....*/
-		for (c = 0; !alloc_failed && c < dev->nChunksPerBlock &&
-		     state == YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_NEEDS_SCANNING; c++) {
-			/* Read the tags and decide what to do */
-			chunk = blk * dev->nChunksPerBlock + c;
-
-			yaffs_ReadChunkWithTagsFromNAND(dev, chunk, NULL,
-							&tags);
-
-			/* Let's have a good look at this chunk... */
-
-			if (!dev->isYaffs2 && tags.chunkDeleted) {
-				/* YAFFS1 only...
-				 * A deleted chunk
-				 */
-				deleted++;
-				dev->nFreeChunks++;
-				/*T((" %d %d deleted\n",blk,c)); */
-			} else if (!tags.chunkUsed) {
-				/* An unassigned chunk in the block
-				 * This means that either the block is empty or
-				 * this is the one being allocated from
-				 */
-
-				if (c == 0) {
-					/* We're looking at the first chunk in the block so the block is unused */
-					state = YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_EMPTY;
-					dev->nErasedBlocks++;
-				} else {
-					/* this is the block being allocated from */
-					T(YAFFS_TRACE_SCAN,
-					  (TSTR
-					   (" Allocating from %d %d" TENDSTR),
-					   blk, c));
-					state = YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_ALLOCATING;
-					dev->allocationBlock = blk;
-					dev->allocationPage = c;
-					dev->allocationBlockFinder = blk;
-					/* Set it to here to encourage the allocator to go forth from here. */
-
-					/* Yaffs2 sanity check:
-					 * This should be the one with the highest sequence number
-					 */
-					if (dev->isYaffs2
-					    && (dev->sequenceNumber !=
-						bi->sequenceNumber)) {
-						T(YAFFS_TRACE_ALWAYS,
-						  (TSTR
-						   ("yaffs: Allocation block %d was not highest sequence id:"
-						    " block seq = %d, dev seq = %d"
-						    TENDSTR), blk,bi->sequenceNumber,dev->sequenceNumber));
-					}
-				}
-
-				dev->nFreeChunks += (dev->nChunksPerBlock - c);
-			} else if (tags.chunkId > 0) {
-				/* chunkId > 0 so it is a data chunk... */
-				unsigned int endpos;
-
-				yaffs_SetChunkBit(dev, blk, c);
-				bi->pagesInUse++;
-
-				in = yaffs_FindOrCreateObjectByNumber(dev,
-								      tags.
-								      objectId,
-								      YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_FILE);
-				/* PutChunkIntoFile checks for a clash (two data chunks with
-				 * the same chunkId).
-				 */
-
-				if(!in)
-					alloc_failed = 1;
-
-				if(in){
-					if(!yaffs_PutChunkIntoFile(in, tags.chunkId, chunk,1))
-						alloc_failed = 1;
-				}
-
-				endpos =
-				    (tags.chunkId - 1) * dev->nDataBytesPerChunk +
-				    tags.byteCount;
-				if (in &&
-				    in->variantType == YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_FILE
-				    && in->variant.fileVariant.scannedFileSize <
-				    endpos) {
-					in->variant.fileVariant.
-					    scannedFileSize = endpos;
-					if (!dev->useHeaderFileSize) {
-						in->variant.fileVariant.
-						    fileSize =
-						    in->variant.fileVariant.
-						    scannedFileSize;
-					}
-
-				}
-				/* T((" %d %d data %d %d\n",blk,c,tags.objectId,tags.chunkId));   */
-			} else {
-				/* chunkId == 0, so it is an ObjectHeader.
-				 * Thus, we read in the object header and make the object
-				 */
-				yaffs_SetChunkBit(dev, blk, c);
-				bi->pagesInUse++;
-
-				yaffs_ReadChunkWithTagsFromNAND(dev, chunk,
-								chunkData,
-								NULL);
-
-				oh = (yaffs_ObjectHeader *) chunkData;
-
-				in = yaffs_FindObjectByNumber(dev,
-							      tags.objectId);
-				if (in && in->variantType != oh->type) {
-					/* This should not happen, but somehow
-					 * Wev'e ended up with an objectId that has been reused but not yet
-					 * deleted, and worse still it has changed type. Delete the old object.
-					 */
-
-					yaffs_DestroyObject(in);
-
-					in = 0;
-				}
-
-				in = yaffs_FindOrCreateObjectByNumber(dev,
-								      tags.
-								      objectId,
-								      oh->type);
-
-				if(!in)
-					alloc_failed = 1;
-
-				if (in && oh->shadowsObject > 0) {
-					yaffs_HandleShadowedObject(dev,
-								   oh->
-								   shadowsObject,
-								   0);
-				}
-
-				if (in && in->valid) {
-					/* We have already filled this one. We have a duplicate and need to resolve it. */
-
-					unsigned existingSerial = in->serial;
-					unsigned newSerial = tags.serialNumber;
-
-					if (dev->isYaffs2 ||
-					    ((existingSerial + 1) & 3) ==
-					    newSerial) {
-						/* Use new one - destroy the exisiting one */
-						yaffs_DeleteChunk(dev,
-								  in->chunkId,
-								  1, __LINE__);
-						in->valid = 0;
-					} else {
-						/* Use existing - destroy this one. */
-						yaffs_DeleteChunk(dev, chunk, 1,
-								  __LINE__);
-					}
-				}
-
-				if (in && !in->valid &&
-				    (tags.objectId == YAFFS_OBJECTID_ROOT ||
-				     tags.objectId == YAFFS_OBJECTID_LOSTNFOUND)) {
-					/* We only load some info, don't fiddle with directory structure */
-					in->valid = 1;
-					in->variantType = oh->type;
-
-					in->yst_mode = oh->yst_mode;
-#ifdef CONFIG_YAFFS_WINCE
-					in->win_atime[0] = oh->win_atime[0];
-					in->win_ctime[0] = oh->win_ctime[0];
-					in->win_mtime[0] = oh->win_mtime[0];
-					in->win_atime[1] = oh->win_atime[1];
-					in->win_ctime[1] = oh->win_ctime[1];
-					in->win_mtime[1] = oh->win_mtime[1];
-#else
-					in->yst_uid = oh->yst_uid;
-					in->yst_gid = oh->yst_gid;
-					in->yst_atime = oh->yst_atime;
-					in->yst_mtime = oh->yst_mtime;
-					in->yst_ctime = oh->yst_ctime;
-					in->yst_rdev = oh->yst_rdev;
-#endif
-					in->chunkId = chunk;
-
-				} else if (in && !in->valid) {
-					/* we need to load this info */
-
-					in->valid = 1;
-					in->variantType = oh->type;
-
-					in->yst_mode = oh->yst_mode;
-#ifdef CONFIG_YAFFS_WINCE
-					in->win_atime[0] = oh->win_atime[0];
-					in->win_ctime[0] = oh->win_ctime[0];
-					in->win_mtime[0] = oh->win_mtime[0];
-					in->win_atime[1] = oh->win_atime[1];
-					in->win_ctime[1] = oh->win_ctime[1];
-					in->win_mtime[1] = oh->win_mtime[1];
-#else
-					in->yst_uid = oh->yst_uid;
-					in->yst_gid = oh->yst_gid;
-					in->yst_atime = oh->yst_atime;
-					in->yst_mtime = oh->yst_mtime;
-					in->yst_ctime = oh->yst_ctime;
-					in->yst_rdev = oh->yst_rdev;
-#endif
-					in->chunkId = chunk;
-
-					yaffs_SetObjectName(in, oh->name);
-					in->dirty = 0;
-
-					/* directory stuff...
-					 * hook up to parent
-					 */
-
-					parent =
-					    yaffs_FindOrCreateObjectByNumber
-					    (dev, oh->parentObjectId,
-					     YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_DIRECTORY);
-					if (parent->variantType ==
-					    YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_UNKNOWN) {
-						/* Set up as a directory */
-						parent->variantType =
-						    YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_DIRECTORY;
-						INIT_LIST_HEAD(&parent->variant.
-							       directoryVariant.
-							       children);
-					} else if (parent->variantType !=
-						   YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_DIRECTORY)
-					{
-						/* Hoosterman, another problem....
-						 * We're trying to use a non-directory as a directory
-						 */
-
-						T(YAFFS_TRACE_ERROR,
-						  (TSTR
-						   ("yaffs tragedy: attempting to use non-directory as"
-						    " a directory in scan. Put in lost+found."
-						    TENDSTR)));
-						parent = dev->lostNFoundDir;
-					}
-
-					yaffs_AddObjectToDirectory(parent, in);
-
-					if (0 && (parent == dev->deletedDir ||
-						  parent == dev->unlinkedDir)) {
-						in->deleted = 1;	/* If it is unlinked at start up then it wants deleting */
-						dev->nDeletedFiles++;
-					}
-					/* Note re hardlinks.
-					 * Since we might scan a hardlink before its equivalent object is scanned
-					 * we put them all in a list.
-					 * After scanning is complete, we should have all the objects, so we run through this
-					 * list and fix up all the chains.
-					 */
-
-					switch (in->variantType) {
-					case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_UNKNOWN:
-						/* Todo got a problem */
-						break;
-					case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_FILE:
-						if (dev->isYaffs2
-						    && oh->isShrink) {
-							/* Prune back the shrunken chunks */
-							yaffs_PruneResizedChunks
-							    (in, oh->fileSize);
-							/* Mark the block as having a shrinkHeader */
-							bi->hasShrinkHeader = 1;
-						}
-
-						if (dev->useHeaderFileSize)
-
-							in->variant.fileVariant.
-							    fileSize =
-							    oh->fileSize;
-
-						break;
-					case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_HARDLINK:
-						in->variant.hardLinkVariant.
-						    equivalentObjectId =
-						    oh->equivalentObjectId;
-						in->hardLinks.next =
-						    (struct list_head *)
-						    hardList;
-						hardList = in;
-						break;
-					case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_DIRECTORY:
-						/* Do nothing */
-						break;
-					case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_SPECIAL:
-						/* Do nothing */
-						break;
-					case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_SYMLINK:
-						in->variant.symLinkVariant.alias =
-						    yaffs_CloneString(oh->alias);
-						if(!in->variant.symLinkVariant.alias)
-							alloc_failed = 1;
-						break;
-					}
-
-					if (parent == dev->deletedDir) {
-						yaffs_DestroyObject(in);
-						bi->hasShrinkHeader = 1;
-					}
-				}
-			}
-		}
-
-		if (state == YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_NEEDS_SCANNING) {
-			/* If we got this far while scanning, then the block is fully allocated.*/
-			state = YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_FULL;
-		}
-
-		bi->blockState = state;
-
-		/* Now let's see if it was dirty */
-		if (bi->pagesInUse == 0 &&
-		    !bi->hasShrinkHeader &&
-		    bi->blockState == YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_FULL) {
-			yaffs_BlockBecameDirty(dev, blk);
-		}
-
-	}
-
-	if (blockIndex) {
-		YFREE(blockIndex);
-	}
-
-
-	/* Ok, we've done all the scanning.
-	 * Fix up the hard link chains.
-	 * We should now have scanned all the objects, now it's time to add these
-	 * hardlinks.
+	/*
+	 *  Sort out state of unlinked and deleted objects after scanning.
 	 */
+	struct list_head *i;
+	struct list_head *n;
+	struct yaffs_obj *l;
 
-	yaffs_HardlinkFixup(dev,hardList);
+	if (dev->read_only)
+		return;
 
-	/* Handle the unlinked files. Since they were left in an unlinked state we should
-	 * just delete them.
-	 */
-	{
-		struct list_head *i;
-		struct list_head *n;
-
-		yaffs_Object *l;
-		/* Soft delete all the unlinked files */
-		list_for_each_safe(i, n,
-				   &dev->unlinkedDir->variant.directoryVariant.
-				   children) {
-			if (i) {
-				l = list_entry(i, yaffs_Object, siblings);
-				yaffs_DestroyObject(l);
-			}
-		}
+	/* Soft delete all the unlinked files */
+	list_for_each_safe(i, n,
+			   &dev->unlinked_dir->variant.dir_variant.children) {
+		l = list_entry(i, struct yaffs_obj, siblings);
+		yaffs_del_obj(l);
 	}
 
-	yaffs_ReleaseTempBuffer(dev, chunkData, __LINE__);
-
-	if(alloc_failed){
-		return YAFFS_FAIL;
+	list_for_each_safe(i, n, &dev->del_dir->variant.dir_variant.children) {
+		l = list_entry(i, struct yaffs_obj, siblings);
+		yaffs_del_obj(l);
 	}
-
-	T(YAFFS_TRACE_SCAN, (TSTR("yaffs_Scan ends" TENDSTR)));
-
-
-	return YAFFS_OK;
 }
 
-static void yaffs_CheckObjectDetailsLoaded(yaffs_Object *in)
-{
-	__u8 *chunkData;
-	yaffs_ObjectHeader *oh;
-	yaffs_Device *dev = in->myDev;
-	yaffs_ExtendedTags tags;
-
-	if(!in)
-		return;
-
-#if 0
-	T(YAFFS_TRACE_SCAN,(TSTR("details for object %d %s loaded" TENDSTR),
-		in->objectId,
-		in->lazyLoaded ? "not yet" : "already"));
-#endif
-
-	if(in->lazyLoaded){
-		in->lazyLoaded = 0;
-		chunkData = yaffs_GetTempBuffer(dev, __LINE__);
-
-		yaffs_ReadChunkWithTagsFromNAND(dev, in->chunkId,
-						chunkData, &tags);
-		oh = (yaffs_ObjectHeader *) chunkData;
-
-		in->yst_mode = oh->yst_mode;
-#ifdef CONFIG_YAFFS_WINCE
-		in->win_atime[0] = oh->win_atime[0];
-		in->win_ctime[0] = oh->win_ctime[0];
-		in->win_mtime[0] = oh->win_mtime[0];
-		in->win_atime[1] = oh->win_atime[1];
-		in->win_ctime[1] = oh->win_ctime[1];
-		in->win_mtime[1] = oh->win_mtime[1];
-#else
-		in->yst_uid = oh->yst_uid;
-		in->yst_gid = oh->yst_gid;
-		in->yst_atime = oh->yst_atime;
-		in->yst_mtime = oh->yst_mtime;
-		in->yst_ctime = oh->yst_ctime;
-		in->yst_rdev = oh->yst_rdev;
-
-#endif
-		yaffs_SetObjectName(in, oh->name);
-
-		if(in->variantType == YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_SYMLINK){
-			 in->variant.symLinkVariant.alias =
-						    yaffs_CloneString(oh->alias);
-		}
+/*
+ * 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:
+ *   root_dir->parent == unlinked_dir->parent == del_dir->parent == NULL
+ *   lost-n-found->parent == root_dir
+ *
+ * This fixes the problem where directories might have inadvertently been
+ * deleted leaving the object "hanging" without being rooted in the
+ * directory tree.
+ */
 
-		yaffs_ReleaseTempBuffer(dev,chunkData, __LINE__);
-	}
+static int yaffs_has_null_parent(struct yaffs_dev *dev, struct yaffs_obj *obj)
+{
+	return (obj == dev->del_dir ||
+		obj == dev->unlinked_dir || obj == dev->root_dir);
 }
 
-static int yaffs_ScanBackwards(yaffs_Device * dev)
+static void yaffs_fix_hanging_objs(struct yaffs_dev *dev)
 {
-	yaffs_ExtendedTags tags;
-	int blk;
-	int blockIterator;
-	int startIterator;
-	int endIterator;
-	int nBlocksToScan = 0;
-
-	int chunk;
-	int c;
-	yaffs_BlockState state;
-	yaffs_Object *hardList = NULL;
-	yaffs_BlockInfo *bi;
-	int sequenceNumber;
-	yaffs_ObjectHeader *oh;
-	yaffs_Object *in;
-	yaffs_Object *parent;
-	int nBlocks = dev->internalEndBlock - dev->internalStartBlock + 1;
-	int itsUnlinked;
-	__u8 *chunkData;
-
-	int fileSize;
-	int isShrink;
-	int foundChunksInBlock;
-	int equivalentObjectId;
-	int alloc_failed = 0;
-
-
-	yaffs_BlockIndex *blockIndex = NULL;
-	int altBlockIndex = 0;
-
-	if (!dev->isYaffs2) {
-		T(YAFFS_TRACE_SCAN,
-		  (TSTR("yaffs_ScanBackwards is only for YAFFS2!" TENDSTR)));
-		return YAFFS_FAIL;
-	}
-
-	T(YAFFS_TRACE_SCAN,
-	  (TSTR
-	   ("yaffs_ScanBackwards starts  intstartblk %d intendblk %d..."
-	    TENDSTR), dev->internalStartBlock, dev->internalEndBlock));
-
-
-	dev->sequenceNumber = YAFFS_LOWEST_SEQUENCE_NUMBER;
-
-	blockIndex = YMALLOC(nBlocks * sizeof(yaffs_BlockIndex));
-
-	if(!blockIndex) {
-		blockIndex = YMALLOC_ALT(nBlocks * sizeof(yaffs_BlockIndex));
-		altBlockIndex = 1;
-	}
-
-	if(!blockIndex) {
-		T(YAFFS_TRACE_SCAN,
-		  (TSTR("yaffs_Scan() could not allocate block index!" TENDSTR)));
-		return YAFFS_FAIL;
-	}
-
-	dev->blocksInCheckpoint = 0;
-
-	chunkData = yaffs_GetTempBuffer(dev, __LINE__);
-
-	/* Scan all the blocks to determine their state */
-	for (blk = dev->internalStartBlock; blk <= dev->internalEndBlock; blk++) {
-		bi = yaffs_GetBlockInfo(dev, blk);
-		yaffs_ClearChunkBits(dev, blk);
-		bi->pagesInUse = 0;
-		bi->softDeletions = 0;
-
-		yaffs_QueryInitialBlockState(dev, blk, &state, &sequenceNumber);
-
-		bi->blockState = state;
-		bi->sequenceNumber = sequenceNumber;
-
-		if(bi->sequenceNumber == YAFFS_SEQUENCE_CHECKPOINT_DATA)
-			bi->blockState = state = YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_CHECKPOINT;
-
-		T(YAFFS_TRACE_SCAN_DEBUG,
-		  (TSTR("Block scanning block %d state %d seq %d" TENDSTR), blk,
-		   state, sequenceNumber));
-
-
-		if(state == YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_CHECKPOINT){
-			dev->blocksInCheckpoint++;
-
-		} else if (state == YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_DEAD) {
-			T(YAFFS_TRACE_BAD_BLOCKS,
-			  (TSTR("block %d is bad" TENDSTR), blk));
-		} else if (state == YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_EMPTY) {
-			T(YAFFS_TRACE_SCAN_DEBUG,
-			  (TSTR("Block empty " TENDSTR)));
-			dev->nErasedBlocks++;
-			dev->nFreeChunks += dev->nChunksPerBlock;
-		} else if (state == YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_NEEDS_SCANNING) {
-
-			/* Determine the highest sequence number */
-			if (dev->isYaffs2 &&
-			    sequenceNumber >= YAFFS_LOWEST_SEQUENCE_NUMBER &&
-			    sequenceNumber < YAFFS_HIGHEST_SEQUENCE_NUMBER) {
-
-				blockIndex[nBlocksToScan].seq = sequenceNumber;
-				blockIndex[nBlocksToScan].block = blk;
-
-				nBlocksToScan++;
-
-				if (sequenceNumber >= dev->sequenceNumber) {
-					dev->sequenceNumber = sequenceNumber;
-				}
-			} else if (dev->isYaffs2) {
-				/* TODO: Nasty sequence number! */
-				T(YAFFS_TRACE_SCAN,
-				  (TSTR
-				   ("Block scanning block %d has bad sequence number %d"
-				    TENDSTR), blk, sequenceNumber));
-
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	T(YAFFS_TRACE_SCAN,
-	(TSTR("%d blocks to be sorted..." TENDSTR), nBlocksToScan));
-
-
-
-	YYIELD();
-
-	/* Sort the blocks */
-#ifndef CONFIG_YAFFS_USE_OWN_SORT
-	{
-		/* Use qsort now. */
-		yaffs_qsort(blockIndex, nBlocksToScan, sizeof(yaffs_BlockIndex), ybicmp);
-	}
-#else
-	{
-		/* Dungy old bubble sort... */
-
-		yaffs_BlockIndex temp;
-		int i;
-		int j;
-
-		for (i = 0; i < nBlocksToScan; i++)
-			for (j = i + 1; j < nBlocksToScan; j++)
-				if (blockIndex[i].seq > blockIndex[j].seq) {
-					temp = blockIndex[j];
-					blockIndex[j] = blockIndex[i];
-					blockIndex[i] = temp;
-				}
-	}
-#endif
-
-	YYIELD();
-
-	T(YAFFS_TRACE_SCAN, (TSTR("...done" TENDSTR)));
-
-	/* Now scan the blocks looking at the data. */
-	startIterator = 0;
-	endIterator = nBlocksToScan - 1;
-	T(YAFFS_TRACE_SCAN_DEBUG,
-	  (TSTR("%d blocks to be scanned" TENDSTR), nBlocksToScan));
-
-	/* For each block.... backwards */
-	for (blockIterator = endIterator; !alloc_failed && blockIterator >= startIterator;
-	     blockIterator--) {
-		/* Cooperative multitasking! This loop can run for so
-		   long that watchdog timers expire. */
-		YYIELD();
-
-		/* get the block to scan in the correct order */
-		blk = blockIndex[blockIterator].block;
-
-		bi = yaffs_GetBlockInfo(dev, blk);
-
-
-		state = bi->blockState;
-
-		/* For each chunk in each block that needs scanning.... */
-		foundChunksInBlock = 0;
-		for (c = dev->nChunksPerBlock - 1;
-		     !alloc_failed && c >= 0 &&
-		     (state == YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_NEEDS_SCANNING ||
-		      state == YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_ALLOCATING); c--) {
-			/* Scan backwards...
-			 * Read the tags and decide what to do
-			 */
-
-			chunk = blk * dev->nChunksPerBlock + c;
-
-			yaffs_ReadChunkWithTagsFromNAND(dev, chunk, NULL,
-							&tags);
-
-			/* Let's have a good look at this chunk... */
-
-			if (!tags.chunkUsed) {
-				/* An unassigned chunk in the block.
-				 * If there are used chunks after this one, then
-				 * it is a chunk that was skipped due to failing the erased
-				 * check. Just skip it so that it can be deleted.
-				 * But, more typically, We get here when this is an unallocated
-				 * chunk and his means that either the block is empty or
-				 * this is the one being allocated from
-				 */
-
-				if(foundChunksInBlock)
-				{
-					/* This is a chunk that was skipped due to failing the erased check */
-
-				} else if (c == 0) {
-					/* We're looking at the first chunk in the block so the block is unused */
-					state = YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_EMPTY;
-					dev->nErasedBlocks++;
-				} else {
-					if (state == YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_NEEDS_SCANNING ||
-					    state == YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_ALLOCATING) {
-						if(dev->sequenceNumber == bi->sequenceNumber) {
-							/* this is the block being allocated from */
-
-							T(YAFFS_TRACE_SCAN,
-							  (TSTR
-							   (" Allocating from %d %d"
-							    TENDSTR), blk, c));
-
-							state = YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_ALLOCATING;
-							dev->allocationBlock = blk;
-							dev->allocationPage = c;
-							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.
-							 */
-
-							 bi->needsRetiring = 1;
-							 bi->gcPrioritise = 1;
-
-							 T(YAFFS_TRACE_ALWAYS,
-							 (TSTR("Partially written block %d being set for retirement" TENDSTR),
-							 blk));
-						}
-
-					}
-
-				}
-
-				dev->nFreeChunks++;
-
-			} else if (tags.chunkId > 0) {
-				/* chunkId > 0 so it is a data chunk... */
-				unsigned int endpos;
-				__u32 chunkBase =
-				    (tags.chunkId - 1) * dev->nDataBytesPerChunk;
-
-				foundChunksInBlock = 1;
-
-
-				yaffs_SetChunkBit(dev, blk, c);
-				bi->pagesInUse++;
-
-				in = yaffs_FindOrCreateObjectByNumber(dev,
-								      tags.
-								      objectId,
-								      YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_FILE);
-				if(!in){
-					/* Out of memory */
-					alloc_failed = 1;
-				}
-
-				if (in &&
-				    in->variantType == YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_FILE
-				    && chunkBase <
-				    in->variant.fileVariant.shrinkSize) {
-					/* This has not been invalidated by a resize */
-					if(!yaffs_PutChunkIntoFile(in, tags.chunkId,
-							       chunk, -1)){
-						alloc_failed = 1;
-					}
+	struct yaffs_obj *obj;
+	struct yaffs_obj *parent;
+	int i;
+	struct list_head *lh;
+	struct list_head *n;
+	int depth_limit;
+	int hanging;
 
-					/* 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;
-
-					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;
-					}
+	if (dev->read_only)
+		return;
 
-				} else if(in) {
-					/* This chunk has been invalidated by a resize, so delete */
-					yaffs_DeleteChunk(dev, chunk, 1, __LINE__);
+	/* 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++) {
+		list_for_each_safe(lh, n, &dev->obj_bucket[i].list) {
+			obj = list_entry(lh, struct yaffs_obj, hash_link);
+			parent = obj->parent;
+
+			if (yaffs_has_null_parent(dev, obj)) {
+				/* These directories are not hanging */
+				hanging = 0;
+			} else if (!parent ||
+				   parent->variant_type !=
+				   YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_DIRECTORY) {
+				hanging = 1;
+			} else if (yaffs_has_null_parent(dev, parent)) {
+				hanging = 0;
 			} else {
-				/* chunkId == 0, so it is an ObjectHeader.
-				 * Thus, we read in the object header and make the object
+				/*
+				 * Need to follow the parent chain to
+				 * see if it is hanging.
 				 */
-				foundChunksInBlock = 1;
-
-				yaffs_SetChunkBit(dev, blk, c);
-				bi->pagesInUse++;
-
-				oh = NULL;
-				in = NULL;
-
-				if (tags.extraHeaderInfoAvailable) {
-					in = yaffs_FindOrCreateObjectByNumber
-					    (dev, tags.objectId,
-					     tags.extraObjectType);
-				}
-
-				if (!in ||
-#ifdef CONFIG_YAFFS_DISABLE_LAZY_LOAD
-				    !in->valid ||
-#endif
-				    tags.extraShadows ||
-				    (!in->valid &&
-				    (tags.objectId == YAFFS_OBJECTID_ROOT ||
-				     tags.objectId == YAFFS_OBJECTID_LOSTNFOUND))
-				    ) {
-
-					/* If we don't have  valid info then we need to read the chunk
-					 * TODO In future we can probably defer reading the chunk and
-					 * living with invalid data until needed.
-					 */
-
-					yaffs_ReadChunkWithTagsFromNAND(dev,
-									chunk,
-									chunkData,
-									NULL);
-
-					oh = (yaffs_ObjectHeader *) chunkData;
-
-					if (!in)
-						in = yaffs_FindOrCreateObjectByNumber(dev, tags.objectId, oh->type);
-
-				}
-
-				if (!in) {
-					/* TODO Hoosterman we have a problem! */
-					T(YAFFS_TRACE_ERROR,
-					  (TSTR
-					   ("yaffs tragedy: Could not make object for object  %d  "
-					    "at chunk %d during scan"
-					    TENDSTR), tags.objectId, chunk));
-
-				}
-
-				if (in->valid) {
-					/* We have already filled this one.
-					 * We have a duplicate that will be discarded, but
-					 * we first have to suck out resize info if it is a file.
-					 */
-
-					if ((in->variantType == YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_FILE) &&
-					     ((oh &&
-					       oh-> type == YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_FILE)||
-					      (tags.extraHeaderInfoAvailable  &&
-					       tags.extraObjectType == YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_FILE))
-					    ) {
-						__u32 thisSize =
-						    (oh) ? oh->fileSize : tags.
-						    extraFileLength;
-						__u32 parentObjectId =
-						    (oh) ? oh->
-						    parentObjectId : tags.
-						    extraParentObjectId;
-						unsigned isShrink =
-						    (oh) ? oh->isShrink : tags.
-						    extraIsShrinkHeader;
-
-						/* If it is deleted (unlinked at start also means deleted)
-						 * we treat the file size as being zeroed at this point.
-						 */
-						if (parentObjectId ==
-						    YAFFS_OBJECTID_DELETED
-						    || parentObjectId ==
-						    YAFFS_OBJECTID_UNLINKED) {
-							thisSize = 0;
-							isShrink = 1;
-						}
-
-						if (isShrink &&
-						    in->variant.fileVariant.
-						    shrinkSize > thisSize) {
-							in->variant.fileVariant.
-							    shrinkSize =
-							    thisSize;
-						}
-
-						if (isShrink) {
-							bi->hasShrinkHeader = 1;
-						}
-
-					}
-					/* Use existing - destroy this one. */
-					yaffs_DeleteChunk(dev, chunk, 1, __LINE__);
-
+				hanging = 0;
+				depth_limit = 100;
+
+				while (parent != dev->root_dir &&
+				       parent->parent &&
+				       parent->parent->variant_type ==
+				       YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_DIRECTORY &&
+				       depth_limit > 0) {
+					parent = parent->parent;
+					depth_limit--;
 				}
-
-				if (!in->valid &&
-				    (tags.objectId == YAFFS_OBJECTID_ROOT ||
-				     tags.objectId ==
-				     YAFFS_OBJECTID_LOSTNFOUND)) {
-					/* We only load some info, don't fiddle with directory structure */
-					in->valid = 1;
-
-					if(oh) {
-						in->variantType = oh->type;
-
-						in->yst_mode = oh->yst_mode;
-#ifdef CONFIG_YAFFS_WINCE
-						in->win_atime[0] = oh->win_atime[0];
-						in->win_ctime[0] = oh->win_ctime[0];
-						in->win_mtime[0] = oh->win_mtime[0];
-						in->win_atime[1] = oh->win_atime[1];
-						in->win_ctime[1] = oh->win_ctime[1];
-						in->win_mtime[1] = oh->win_mtime[1];
-#else
-						in->yst_uid = oh->yst_uid;
-						in->yst_gid = oh->yst_gid;
-						in->yst_atime = oh->yst_atime;
-						in->yst_mtime = oh->yst_mtime;
-						in->yst_ctime = oh->yst_ctime;
-						in->yst_rdev = oh->yst_rdev;
-
-#endif
-					} else {
-						in->variantType = tags.extraObjectType;
-						in->lazyLoaded = 1;
-					}
-
-					in->chunkId = chunk;
-
-				} else if (!in->valid) {
-					/* we need to load this info */
-
-					in->valid = 1;
-					in->chunkId = chunk;
-
-					if(oh) {
-						in->variantType = oh->type;
-
-						in->yst_mode = oh->yst_mode;
-#ifdef CONFIG_YAFFS_WINCE
-						in->win_atime[0] = oh->win_atime[0];
-						in->win_ctime[0] = oh->win_ctime[0];
-						in->win_mtime[0] = oh->win_mtime[0];
-						in->win_atime[1] = oh->win_atime[1];
-						in->win_ctime[1] = oh->win_ctime[1];
-						in->win_mtime[1] = oh->win_mtime[1];
-#else
-						in->yst_uid = oh->yst_uid;
-						in->yst_gid = oh->yst_gid;
-						in->yst_atime = oh->yst_atime;
-						in->yst_mtime = oh->yst_mtime;
-						in->yst_ctime = oh->yst_ctime;
-						in->yst_rdev = oh->yst_rdev;
-#endif
-
-						if (oh->shadowsObject > 0)
-							yaffs_HandleShadowedObject(dev,
-									   oh->
-									   shadowsObject,
-									   1);
-
-
-						yaffs_SetObjectName(in, oh->name);
-						parent =
-						    yaffs_FindOrCreateObjectByNumber
-							(dev, oh->parentObjectId,
-							 YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_DIRECTORY);
-
-						 fileSize = oh->fileSize;
-						 isShrink = oh->isShrink;
-						 equivalentObjectId = oh->equivalentObjectId;
-
-					}
-					else {
-						in->variantType = tags.extraObjectType;
-						parent =
-						    yaffs_FindOrCreateObjectByNumber
-							(dev, tags.extraParentObjectId,
-							 YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_DIRECTORY);
-						 fileSize = tags.extraFileLength;
-						 isShrink = tags.extraIsShrinkHeader;
-						 equivalentObjectId = tags.extraEquivalentObjectId;
-						in->lazyLoaded = 1;
-
-					}
-					in->dirty = 0;
-
-					/* directory stuff...
-					 * hook up to parent
-					 */
-
-					if (parent->variantType ==
-					    YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_UNKNOWN) {
-						/* Set up as a directory */
-						parent->variantType =
-						    YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_DIRECTORY;
-						INIT_LIST_HEAD(&parent->variant.
-							       directoryVariant.
-							       children);
-					} else if (parent->variantType !=
-						   YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_DIRECTORY)
-					{
-						/* Hoosterman, another problem....
-						 * We're trying to use a non-directory as a directory
-						 */
-
-						T(YAFFS_TRACE_ERROR,
-						  (TSTR
-						   ("yaffs tragedy: attempting to use non-directory as"
-						    " a directory in scan. Put in lost+found."
-						    TENDSTR)));
-						parent = dev->lostNFoundDir;
-					}
-
-					yaffs_AddObjectToDirectory(parent, in);
-
-					itsUnlinked = (parent == dev->deletedDir) ||
-						      (parent == dev->unlinkedDir);
-
-					if (isShrink) {
-						/* Mark the block as having a shrinkHeader */
-						bi->hasShrinkHeader = 1;
-					}
-
-					/* Note re hardlinks.
-					 * Since we might scan a hardlink before its equivalent object is scanned
-					 * we put them all in a list.
-					 * After scanning is complete, we should have all the objects, so we run
-					 * through this list and fix up all the chains.
-					 */
-
-					switch (in->variantType) {
-					case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_UNKNOWN:
-						/* Todo got a problem */
-						break;
-					case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_FILE:
-
-						if (in->variant.fileVariant.
-						    scannedFileSize < fileSize) {
-							/* This covers the case where the file size is greater
-							 * than where the data is
-							 * This will happen if the file is resized to be larger
-							 * than its current data extents.
-							 */
-							in->variant.fileVariant.fileSize = fileSize;
-							in->variant.fileVariant.scannedFileSize =
-							    in->variant.fileVariant.fileSize;
-						}
-
-						if (isShrink &&
-						    in->variant.fileVariant.shrinkSize > fileSize) {
-							in->variant.fileVariant.shrinkSize = fileSize;
-						}
-
-						break;
-					case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_HARDLINK:
-						if(!itsUnlinked) {
-						  in->variant.hardLinkVariant.equivalentObjectId =
-						    equivalentObjectId;
-						  in->hardLinks.next =
-						    (struct list_head *) hardList;
-						  hardList = in;
-						}
-						break;
-					case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_DIRECTORY:
-						/* Do nothing */
-						break;
-					case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_SPECIAL:
-						/* Do nothing */
-						break;
-					case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_SYMLINK:
-						if(oh){
-						   in->variant.symLinkVariant.alias =
-						    yaffs_CloneString(oh->
-								      alias);
-						   if(!in->variant.symLinkVariant.alias)
-							alloc_failed = 1;
-						}
-						break;
-					}
-
-				}
-
+				if (parent != dev->root_dir)
+					hanging = 1;
 			}
-
-		} /* End of scanning for each chunk */
-
-		if (state == YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_NEEDS_SCANNING) {
-			/* If we got this far while scanning, then the block is fully allocated. */
-			state = YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_FULL;
-		}
-
-		bi->blockState = state;
-
-		/* Now let's see if it was dirty */
-		if (bi->pagesInUse == 0 &&
-		    !bi->hasShrinkHeader &&
-		    bi->blockState == YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_FULL) {
-			yaffs_BlockBecameDirty(dev, blk);
-		}
-
-	}
-
-	if (altBlockIndex)
-		YFREE_ALT(blockIndex);
-	else
-		YFREE(blockIndex);
-
-	/* Ok, we've done all the scanning.
-	 * Fix up the hard link chains.
-	 * We should now have scanned all the objects, now it's time to add these
-	 * hardlinks.
-	 */
-	yaffs_HardlinkFixup(dev,hardList);
-
-
-	/*
-	*  Sort out state of unlinked and deleted objects.
-	*/
-	{
-		struct list_head *i;
-		struct list_head *n;
-
-		yaffs_Object *l;
-
-		/* Soft delete all the unlinked files */
-		list_for_each_safe(i, n,
-				   &dev->unlinkedDir->variant.directoryVariant.
-				   children) {
-			if (i) {
-				l = list_entry(i, yaffs_Object, siblings);
-				yaffs_DestroyObject(l);
-			}
-		}
-
-		/* Soft delete all the deletedDir files */
-		list_for_each_safe(i, n,
-				   &dev->deletedDir->variant.directoryVariant.
-				   children) {
-			if (i) {
-				l = list_entry(i, yaffs_Object, siblings);
-				yaffs_DestroyObject(l);
-
+			if (hanging) {
+				yaffs_trace(YAFFS_TRACE_SCAN,
+					"Hanging object %d moved to lost and found",
+					obj->obj_id);
+				yaffs_add_obj_to_dir(dev->lost_n_found, obj);
 			}
 		}
 	}
-
-	yaffs_ReleaseTempBuffer(dev, chunkData, __LINE__);
-
-	if(alloc_failed){
-		return YAFFS_FAIL;
-	}
-
-	T(YAFFS_TRACE_SCAN, (TSTR("yaffs_ScanBackwards ends" TENDSTR)));
-
-	return YAFFS_OK;
 }
 
-/*------------------------------  Directory Functions ----------------------------- */
-
-static void yaffs_RemoveObjectFromDirectory(yaffs_Object * obj)
+/*
+ * Delete directory contents for cleaning up lost and found.
+ */
+static void yaffs_del_dir_contents(struct yaffs_obj *dir)
 {
-	yaffs_Device *dev = obj->myDev;
+	struct yaffs_obj *obj;
+	struct list_head *lh;
+	struct list_head *n;
 
-	if(dev && dev->removeObjectCallback)
-		dev->removeObjectCallback(obj);
+	if (dir->variant_type != YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_DIRECTORY)
+		BUG();
 
-	list_del_init(&obj->siblings);
-	obj->parent = NULL;
+	list_for_each_safe(lh, n, &dir->variant.dir_variant.children) {
+		obj = list_entry(lh, struct yaffs_obj, siblings);
+		if (obj->variant_type == YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_DIRECTORY)
+			yaffs_del_dir_contents(obj);
+		yaffs_trace(YAFFS_TRACE_SCAN,
+			"Deleting lost_found object %d",
+			obj->obj_id);
+		yaffs_unlink_obj(obj);
+	}
 }
 
-
-static void yaffs_AddObjectToDirectory(yaffs_Object * directory,
-				       yaffs_Object * obj)
+static void yaffs_empty_l_n_f(struct yaffs_dev *dev)
 {
-
-	if (!directory) {
-		T(YAFFS_TRACE_ALWAYS,
-		  (TSTR
-		   ("tragedy: Trying to add an object to a null pointer directory"
-		    TENDSTR)));
-		YBUG();
-	}
-	if (directory->variantType != YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_DIRECTORY) {
-		T(YAFFS_TRACE_ALWAYS,
-		  (TSTR
-		   ("tragedy: Trying to add an object to a non-directory"
-		    TENDSTR)));
-		YBUG();
-	}
-
-	if (obj->siblings.prev == NULL) {
-		/* Not initialised */
-		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&obj->siblings);
-
-	} else if (!list_empty(&obj->siblings)) {
-		/* If it is holed up somewhere else, un hook it */
-		yaffs_RemoveObjectFromDirectory(obj);
-	}
-	/* Now add it */
-	list_add(&obj->siblings, &directory->variant.directoryVariant.children);
-	obj->parent = directory;
-
-	if (directory == obj->myDev->unlinkedDir
-	    || directory == obj->myDev->deletedDir) {
-		obj->unlinked = 1;
-		obj->myDev->nUnlinkedFiles++;
-		obj->renameAllowed = 0;
-	}
+	yaffs_del_dir_contents(dev->lost_n_found);
 }
 
-yaffs_Object *yaffs_FindObjectByName(yaffs_Object * directory,
-				     const YCHAR * name)
+
+struct yaffs_obj *yaffs_find_by_name(struct yaffs_obj *directory,
+				     const YCHAR *name)
 {
 	int sum;
-
 	struct list_head *i;
 	YCHAR buffer[YAFFS_MAX_NAME_LENGTH + 1];
+	struct yaffs_obj *l;
 
-	yaffs_Object *l;
-
-	if (!name) {
+	if (!name)
 		return NULL;
-	}
 
 	if (!directory) {
-		T(YAFFS_TRACE_ALWAYS,
-		  (TSTR
-		   ("tragedy: yaffs_FindObjectByName: null pointer directory"
-		    TENDSTR)));
-		YBUG();
+		yaffs_trace(YAFFS_TRACE_ALWAYS,
+			"tragedy: yaffs_find_by_name: null pointer directory"
+			);
+		BUG();
+		return NULL;
 	}
-	if (directory->variantType != YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_DIRECTORY) {
-		T(YAFFS_TRACE_ALWAYS,
-		  (TSTR
-		   ("tragedy: yaffs_FindObjectByName: non-directory" TENDSTR)));
-		YBUG();
+	if (directory->variant_type != YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_DIRECTORY) {
+		yaffs_trace(YAFFS_TRACE_ALWAYS,
+			"tragedy: yaffs_find_by_name: non-directory"
+			);
+		BUG();
 	}
 
-	sum = yaffs_CalcNameSum(name);
+	sum = yaffs_calc_name_sum(name);
 
-	list_for_each(i, &directory->variant.directoryVariant.children) {
-		if (i) {
-			l = list_entry(i, yaffs_Object, siblings);
+	list_for_each(i, &directory->variant.dir_variant.children) {
+		l = list_entry(i, struct yaffs_obj, siblings);
 
-			yaffs_CheckObjectDetailsLoaded(l);
+		if (l->parent != directory)
+			BUG();
 
-			/* Special case for lost-n-found */
-			if (l->objectId == YAFFS_OBJECTID_LOSTNFOUND) {
-				if (yaffs_strcmp(name, YAFFS_LOSTNFOUND_NAME) == 0) {
-					return l;
-				}
-			} else if (yaffs_SumCompare(l->sum, sum) || l->chunkId <= 0)
-			{
-				/* LostnFound cunk called Objxxx
-				 * Do a real check
-				 */
-				yaffs_GetObjectName(l, buffer,
-						    YAFFS_MAX_NAME_LENGTH);
-				if (yaffs_strncmp(name, buffer,YAFFS_MAX_NAME_LENGTH) == 0) {
-					return l;
-				}
+		yaffs_check_obj_details_loaded(l);
 
-			}
+		/* Special case for lost-n-found */
+		if (l->obj_id == YAFFS_OBJECTID_LOSTNFOUND) {
+			if (!yaffs_strcmp(name, YAFFS_LOSTNFOUND_NAME))
+				return l;
+		} else if (l->sum == sum || l->hdr_chunk <= 0) {
+			/* LostnFound chunk called Objxxx
+			 * Do a real check
+			 */
+			yaffs_get_obj_name(l, buffer,
+				YAFFS_MAX_NAME_LENGTH + 1);
+			if (!yaffs_strncmp(name, buffer, YAFFS_MAX_NAME_LENGTH))
+				return l;
 		}
 	}
-
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-
-#if 0
-int yaffs_ApplyToDirectoryChildren(yaffs_Object * theDir,
-				   int (*fn) (yaffs_Object *))
-{
-	struct list_head *i;
-	yaffs_Object *l;
-
-	if (!theDir) {
-		T(YAFFS_TRACE_ALWAYS,
-		  (TSTR
-		   ("tragedy: yaffs_FindObjectByName: null pointer directory"
-		    TENDSTR)));
-		YBUG();
-	}
-	if (theDir->variantType != YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_DIRECTORY) {
-		T(YAFFS_TRACE_ALWAYS,
-		  (TSTR
-		   ("tragedy: yaffs_FindObjectByName: non-directory" TENDSTR)));
-		YBUG();
-	}
-
-	list_for_each(i, &theDir->variant.directoryVariant.children) {
-		if (i) {
-			l = list_entry(i, yaffs_Object, siblings);
-			if (l && !fn(l)) {
-				return YAFFS_FAIL;
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	return YAFFS_OK;
-
-}
-#endif
-
 /* GetEquivalentObject dereferences any hard links to get to the
  * actual object.
  */
 
-yaffs_Object *yaffs_GetEquivalentObject(yaffs_Object * obj)
+struct yaffs_obj *yaffs_get_equivalent_obj(struct yaffs_obj *obj)
 {
-	if (obj && obj->variantType == YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_HARDLINK) {
-		/* We want the object id of the equivalent object, not this one */
-		obj = obj->variant.hardLinkVariant.equivalentObject;
-		yaffs_CheckObjectDetailsLoaded(obj);
+	if (obj && obj->variant_type == YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_HARDLINK) {
+		obj = obj->variant.hardlink_variant.equiv_obj;
+		yaffs_check_obj_details_loaded(obj);
 	}
 	return obj;
-
 }
 
-int yaffs_GetObjectName(yaffs_Object * obj, YCHAR * name, int buffSize)
-{
-	memset(name, 0, buffSize * sizeof(YCHAR));
-
-	yaffs_CheckObjectDetailsLoaded(obj);
+/*
+ *  A note or two on object names.
+ *  * If the object name is missing, we then make one up in the form objnnn
+ *
+ *  * ASCII names are stored in the object header's name field from byte zero
+ *  * Unicode names are historically stored starting from byte zero.
+ *
+ * Then there are automatic Unicode names...
+ * The purpose of these is to save names in a way that can be read as
+ * ASCII or Unicode names as appropriate, thus allowing a Unicode and ASCII
+ * system to share files.
+ *
+ * These automatic unicode are stored slightly differently...
+ *  - If the name can fit in the ASCII character space then they are saved as
+ *    ascii names as per above.
+ *  - If the name needs Unicode then the name is saved in Unicode
+ *    starting at oh->name[1].
 
-	if (obj->objectId == YAFFS_OBJECTID_LOSTNFOUND) {
-		yaffs_strncpy(name, YAFFS_LOSTNFOUND_NAME, buffSize - 1);
-	} else if (obj->chunkId <= 0) {
-		YCHAR locName[20];
+ */
+static void yaffs_fix_null_name(struct yaffs_obj *obj, YCHAR *name,
+				int buffer_size)
+{
+	/* Create an object name if we could not find one. */
+	if (yaffs_strnlen(name, YAFFS_MAX_NAME_LENGTH) == 0) {
+		YCHAR local_name[20];
+		YCHAR num_string[20];
+		YCHAR *x = &num_string[19];
+		unsigned v = obj->obj_id;
+		num_string[19] = 0;
+		while (v > 0) {
+			x--;
+			*x = '0' + (v % 10);
+			v /= 10;
+		}
 		/* make up a name */
-		yaffs_sprintf(locName, _Y("%s%d"), YAFFS_LOSTNFOUND_PREFIX,
-			      obj->objectId);
-		yaffs_strncpy(name, locName, buffSize - 1);
-
-	}
-#ifdef CONFIG_YAFFS_SHORT_NAMES_IN_RAM
-	else if (obj->shortName[0]) {
-		yaffs_strcpy(name, obj->shortName);
+		yaffs_strcpy(local_name, YAFFS_LOSTNFOUND_PREFIX);
+		yaffs_strcat(local_name, x);
+		yaffs_strncpy(name, local_name, buffer_size - 1);
 	}
-#endif
-	else {
-		__u8 *buffer = yaffs_GetTempBuffer(obj->myDev, __LINE__);
+}
+
+int yaffs_get_obj_name(struct yaffs_obj *obj, YCHAR *name, int buffer_size)
+{
+	memset(name, 0, buffer_size * sizeof(YCHAR));
+	yaffs_check_obj_details_loaded(obj);
+	if (obj->obj_id == YAFFS_OBJECTID_LOSTNFOUND) {
+		yaffs_strncpy(name, YAFFS_LOSTNFOUND_NAME, buffer_size - 1);
+	} else if (obj->short_name[0]) {
+		yaffs_strcpy(name, obj->short_name);
+	} else if (obj->hdr_chunk > 0) {
+		int result;
+		u8 *buffer = yaffs_get_temp_buffer(obj->my_dev);
 
-		yaffs_ObjectHeader *oh = (yaffs_ObjectHeader *) buffer;
+		struct yaffs_obj_hdr *oh = (struct yaffs_obj_hdr *)buffer;
 
-		memset(buffer, 0, obj->myDev->nDataBytesPerChunk);
+		memset(buffer, 0, obj->my_dev->data_bytes_per_chunk);
 
-		if (obj->chunkId >= 0) {
-			yaffs_ReadChunkWithTagsFromNAND(obj->myDev,
-							obj->chunkId, buffer,
-							NULL);
+		if (obj->hdr_chunk > 0) {
+			result = yaffs_rd_chunk_tags_nand(obj->my_dev,
+							  obj->hdr_chunk,
+							  buffer, NULL);
 		}
-		yaffs_strncpy(name, oh->name, buffSize - 1);
+		yaffs_load_name_from_oh(obj->my_dev, name, oh->name,
+					buffer_size);
 
-		yaffs_ReleaseTempBuffer(obj->myDev, buffer, __LINE__);
+		yaffs_release_temp_buffer(obj->my_dev, buffer);
 	}
 
-	return yaffs_strlen(name);
+	yaffs_fix_null_name(obj, name, buffer_size);
+
+	return yaffs_strnlen(name, YAFFS_MAX_NAME_LENGTH);
 }
 
-int yaffs_GetObjectFileLength(yaffs_Object * obj)
+loff_t yaffs_get_obj_length(struct yaffs_obj *obj)
 {
-
 	/* Dereference any hard linking */
-	obj = yaffs_GetEquivalentObject(obj);
+	obj = yaffs_get_equivalent_obj(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);
+	if (obj->variant_type == YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_FILE)
+		return obj->variant.file_variant.file_size;
+	if (obj->variant_type == YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_SYMLINK) {
+		if (!obj->variant.symlink_variant.alias)
+			return 0;
+		return yaffs_strnlen(obj->variant.symlink_variant.alias,
+				     YAFFS_MAX_ALIAS_LENGTH);
 	} else {
 		/* Only a directory should drop through to here */
-		return obj->myDev->nDataBytesPerChunk;
+		return obj->my_dev->data_bytes_per_chunk;
 	}
 }
 
-int yaffs_GetObjectLinkCount(yaffs_Object * obj)
+int yaffs_get_obj_link_count(struct yaffs_obj *obj)
 {
 	int count = 0;
 	struct list_head *i;
 
-	if (!obj->unlinked) {
+	if (!obj->unlinked)
 		count++;	/* the object itself */
-	}
-	list_for_each(i, &obj->hardLinks) {
-		count++;	/* add the hard links; */
-	}
-	return count;
 
+	list_for_each(i, &obj->hard_links)
+	    count++;		/* add the hard links; */
+
+	return count;
 }
 
-int yaffs_GetObjectInode(yaffs_Object * obj)
+int yaffs_get_obj_inode(struct yaffs_obj *obj)
 {
-	obj = yaffs_GetEquivalentObject(obj);
+	obj = yaffs_get_equivalent_obj(obj);
 
-	return obj->objectId;
+	return obj->obj_id;
 }
 
-unsigned yaffs_GetObjectType(yaffs_Object * obj)
+unsigned yaffs_get_obj_type(struct yaffs_obj *obj)
 {
-	obj = yaffs_GetEquivalentObject(obj);
+	obj = yaffs_get_equivalent_obj(obj);
 
-	switch (obj->variantType) {
+	switch (obj->variant_type) {
 	case YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_FILE:
 		return DT_REG;
 		break;
@@ -6725,605 +4532,501 @@ unsigned yaffs_GetObjectType(yaffs_Object * obj)
 			return DT_BLK;
 		if (S_ISSOCK(obj->yst_mode))
 			return DT_SOCK;
+		return DT_REG;
+		break;
 	default:
 		return DT_REG;
 		break;
 	}
 }
 
-YCHAR *yaffs_GetSymlinkAlias(yaffs_Object * obj)
-{
-	obj = yaffs_GetEquivalentObject(obj);
-	if (obj->variantType == YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_SYMLINK) {
-		return yaffs_CloneString(obj->variant.symLinkVariant.alias);
-	} else {
-		return yaffs_CloneString(_Y(""));
-	}
-}
-
-#ifndef CONFIG_YAFFS_WINCE
-
-int yaffs_SetAttributes(yaffs_Object * obj, struct iattr *attr)
-{
-	unsigned int valid = attr->ia_valid;
-
-	if (valid & ATTR_MODE)
-		obj->yst_mode = attr->ia_mode;
-	if (valid & ATTR_UID)
-		obj->yst_uid = attr->ia_uid;
-	if (valid & ATTR_GID)
-		obj->yst_gid = attr->ia_gid;
-
-	if (valid & ATTR_ATIME)
-		obj->yst_atime = Y_TIME_CONVERT(attr->ia_atime);
-	if (valid & ATTR_CTIME)
-		obj->yst_ctime = Y_TIME_CONVERT(attr->ia_ctime);
-	if (valid & ATTR_MTIME)
-		obj->yst_mtime = Y_TIME_CONVERT(attr->ia_mtime);
-
-	if (valid & ATTR_SIZE)
-		yaffs_ResizeFile(obj, attr->ia_size);
-
-	yaffs_UpdateObjectHeader(obj, NULL, 1, 0, 0);
-
-	return YAFFS_OK;
-
-}
-int yaffs_GetAttributes(yaffs_Object * obj, struct iattr *attr)
+YCHAR *yaffs_get_symlink_alias(struct yaffs_obj *obj)
 {
-	unsigned int valid = 0;
-
-	attr->ia_mode = obj->yst_mode;
-	valid |= ATTR_MODE;
-	attr->ia_uid = obj->yst_uid;
-	valid |= ATTR_UID;
-	attr->ia_gid = obj->yst_gid;
-	valid |= ATTR_GID;
-
-	Y_TIME_CONVERT(attr->ia_atime) = obj->yst_atime;
-	valid |= ATTR_ATIME;
-	Y_TIME_CONVERT(attr->ia_ctime) = obj->yst_ctime;
-	valid |= ATTR_CTIME;
-	Y_TIME_CONVERT(attr->ia_mtime) = obj->yst_mtime;
-	valid |= ATTR_MTIME;
-
-	attr->ia_size = yaffs_GetFileSize(obj);
-	valid |= ATTR_SIZE;
-
-	attr->ia_valid = valid;
-
-	return YAFFS_OK;
-
-}
-
-#endif
-
-#if 0
-int yaffs_DumpObject(yaffs_Object * obj)
-{
-	YCHAR name[257];
-
-	yaffs_GetObjectName(obj, name, 256);
-
-	T(YAFFS_TRACE_ALWAYS,
-	  (TSTR
-	   ("Object %d, inode %d \"%s\"\n dirty %d valid %d serial %d sum %d"
-	    " chunk %d type %d size %d\n"
-	    TENDSTR), obj->objectId, yaffs_GetObjectInode(obj), name,
-	   obj->dirty, obj->valid, obj->serial, obj->sum, obj->chunkId,
-	   yaffs_GetObjectType(obj), yaffs_GetObjectFileLength(obj)));
-
-	return YAFFS_OK;
+	obj = yaffs_get_equivalent_obj(obj);
+	if (obj->variant_type == YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_SYMLINK)
+		return yaffs_clone_str(obj->variant.symlink_variant.alias);
+	else
+		return yaffs_clone_str(_Y(""));
 }
-#endif
 
-/*---------------------------- Initialisation code -------------------------------------- */
+/*--------------------------- Initialisation code -------------------------- */
 
-static int yaffs_CheckDevFunctions(const yaffs_Device * dev)
+static int yaffs_check_dev_fns(const struct yaffs_dev *dev)
 {
-
 	/* Common functions, gotta have */
-	if (!dev->eraseBlockInNAND || !dev->initialiseNAND)
+	if (!dev->param.erase_fn || !dev->param.initialise_flash_fn)
 		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.write_chunk_tags_fn &&
+	    dev->param.read_chunk_tags_fn &&
+	    !dev->param.write_chunk_fn &&
+	    !dev->param.read_chunk_fn &&
+	    dev->param.bad_block_fn && dev->param.query_block_fn)
 		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.is_yaffs2 &&
+	    !dev->param.write_chunk_tags_fn &&
+	    !dev->param.read_chunk_tags_fn &&
+	    dev->param.write_chunk_fn &&
+	    dev->param.read_chunk_fn &&
+	    !dev->param.bad_block_fn && !dev->param.query_block_fn)
 		return 1;
 
 	return 0;		/* bad */
 }
 
-
-static int yaffs_CreateInitialDirectories(yaffs_Device *dev)
-{
-	/* Initialise the unlinked, deleted, root and lost and found directories */
-
-	dev->lostNFoundDir = dev->rootDir =  NULL;
-	dev->unlinkedDir = dev->deletedDir = NULL;
-
-	dev->unlinkedDir =
-	    yaffs_CreateFakeDirectory(dev, YAFFS_OBJECTID_UNLINKED, S_IFDIR);
-
-	dev->deletedDir =
-	    yaffs_CreateFakeDirectory(dev, YAFFS_OBJECTID_DELETED, S_IFDIR);
-
-	dev->rootDir =
-	    yaffs_CreateFakeDirectory(dev, YAFFS_OBJECTID_ROOT,
-				      YAFFS_ROOT_MODE | S_IFDIR);
-	dev->lostNFoundDir =
-	    yaffs_CreateFakeDirectory(dev, YAFFS_OBJECTID_LOSTNFOUND,
-				      YAFFS_LOSTNFOUND_MODE | S_IFDIR);
-
-	if(dev->lostNFoundDir && dev->rootDir && dev->unlinkedDir && dev->deletedDir){
-		yaffs_AddObjectToDirectory(dev->rootDir, dev->lostNFoundDir);
+static int yaffs_create_initial_dir(struct yaffs_dev *dev)
+{
+	/* Initialise the unlinked, deleted, root and lost+found directories */
+	dev->lost_n_found = dev->root_dir = NULL;
+	dev->unlinked_dir = dev->del_dir = NULL;
+	dev->unlinked_dir =
+	    yaffs_create_fake_dir(dev, YAFFS_OBJECTID_UNLINKED, S_IFDIR);
+	dev->del_dir =
+	    yaffs_create_fake_dir(dev, YAFFS_OBJECTID_DELETED, S_IFDIR);
+	dev->root_dir =
+	    yaffs_create_fake_dir(dev, YAFFS_OBJECTID_ROOT,
+				  YAFFS_ROOT_MODE | S_IFDIR);
+	dev->lost_n_found =
+	    yaffs_create_fake_dir(dev, YAFFS_OBJECTID_LOSTNFOUND,
+				  YAFFS_LOSTNFOUND_MODE | S_IFDIR);
+
+	if (dev->lost_n_found && dev->root_dir && dev->unlinked_dir
+	    && dev->del_dir) {
+		yaffs_add_obj_to_dir(dev->root_dir, dev->lost_n_found);
 		return YAFFS_OK;
 	}
-
 	return YAFFS_FAIL;
 }
 
-int yaffs_GutsInitialise(yaffs_Device * dev)
+int yaffs_guts_initialise(struct yaffs_dev *dev)
 {
 	int init_failed = 0;
 	unsigned x;
 	int bits;
 
-	T(YAFFS_TRACE_TRACING, (TSTR("yaffs: yaffs_GutsInitialise()" TENDSTR)));
+	yaffs_trace(YAFFS_TRACE_TRACING, "yaffs: yaffs_guts_initialise()");
 
 	/* Check stuff that must be set */
 
 	if (!dev) {
-		T(YAFFS_TRACE_ALWAYS, (TSTR("yaffs: Need a device" TENDSTR)));
+		yaffs_trace(YAFFS_TRACE_ALWAYS,
+			"yaffs: Need a device"
+			);
+		return YAFFS_FAIL;
+	}
+
+	if (dev->is_mounted) {
+		yaffs_trace(YAFFS_TRACE_ALWAYS, "device already mounted");
 		return YAFFS_FAIL;
 	}
 
-	dev->internalStartBlock = dev->startBlock;
-	dev->internalEndBlock = dev->endBlock;
-	dev->blockOffset = 0;
-	dev->chunkOffset = 0;
-	dev->nFreeChunks = 0;
+	dev->internal_start_block = dev->param.start_block;
+	dev->internal_end_block = dev->param.end_block;
+	dev->block_offset = 0;
+	dev->chunk_offset = 0;
+	dev->n_free_chunks = 0;
+
+	dev->gc_block = 0;
 
-	if (dev->startBlock == 0) {
-		dev->internalStartBlock = dev->startBlock + 1;
-		dev->internalEndBlock = dev->endBlock + 1;
-		dev->blockOffset = 1;
-		dev->chunkOffset = dev->nChunksPerBlock;
+	if (dev->param.start_block == 0) {
+		dev->internal_start_block = dev->param.start_block + 1;
+		dev->internal_end_block = dev->param.end_block + 1;
+		dev->block_offset = 1;
+		dev->chunk_offset = dev->param.chunks_per_block;
 	}
 
 	/* Check geometry parameters. */
 
-	if ((dev->isYaffs2 && dev->nDataBytesPerChunk < 1024) ||
-	    (!dev->isYaffs2 && dev->nDataBytesPerChunk != 512) ||
-	     dev->nChunksPerBlock < 2 ||
-	     dev->nReservedBlocks < 2 ||
-	     dev->internalStartBlock <= 0 ||
-	     dev->internalEndBlock <= 0 ||
-	     dev->internalEndBlock <= (dev->internalStartBlock + dev->nReservedBlocks + 2)	// otherwise it is too small
-	    ) {
-		T(YAFFS_TRACE_ALWAYS,
-		  (TSTR
-		   ("yaffs: NAND geometry problems: chunk size %d, type is yaffs%s "
-		    TENDSTR), dev->nDataBytesPerChunk, dev->isYaffs2 ? "2" : ""));
+	if ((!dev->param.inband_tags && dev->param.is_yaffs2 &&
+		dev->param.total_bytes_per_chunk < 1024) ||
+		(!dev->param.is_yaffs2 &&
+			dev->param.total_bytes_per_chunk < 512) ||
+		(dev->param.inband_tags && !dev->param.is_yaffs2) ||
+		 dev->param.chunks_per_block < 2 ||
+		 dev->param.n_reserved_blocks < 2 ||
+		dev->internal_start_block <= 0 ||
+		dev->internal_end_block <= 0 ||
+		dev->internal_end_block <=
+		(dev->internal_start_block + dev->param.n_reserved_blocks + 2)
+		) {
+		/* otherwise it is too small */
+		yaffs_trace(YAFFS_TRACE_ALWAYS,
+			"NAND geometry problems: chunk size %d, type is yaffs%s, inband_tags %d ",
+			dev->param.total_bytes_per_chunk,
+			dev->param.is_yaffs2 ? "2" : "",
+			dev->param.inband_tags);
 		return YAFFS_FAIL;
 	}
 
-	if (yaffs_InitialiseNAND(dev) != YAFFS_OK) {
-		T(YAFFS_TRACE_ALWAYS,
-		  (TSTR("yaffs: InitialiseNAND failed" TENDSTR)));
+	if (yaffs_init_nand(dev) != YAFFS_OK) {
+		yaffs_trace(YAFFS_TRACE_ALWAYS, "InitialiseNAND failed");
 		return YAFFS_FAIL;
 	}
 
+	/* Sort out space for inband tags, if required */
+	if (dev->param.inband_tags)
+		dev->data_bytes_per_chunk =
+		    dev->param.total_bytes_per_chunk -
+		    sizeof(struct yaffs_packed_tags2_tags_only);
+	else
+		dev->data_bytes_per_chunk = dev->param.total_bytes_per_chunk;
+
 	/* Got the right mix of functions? */
-	if (!yaffs_CheckDevFunctions(dev)) {
+	if (!yaffs_check_dev_fns(dev)) {
 		/* Function missing */
-		T(YAFFS_TRACE_ALWAYS,
-		  (TSTR
-		   ("yaffs: device function(s) missing or wrong\n" TENDSTR)));
+		yaffs_trace(YAFFS_TRACE_ALWAYS,
+			"device function(s) missing or wrong");
 
 		return YAFFS_FAIL;
 	}
 
-	/* This is really a compilation check. */
-	if (!yaffs_CheckStructures()) {
-		T(YAFFS_TRACE_ALWAYS,
-		  (TSTR("yaffs_CheckStructures failed\n" TENDSTR)));
-		return YAFFS_FAIL;
-	}
-
-	if (dev->isMounted) {
-		T(YAFFS_TRACE_ALWAYS,
-		  (TSTR("yaffs: device already mounted\n" TENDSTR)));
-		return YAFFS_FAIL;
-	}
-
-	/* Finished with most checks. One or two more checks happen later on too. */
-
-	dev->isMounted = 1;
-
+	/* Finished with most checks. Further checks happen later on too. */
 
+	dev->is_mounted = 1;
 
 	/* OK now calculate a few things for the device */
 
 	/*
 	 *  Calculate all the chunk size manipulation numbers:
 	 */
-	 /* Start off assuming it is a power of 2 */
-	 dev->chunkShift = ShiftDiv(dev->nDataBytesPerChunk);
-	 dev->chunkMask = (1<<dev->chunkShift) - 1;
-
-	 if(dev->nDataBytesPerChunk == (dev->chunkMask + 1)){
-		/* Yes it is a power of 2, disable crumbs */
-		dev->crumbMask = 0;
-		dev->crumbShift = 0;
-		dev->crumbsPerChunk = 0;
-	 } else {
-		/* Not a power of 2, use crumbs instead */
-		dev->crumbShift = ShiftDiv(sizeof(yaffs_PackedTags2TagsPart));
-		dev->crumbMask = (1<<dev->crumbShift)-1;
-		dev->crumbsPerChunk = dev->nDataBytesPerChunk/(1 << dev->crumbShift);
-		dev->chunkShift = 0;
-		dev->chunkMask = 0;
-	}
-
+	x = dev->data_bytes_per_chunk;
+	/* We always use dev->chunk_shift and dev->chunk_div */
+	dev->chunk_shift = calc_shifts(x);
+	x >>= dev->chunk_shift;
+	dev->chunk_div = x;
+	/* We only use chunk mask if chunk_div is 1 */
+	dev->chunk_mask = (1 << dev->chunk_shift) - 1;
 
 	/*
-	 * Calculate chunkGroupBits.
-	 * We need to find the next power of 2 > than internalEndBlock
+	 * Calculate chunk_grp_bits.
+	 * We need to find the next power of 2 > than internal_end_block
 	 */
 
-	x = dev->nChunksPerBlock * (dev->internalEndBlock + 1);
+	x = dev->param.chunks_per_block * (dev->internal_end_block + 1);
 
-	bits = ShiftsGE(x);
+	bits = calc_shifts_ceiling(x);
 
 	/* Set up tnode width if wide tnodes are enabled. */
-	if(!dev->wideTnodesDisabled){
+	if (!dev->param.wide_tnodes_disabled) {
 		/* bits must be even so that we end up with 32-bit words */
-		if(bits & 1)
+		if (bits & 1)
 			bits++;
-		if(bits < 16)
-			dev->tnodeWidth = 16;
+		if (bits < 16)
+			dev->tnode_width = 16;
 		else
-			dev->tnodeWidth = bits;
+			dev->tnode_width = bits;
+	} else {
+		dev->tnode_width = 16;
 	}
-	else
-		dev->tnodeWidth = 16;
 
-	dev->tnodeMask = (1<<dev->tnodeWidth)-1;
+	dev->tnode_mask = (1 << dev->tnode_width) - 1;
 
 	/* Level0 Tnodes are 16 bits or wider (if wide tnodes are enabled),
 	 * so if the bitwidth of the
 	 * chunk range we're using is greater than 16 we need
-	 * to figure out chunk shift and chunkGroupSize
+	 * to figure out chunk shift and chunk_grp_size
 	 */
 
-	if (bits <= dev->tnodeWidth)
-		dev->chunkGroupBits = 0;
+	if (bits <= dev->tnode_width)
+		dev->chunk_grp_bits = 0;
 	else
-		dev->chunkGroupBits = bits - dev->tnodeWidth;
+		dev->chunk_grp_bits = bits - dev->tnode_width;
 
+	dev->tnode_size = (dev->tnode_width * YAFFS_NTNODES_LEVEL0) / 8;
+	if (dev->tnode_size < sizeof(struct yaffs_tnode))
+		dev->tnode_size = sizeof(struct yaffs_tnode);
 
-	dev->chunkGroupSize = 1 << dev->chunkGroupBits;
+	dev->chunk_grp_size = 1 << dev->chunk_grp_bits;
 
-	if (dev->nChunksPerBlock < dev->chunkGroupSize) {
+	if (dev->param.chunks_per_block < dev->chunk_grp_size) {
 		/* 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".
 		 */
-		T(YAFFS_TRACE_ALWAYS,
-		  (TSTR("yaffs: chunk group too large\n" TENDSTR)));
+		yaffs_trace(YAFFS_TRACE_ALWAYS, "chunk group too large");
 
 		return YAFFS_FAIL;
 	}
 
-	/* OK, we've finished verifying the device, lets continue with initialisation */
+	/* Finished verifying the device, continue with initialisation */
 
 	/* More device initialisation */
-	dev->garbageCollections = 0;
-	dev->passiveGarbageCollections = 0;
-	dev->currentDirtyChecker = 0;
-	dev->bufferedBlock = -1;
-	dev->doingBufferedBlockRewrite = 0;
-	dev->nDeletedFiles = 0;
-	dev->nBackgroundDeletions = 0;
-	dev->nUnlinkedFiles = 0;
-	dev->eccFixed = 0;
-	dev->eccUnfixed = 0;
-	dev->tagsEccFixed = 0;
-	dev->tagsEccUnfixed = 0;
-	dev->nErasureFailures = 0;
-	dev->nErasedBlocks = 0;
-	dev->isDoingGC = 0;
-	dev->hasPendingPrioritisedGCs = 1; /* Assume the worst for now, will get fixed on first GC */
+	dev->all_gcs = 0;
+	dev->passive_gc_count = 0;
+	dev->oldest_dirty_gc_count = 0;
+	dev->bg_gcs = 0;
+	dev->gc_block_finder = 0;
+	dev->buffered_block = -1;
+	dev->doing_buffered_block_rewrite = 0;
+	dev->n_deleted_files = 0;
+	dev->n_bg_deletions = 0;
+	dev->n_unlinked_files = 0;
+	dev->n_ecc_fixed = 0;
+	dev->n_ecc_unfixed = 0;
+	dev->n_tags_ecc_fixed = 0;
+	dev->n_tags_ecc_unfixed = 0;
+	dev->n_erase_failures = 0;
+	dev->n_erased_blocks = 0;
+	dev->gc_disable = 0;
+	dev->has_pending_prioritised_gc = 1;
+		/* Assume the worst for now, will get fixed on first GC */
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->dirty_dirs);
+	dev->oldest_dirty_seq = 0;
+	dev->oldest_dirty_block = 0;
 
 	/* Initialise temporary buffers and caches. */
-	if(!yaffs_InitialiseTempBuffers(dev))
+	if (!yaffs_init_tmp_buffers(dev))
 		init_failed = 1;
 
-	dev->srCache = NULL;
-	dev->gcCleanupList = NULL;
+	dev->cache = NULL;
+	dev->gc_cleanup_list = NULL;
 
-
-	if (!init_failed &&
-	    dev->nShortOpCaches > 0) {
+	if (!init_failed && dev->param.n_caches > 0) {
 		int i;
-		__u8 *buf;
-		int srCacheBytes = dev->nShortOpCaches * sizeof(yaffs_ChunkCache);
+		void *buf;
+		int cache_bytes =
+		    dev->param.n_caches * sizeof(struct yaffs_cache);
 
-		if (dev->nShortOpCaches > YAFFS_MAX_SHORT_OP_CACHES) {
-			dev->nShortOpCaches = YAFFS_MAX_SHORT_OP_CACHES;
-		}
+		if (dev->param.n_caches > YAFFS_MAX_SHORT_OP_CACHES)
+			dev->param.n_caches = YAFFS_MAX_SHORT_OP_CACHES;
 
-		dev->srCache = YMALLOC(srCacheBytes);
-		buf = (__u8 *)dev->srCache;
+		dev->cache = kmalloc(cache_bytes, GFP_NOFS);
 
-		if(dev->srCache)
-			memset(dev->srCache,0,srCacheBytes);
+		buf = (u8 *) dev->cache;
 
-		for (i = 0; i < dev->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->nDataBytesPerChunk);
+		if (dev->cache)
+			memset(dev->cache, 0, cache_bytes);
+
+		for (i = 0; i < dev->param.n_caches && buf; i++) {
+			dev->cache[i].object = NULL;
+			dev->cache[i].last_use = 0;
+			dev->cache[i].dirty = 0;
+			dev->cache[i].data = buf =
+			    kmalloc(dev->param.total_bytes_per_chunk, GFP_NOFS);
 		}
-		if(!buf)
+		if (!buf)
 			init_failed = 1;
 
-		dev->srLastUse = 0;
+		dev->cache_last_use = 0;
 	}
 
-	dev->cacheHits = 0;
+	dev->cache_hits = 0;
 
-	if(!init_failed){
-		dev->gcCleanupList = YMALLOC(dev->nChunksPerBlock * sizeof(__u32));
-		if(!dev->gcCleanupList)
+	if (!init_failed) {
+		dev->gc_cleanup_list =
+		    kmalloc(dev->param.chunks_per_block * sizeof(u32),
+					GFP_NOFS);
+		if (!dev->gc_cleanup_list)
 			init_failed = 1;
 	}
 
-	if (dev->isYaffs2) {
-		dev->useHeaderFileSize = 1;
-	}
-	if(!init_failed && !yaffs_InitialiseBlocks(dev))
+	if (dev->param.is_yaffs2)
+		dev->param.use_header_file_size = 1;
+
+	if (!init_failed && !yaffs_init_blocks(dev))
 		init_failed = 1;
 
-	yaffs_InitialiseTnodes(dev);
-	yaffs_InitialiseObjects(dev);
+	yaffs_init_tnodes_and_objs(dev);
 
-	if(!init_failed && !yaffs_CreateInitialDirectories(dev))
+	if (!init_failed && !yaffs_create_initial_dir(dev))
 		init_failed = 1;
 
+	if (!init_failed && dev->param.is_yaffs2 &&
+		!dev->param.disable_summary &&
+		!yaffs_summary_init(dev))
+		init_failed = 1;
 
-	if(!init_failed){
+	if (!init_failed) {
 		/* Now scan the flash. */
-		if (dev->isYaffs2) {
-			if(yaffs_CheckpointRestore(dev)) {
-				T(YAFFS_TRACE_ALWAYS,
-				  (TSTR("yaffs: restored from checkpoint" TENDSTR)));
+		if (dev->param.is_yaffs2) {
+			if (yaffs2_checkpt_restore(dev)) {
+				yaffs_check_obj_details_loaded(dev->root_dir);
+				yaffs_trace(YAFFS_TRACE_CHECKPOINT |
+					YAFFS_TRACE_MOUNT,
+					"yaffs: restored from checkpoint"
+					);
 			} else {
 
-				/* Clean up the mess caused by an aborted checkpoint load
-				 * and scan backwards.
+				/* Clean up the mess caused by an aborted
+				 * checkpoint load then scan backwards.
 				 */
-				yaffs_DeinitialiseBlocks(dev);
-				yaffs_DeinitialiseTnodes(dev);
-				yaffs_DeinitialiseObjects(dev);
+				yaffs_deinit_blocks(dev);
 
+				yaffs_deinit_tnodes_and_objs(dev);
 
-				dev->nErasedBlocks = 0;
-				dev->nFreeChunks = 0;
-				dev->allocationBlock = -1;
-				dev->allocationPage = -1;
-				dev->nDeletedFiles = 0;
-				dev->nUnlinkedFiles = 0;
-				dev->nBackgroundDeletions = 0;
-				dev->oldestDirtySequence = 0;
+				dev->n_erased_blocks = 0;
+				dev->n_free_chunks = 0;
+				dev->alloc_block = -1;
+				dev->alloc_page = -1;
+				dev->n_deleted_files = 0;
+				dev->n_unlinked_files = 0;
+				dev->n_bg_deletions = 0;
 
-				if(!init_failed && !yaffs_InitialiseBlocks(dev))
+				if (!init_failed && !yaffs_init_blocks(dev))
 					init_failed = 1;
 
-				yaffs_InitialiseTnodes(dev);
-				yaffs_InitialiseObjects(dev);
+				yaffs_init_tnodes_and_objs(dev);
 
-				if(!init_failed && !yaffs_CreateInitialDirectories(dev))
+				if (!init_failed
+				    && !yaffs_create_initial_dir(dev))
 					init_failed = 1;
 
-				if(!init_failed && !yaffs_ScanBackwards(dev))
+				if (!init_failed && !yaffs2_scan_backwards(dev))
 					init_failed = 1;
 			}
-		}else
-			if(!yaffs_Scan(dev))
-				init_failed = 1;
+		} else if (!yaffs1_scan(dev)) {
+			init_failed = 1;
+		}
+
+		yaffs_strip_deleted_objs(dev);
+		yaffs_fix_hanging_objs(dev);
+		if (dev->param.empty_lost_n_found)
+			yaffs_empty_l_n_f(dev);
 	}
 
-	if(init_failed){
+	if (init_failed) {
 		/* Clean up the mess */
-		T(YAFFS_TRACE_TRACING,
-		  (TSTR("yaffs: yaffs_GutsInitialise() aborted.\n" TENDSTR)));
+		yaffs_trace(YAFFS_TRACE_TRACING,
+		  "yaffs: yaffs_guts_initialise() aborted.");
 
-		yaffs_Deinitialise(dev);
+		yaffs_deinitialise(dev);
 		return YAFFS_FAIL;
 	}
 
 	/* Zero out stats */
-	dev->nPageReads = 0;
-	dev->nPageWrites = 0;
-	dev->nBlockErasures = 0;
-	dev->nGCCopies = 0;
-	dev->nRetriedWrites = 0;
+	dev->n_page_reads = 0;
+	dev->n_page_writes = 0;
+	dev->n_erasures = 0;
+	dev->n_gc_copies = 0;
+	dev->n_retried_writes = 0;
 
-	dev->nRetiredBlocks = 0;
+	dev->n_retired_blocks = 0;
 
-	yaffs_VerifyFreeChunks(dev);
-	yaffs_VerifyBlocks(dev);
+	yaffs_verify_free_chunks(dev);
+	yaffs_verify_blocks(dev);
 
+	/* Clean up any aborted checkpoint data */
+	if (!dev->is_checkpointed && dev->blocks_in_checkpt > 0)
+		yaffs2_checkpt_invalidate(dev);
 
-	T(YAFFS_TRACE_TRACING,
-	  (TSTR("yaffs: yaffs_GutsInitialise() done.\n" TENDSTR)));
+	yaffs_trace(YAFFS_TRACE_TRACING,
+	  "yaffs: yaffs_guts_initialise() done.");
 	return YAFFS_OK;
-
 }
 
-void yaffs_Deinitialise(yaffs_Device * dev)
+void yaffs_deinitialise(struct yaffs_dev *dev)
 {
-	if (dev->isMounted) {
+	if (dev->is_mounted) {
 		int i;
 
-		yaffs_DeinitialiseBlocks(dev);
-		yaffs_DeinitialiseTnodes(dev);
-		yaffs_DeinitialiseObjects(dev);
-		if (dev->nShortOpCaches > 0 &&
-		    dev->srCache) {
+		yaffs_deinit_blocks(dev);
+		yaffs_deinit_tnodes_and_objs(dev);
+		yaffs_summary_deinit(dev);
+
+		if (dev->param.n_caches > 0 && dev->cache) {
 
-			for (i = 0; i < dev->nShortOpCaches; i++) {
-				if(dev->srCache[i].data)
-					YFREE(dev->srCache[i].data);
-				dev->srCache[i].data = NULL;
+			for (i = 0; i < dev->param.n_caches; i++) {
+				kfree(dev->cache[i].data);
+				dev->cache[i].data = NULL;
 			}
 
-			YFREE(dev->srCache);
-			dev->srCache = NULL;
+			kfree(dev->cache);
+			dev->cache = NULL;
 		}
 
-		YFREE(dev->gcCleanupList);
+		kfree(dev->gc_cleanup_list);
 
-		for (i = 0; i < YAFFS_N_TEMP_BUFFERS; i++) {
-			YFREE(dev->tempBuffer[i].buffer);
-		}
+		for (i = 0; i < YAFFS_N_TEMP_BUFFERS; i++)
+			kfree(dev->temp_buffer[i].buffer);
 
-		dev->isMounted = 0;
-	}
+		dev->is_mounted = 0;
 
+		if (dev->param.deinitialise_flash_fn)
+			dev->param.deinitialise_flash_fn(dev);
+	}
 }
 
-static int yaffs_CountFreeChunks(yaffs_Device * dev)
+int yaffs_count_free_chunks(struct yaffs_dev *dev)
 {
-	int nFree;
+	int n_free = 0;
 	int b;
+	struct yaffs_block_info *blk;
 
-	yaffs_BlockInfo *blk;
-
-	for (nFree = 0, b = dev->internalStartBlock; b <= dev->internalEndBlock;
-	     b++) {
-		blk = yaffs_GetBlockInfo(dev, b);
-
-		switch (blk->blockState) {
+	blk = dev->block_info;
+	for (b = dev->internal_start_block; b <= dev->internal_end_block; b++) {
+		switch (blk->block_state) {
 		case YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_EMPTY:
 		case YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_ALLOCATING:
 		case YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_COLLECTING:
 		case YAFFS_BLOCK_STATE_FULL:
-			nFree +=
-			    (dev->nChunksPerBlock - blk->pagesInUse +
-			     blk->softDeletions);
+			n_free +=
+			    (dev->param.chunks_per_block - blk->pages_in_use +
+			     blk->soft_del_pages);
 			break;
 		default:
 			break;
 		}
-
+		blk++;
 	}
-
-	return nFree;
+	return n_free;
 }
 
-int yaffs_GetNumberOfFreeChunks(yaffs_Device * dev)
+int yaffs_get_n_free_chunks(struct yaffs_dev *dev)
 {
 	/* This is what we report to the outside world */
+	int n_free;
+	int n_dirty_caches;
+	int blocks_for_checkpt;
+	int i;
 
-	int nFree;
-	int nDirtyCacheChunks;
-	int blocksForCheckpoint;
-
-#if 1
-	nFree = dev->nFreeChunks;
-#else
-	nFree = yaffs_CountFreeChunks(dev);
-#endif
-
-	nFree += dev->nDeletedFiles;
+	n_free = dev->n_free_chunks;
+	n_free += dev->n_deleted_files;
 
-	/* Now count the number of dirty chunks in the cache and subtract those */
+	/* Now count and subtract the number of dirty chunks in the cache. */
 
-	{
-		int i;
-		for (nDirtyCacheChunks = 0, i = 0; i < dev->nShortOpCaches; i++) {
-			if (dev->srCache[i].dirty)
-				nDirtyCacheChunks++;
-		}
+	for (n_dirty_caches = 0, i = 0; i < dev->param.n_caches; i++) {
+		if (dev->cache[i].dirty)
+			n_dirty_caches++;
 	}
 
-	nFree -= nDirtyCacheChunks;
-
-	nFree -= ((dev->nReservedBlocks + 1) * dev->nChunksPerBlock);
+	n_free -= n_dirty_caches;
 
-	/* Now we figure out how much to reserve for the checkpoint and report that... */
-	blocksForCheckpoint = dev->nCheckpointReservedBlocks - dev->blocksInCheckpoint;
-	if(blocksForCheckpoint < 0)
-		blocksForCheckpoint = 0;
+	n_free -=
+	    ((dev->param.n_reserved_blocks + 1) * dev->param.chunks_per_block);
 
-	nFree -= (blocksForCheckpoint * dev->nChunksPerBlock);
+	/* Now figure checkpoint space and report that... */
+	blocks_for_checkpt = yaffs_calc_checkpt_blocks_required(dev);
 
-	if (nFree < 0)
-		nFree = 0;
+	n_free -= (blocks_for_checkpt * dev->param.chunks_per_block);
 
-	return nFree;
+	if (n_free < 0)
+		n_free = 0;
 
+	return n_free;
 }
 
-static int yaffs_freeVerificationFailures;
-
-static void yaffs_VerifyFreeChunks(yaffs_Device * dev)
+/*\
+ * Marshalling functions to get loff_t file sizes into aand out of
+ * object headers.
+ */
+void yaffs_oh_size_load(struct yaffs_obj_hdr *oh, loff_t fsize)
 {
-	int counted;
-	int difference;
-
-	if(yaffs_SkipVerification(dev))
-		return;
-
-	counted = yaffs_CountFreeChunks(dev);
-
-	difference = dev->nFreeChunks - counted;
-
-	if (difference) {
-		T(YAFFS_TRACE_ALWAYS,
-		  (TSTR("Freechunks verification failure %d %d %d" TENDSTR),
-		   dev->nFreeChunks, counted, difference));
-		yaffs_freeVerificationFailures++;
-	}
+	oh->file_size_low = (fsize & 0xFFFFFFFF);
+	oh->file_size_high = ((fsize >> 32) & 0xFFFFFFFF);
 }
 
-/*---------------------------------------- YAFFS test code ----------------------*/
-
-#define yaffs_CheckStruct(structure,syze, name) \
-	   if(sizeof(structure) != syze) \
-	       { \
-		 T(YAFFS_TRACE_ALWAYS,(TSTR("%s should be %d but is %d\n" TENDSTR),\
-		 name,syze,sizeof(structure))); \
-		 return YAFFS_FAIL; \
-		}
-
-static int yaffs_CheckStructures(void)
+loff_t yaffs_oh_to_size(struct yaffs_obj_hdr *oh)
 {
-/*      yaffs_CheckStruct(yaffs_Tags,8,"yaffs_Tags") */
-/*      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")
-#endif
-	    yaffs_CheckStruct(yaffs_ObjectHeader, 512, "yaffs_ObjectHeader")
+	loff_t retval;
+
+	if (~(oh->file_size_high))
+		retval = (((loff_t) oh->file_size_high) << 32) |
+			(((loff_t) oh->file_size_low) & 0xFFFFFFFF);
+	else
+		retval = (loff_t) oh->file_size_low;
 
-	    return YAFFS_OK;
+	return retval;
 }