--- /dev/null
+diff -ur linux.old/fs/jffs2/scan.c linux.dev/fs/jffs2/scan.c
+--- linux.old/fs/jffs2/scan.c 2003-11-28 19:26:21.000000000 +0100
++++ linux.dev/fs/jffs2/scan.c 2006-06-22 00:29:02.000000000 +0200
+@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@
+ * provisions above, a recipient may use your version of this file
+ * under either the RHEPL or the GPL.
+ *
++ * Modification for automatically cleaning the filesystem after
++ * a specially marked block
++ * Copyright (C) 2006 Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
++ *
+ * $Id: scan.c,v 1.51.2.4 2003/11/02 13:51:18 dwmw2 Exp $
+ *
+ */
+@@ -88,7 +92,12 @@
+ for (i=0; i<c->nr_blocks; i++) {
+ struct jffs2_eraseblock *jeb = &c->blocks[i];
+
+- ret = jffs2_scan_eraseblock(c, jeb);
++
++ if (c->flags & (1 << 7))
++ ret = 1;
++ else
++ ret = jffs2_scan_eraseblock(c, jeb);
++
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return ret;
+
+@@ -145,15 +154,22 @@
+ c->nr_erasing_blocks++;
+ }
+ }
+- /* Rotate the lists by some number to ensure wear levelling */
+- jffs2_rotate_lists(c);
+
+- if (c->nr_erasing_blocks) {
+- if (!c->used_size && empty_blocks != c->nr_blocks) {
+- printk(KERN_NOTICE "Cowardly refusing to erase blocks on filesystem with no valid JFFS2 nodes\n");
+- return -EIO;
++ if (c->flags & (1 << 7)) {
++ printk("jffs2_scan_medium(): erasing all blocks after the end marker...\n");
++ jffs2_erase_pending_blocks(c);
++ printk("jffs2_scan_medium(): done.\n");
++ } else {
++ /* Rotate the lists by some number to ensure wear levelling */
++ jffs2_rotate_lists(c);
++
++ if (c->nr_erasing_blocks) {
++ if (!c->used_size && empty_blocks != c->nr_blocks) {
++ printk(KERN_NOTICE "Cowardly refusing to erase blocks on filesystem with no valid JFFS2 nodes\n");
++ return -EIO;
++ }
++ jffs2_erase_pending_trigger(c);
+ }
+- jffs2_erase_pending_trigger(c);
+ }
+ return 0;
+ }
+@@ -181,6 +197,7 @@
+
+ while(ofs < jeb->offset + c->sector_size) {
+ ssize_t retlen;
++ unsigned char *buf = (unsigned char *) &node;
+ ACCT_PARANOIA_CHECK(jeb);
+
+ if (ofs & 3) {
+@@ -202,8 +219,18 @@
+ break;
+ }
+
+- err = c->mtd->read(c->mtd, ofs, sizeof(node), &retlen, (char *)&node);
++ err = c->mtd->read(c->mtd, ofs, sizeof(node), &retlen, buf);
++ if ((buf[0] == 0xde) &&
++ (buf[1] == 0xad) &&
++ (buf[2] == 0xc0) &&
++ (buf[3] == 0xde)) {
++
++ /* end of filesystem. erase everything after this point */
++ c->flags |= (1 << 7);
++ printk("jffs2_scan_eraseblock(): End of filesystem marker found at 0x%x\n", jeb->offset);
+
++ return 1;
++ }
+ if (err) {
+ D1(printk(KERN_WARNING "mtd->read(0x%x bytes from 0x%x) returned %d\n", sizeof(node), ofs, err));
+ return err;
+