Disadvantages
- At mount time, the file system driver must read the entire inode chain and then keep it in memory. This can be very slow. Memory consumption of JFFS is also proportional to the number of files in the file system.
- The circular log design means all data in the filesystem is re-written, regardless of whether it is static or not. This generates many unnecessary erase cycles and reduces the life of the flash medium.
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