Hello,
Reading the boot log I noticed a message about building metadata of jffs2 and reported being orphan files which keeps increasing every reboot.
I flashed again and didn't keep settings to see if that makes a difference but unfornatunatley no.
Just the first boot:
BusyBox v1.35.0 (2023-11-25 18:18:57 UTC) built-in shell (ash)
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|__| W I R E L E S S F R E E D O M
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OpenWrt 22.03.6, r20265-f85a79bcb4
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=== WARNING! =====================================
There is no root password defined on this device!
Use the "passwd" command to set up a new password
in order to prevent unauthorized SSH logins.
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root@OpenWrt:~# logread | grep jff
Sat Nov 25 18:19:13 2023 kern.notice kernel: [ 0.000000] Kernel command line: console=ttyS0,115200 rootfstype=squashfs,jffs2
Sat Nov 25 18:19:13 2023 kern.info kernel: [ 0.741135] jffs2: version 2.2 (NA ND) (SUMMARY) (LZMA) (RTIME) (CMODE_PRIORITY) (c) 2001-2006 Red Hat, Inc.
Sat Nov 25 18:19:13 2023 user.notice kernel: [ 11.985421] mount_root: jffs2 no t ready yet, using temporary tmpfs overlay
Sat Nov 25 18:19:47 2023 kern.warn kernel: [ 64.769832] jffs2_scan_eraseblock( ): End of filesystem marker found at 0x0
Sat Nov 25 18:19:47 2023 kern.warn kernel: [ 64.776832] jffs2_build_filesystem (): unlocking the mtd device...
Sat Nov 25 18:19:50 2023 kern.warn kernel: [ 64.785118] jffs2_build_filesystem (): erasing all blocks after the end marker...
Sat Nov 25 18:19:59 2023 kern.notice kernel: [ 76.229462] jffs2: notice: (1978 ) jffs2_build_xattr_subsystem: complete building xattr subsystem, 0 of xdatum (0 unchecked, 0 orphan) and 0 of xref (0 dead, 0 orphan) found.
Sat Nov 25 18:20:00 2023 daemon.err mount_root: failed to sync jffs2 overlay
root@OpenWrt:~# reboot
root@OpenWrt:~#
In the next bootlog I can see again that the counter grows...
BusyBox v1.35.0 (2023-11-25 18:18:57 UTC) built-in shell (ash)
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| |.-----.-----.-----.| | | |.----.| |_
| - || _ | -__| || | | || _|| _|
|_______|| __|_____|__|__||________||__| |____|
|__| W I R E L E S S F R E E D O M
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OpenWrt 22.03.6, r20265-f85a79bcb4
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=== WARNING! =====================================
There is no root password defined on this device!
Use the "passwd" command to set up a new password
in order to prevent unauthorized SSH logins.
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root@OpenWrt:~# logread | grep jff
Fri Dec 15 15:22:17 2023 kern.notice kernel: [ 0.000000] Kernel command line: console=ttyS0,115200 rootfstype=squashfs,jffs2
Fri Dec 15 15:22:17 2023 kern.info kernel: [ 0.741131] jffs2: version 2.2 (NA ND) (SUMMARY) (LZMA) (RTIME) (CMODE_PRIORITY) (c) 2001-2006 Red Hat, Inc.
Fri Dec 15 15:22:17 2023 kern.notice kernel: [ 12.055421] jffs2: notice: (423) jffs2_build_xattr_subsystem: complete building xattr subsystem, 6 of xdatum (0 unchecked, 1 orphan) and 7 of xref (1 dead, 0 orphan) found.
Fri Dec 15 15:22:17 2023 user.info kernel: [ 12.073653] mount_root: switching to jffs2 overlay
root@OpenWrt:~#
As this router is an 8/64 I'm rebooting it daily. Despite everything is working great must I take some care about it?
Also I noticed that I have gained 2KB of space after restoring the backup...
The exact sequence has been:
- Backup (already on 22.03.6)
- Flash 22.03.6 without keeping settings (no orphan data)
- Reboot (1 orphan data)
Thank you