check anyway. */
if (!tn->fn->size) {
if (rii->mdata_tn) {
- /* We had a candidate mdata node already */
- dbg_readinode("kill old mdata with ver %d\n", rii->mdata_tn->version);
- jffs2_kill_tn(c, rii->mdata_tn);
+ if (rii->mdata_tn->version < tn->version) {
+ /* We had a candidate mdata node already */
+ dbg_readinode("kill old mdata with ver %d\n", rii->mdata_tn->version);
+ jffs2_kill_tn(c, rii->mdata_tn);
+ } else {
+ dbg_readinode("kill new mdata with ver %d (older than existing %d\n",
+ tn->version, rii->mdata_tn->version);
+ jffs2_kill_tn(c, tn);
+ return 0;
+ }
}
rii->mdata_tn = tn;
dbg_readinode("keep new mdata with ver %d\n", tn->version);