diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/at91_nand.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/at91_nand.c
index 512e999177f7..b2a5672df6e0 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/at91_nand.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/at91_nand.c
@@ -128,7 +128,10 @@ static int __init at91_nand_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	nand_chip->IO_ADDR_R = host->io_base;
 	nand_chip->IO_ADDR_W = host->io_base;
 	nand_chip->cmd_ctrl = at91_nand_cmd_ctrl;
-	nand_chip->dev_ready = at91_nand_device_ready;
+
+	if (host->board->rdy_pin)
+		nand_chip->dev_ready = at91_nand_device_ready;
+
 	nand_chip->ecc.mode = NAND_ECC_SOFT;	/* enable ECC */
 	nand_chip->chip_delay = 20;		/* 20us command delay time */
 
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/edb7312.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/edb7312.c
index 1daf8231aaef..0146cdc48039 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/edb7312.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/edb7312.c
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ static struct mtd_partition partition_info[] = {
 /*
  *	hardware specific access to control-lines
  *
- *	NAND_NCE: bit 0 -> bit 7
+ *	NAND_NCE: bit 0 -> bit 6 (bit 7 = 1)
  *	NAND_CLE: bit 1 -> bit 4
  *	NAND_ALE: bit 2 -> bit 5
  */
@@ -83,12 +83,12 @@ static void ep7312_hwcontrol(struct mtd_info *mtd, int cmd, unsigned int ctrl)
 	struct nand_chip *chip = mtd->priv;
 
 	if (ctrl & NAND_CTRL_CHANGE) {
-		unsigned char bits;
+		unsigned char bits = 0x80;
 
-		bits = (ctrl & (NAND_CLE | NAND_ALE)) << 3;
-		bits = (ctrl & NAND_NCE) << 7;
+		bits |= (ctrl & (NAND_CLE | NAND_ALE)) << 3;
+		bits |= (ctrl & NAND_NCE) ? 0x00 : 0x40;
 
-		clps_writeb((clps_readb(ep7312_pxdr)  & 0xB0) | 0x10,
+		clps_writeb((clps_readb(ep7312_pxdr)  & 0xF0) | bits,
 			    ep7312_pxdr);
 	}
 	if (cmd != NAND_CMD_NONE)
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c
index 7e68203fe1ba..24ac6778b1a8 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
  *	if we have HW ecc support.
  *	The AG-AND chips have nice features for speed improvement,
  *	which are not supported yet. Read / program 4 pages in one go.
+ *	BBT table is not serialized, has to be fixed
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
@@ -360,6 +361,7 @@ static int nand_default_block_markbad(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t ofs)
 		/* We write two bytes, so we dont have to mess with 16 bit
 		 * access
 		 */
+		nand_get_device(chip, mtd, FL_WRITING);
 		ofs += mtd->oobsize;
 		chip->ops.len = chip->ops.ooblen = 2;
 		chip->ops.datbuf = NULL;
@@ -367,9 +369,11 @@ static int nand_default_block_markbad(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t ofs)
 		chip->ops.ooboffs = chip->badblockpos & ~0x01;
 
 		ret = nand_do_write_oob(mtd, ofs, &chip->ops);
+		nand_release_device(mtd);
 	}
 	if (!ret)
 		mtd->ecc_stats.badblocks++;
+
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -768,7 +772,7 @@ static int nand_read_page_swecc(struct mtd_info *mtd, struct nand_chip *chip,
 	uint8_t *p = buf;
 	uint8_t *ecc_calc = chip->buffers->ecccalc;
 	uint8_t *ecc_code = chip->buffers->ecccode;
-	int *eccpos = chip->ecc.layout->eccpos;
+	uint32_t *eccpos = chip->ecc.layout->eccpos;
 
 	chip->ecc.read_page_raw(mtd, chip, buf);
 
@@ -810,7 +814,7 @@ static int nand_read_page_hwecc(struct mtd_info *mtd, struct nand_chip *chip,
 	uint8_t *p = buf;
 	uint8_t *ecc_calc = chip->buffers->ecccalc;
 	uint8_t *ecc_code = chip->buffers->ecccode;
-	int *eccpos = chip->ecc.layout->eccpos;
+	uint32_t *eccpos = chip->ecc.layout->eccpos;
 
 	for (i = 0; eccsteps; eccsteps--, i += eccbytes, p += eccsize) {
 		chip->ecc.hwctl(mtd, NAND_ECC_READ);
@@ -1416,7 +1420,7 @@ static void nand_write_page_swecc(struct mtd_info *mtd, struct nand_chip *chip,
 	int eccsteps = chip->ecc.steps;
 	uint8_t *ecc_calc = chip->buffers->ecccalc;
 	const uint8_t *p = buf;
-	int *eccpos = chip->ecc.layout->eccpos;
+	uint32_t *eccpos = chip->ecc.layout->eccpos;
 
 	/* Software ecc calculation */
 	for (i = 0; eccsteps; eccsteps--, i += eccbytes, p += eccsize)
@@ -1442,7 +1446,7 @@ static void nand_write_page_hwecc(struct mtd_info *mtd, struct nand_chip *chip,
 	int eccsteps = chip->ecc.steps;
 	uint8_t *ecc_calc = chip->buffers->ecccalc;
 	const uint8_t *p = buf;
-	int *eccpos = chip->ecc.layout->eccpos;
+	uint32_t *eccpos = chip->ecc.layout->eccpos;
 
 	for (i = 0; eccsteps; eccsteps--, i += eccbytes, p += eccsize) {
 		chip->ecc.hwctl(mtd, NAND_ECC_WRITE);
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/rfd_ftl.c b/drivers/mtd/rfd_ftl.c
index d4b1ba8f23ef..006c03aacb55 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/rfd_ftl.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/rfd_ftl.c
@@ -779,6 +779,7 @@ static void rfd_ftl_add_mtd(struct mtd_blktrans_ops *tr, struct mtd_info *mtd)
 	else {
 		if (!mtd->erasesize) {
 			printk(KERN_WARNING PREFIX "please provide block_size");
+			kfree(part);
 			return;
 		}
 		else
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/background.c b/fs/jffs2/background.c
index 143c5530caf3..504643f2e98b 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/background.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/background.c
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ static int jffs2_garbage_collect_thread(void *_c)
 	set_freezable();
 	for (;;) {
 		allow_signal(SIGHUP);
-
+	again:
 		if (!jffs2_thread_should_wake(c)) {
 			set_current_state (TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
 			D1(printk(KERN_DEBUG "jffs2_garbage_collect_thread sleeping...\n"));
@@ -95,9 +95,6 @@ static int jffs2_garbage_collect_thread(void *_c)
 			schedule();
 		}
 
-		if (try_to_freeze())
-			continue;
-
 		/* This thread is purely an optimisation. But if it runs when
 		   other things could be running, it actually makes things a
 		   lot worse. Use yield() and put it at the back of the runqueue
@@ -112,6 +109,9 @@ static int jffs2_garbage_collect_thread(void *_c)
 			siginfo_t info;
 			unsigned long signr;
 
+			if (try_to_freeze())
+				goto again;
+
 			signr = dequeue_signal_lock(current, &current->blocked, &info);
 
 			switch(signr) {
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/nodelist.h b/fs/jffs2/nodelist.h
index 25126a062cae..bc5509fe577b 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/nodelist.h
+++ b/fs/jffs2/nodelist.h
@@ -139,6 +139,11 @@ static inline struct jffs2_inode_cache *jffs2_raw_ref_to_ic(struct jffs2_raw_nod
 #define ref_obsolete(ref)	(((ref)->flash_offset & 3) == REF_OBSOLETE)
 #define mark_ref_normal(ref)    do { (ref)->flash_offset = ref_offset(ref) | REF_NORMAL; } while(0)
 
+/* Dirent nodes should be REF_PRISTINE only if they are not a deletion
+   dirent. Deletion dirents should be REF_NORMAL so that GC gets to
+   throw them away when appropriate */
+#define dirent_node_state(rd)	( (je32_to_cpu((rd)->ino)?REF_PRISTINE:REF_NORMAL) )
+
 /* NB: REF_PRISTINE for an inode-less node (ref->next_in_ino == NULL) indicates
    it is an unknown node of type JFFS2_NODETYPE_RWCOMPAT_COPY, so it'll get
    copied. If you need to do anything different to GC inode-less nodes, then
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/readinode.c b/fs/jffs2/readinode.c
index 7b363786c2d2..b5baa356fed2 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/readinode.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/readinode.c
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ static int check_node_data(struct jffs2_sb_info *c, struct jffs2_tmp_dnode_info
 
 	if (crc != tn->data_crc) {
 		JFFS2_NOTICE("wrong data CRC in data node at 0x%08x: read %#08x, calculated %#08x.\n",
-			ofs, tn->data_crc, crc);
+			     ref_offset(ref), tn->data_crc, crc);
 		return 1;
 	}
 
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ static inline int read_direntry(struct jffs2_sb_info *c, struct jffs2_raw_node_r
 		jeb->unchecked_size -= len;
 		c->used_size += len;
 		c->unchecked_size -= len;
-		ref->flash_offset = ref_offset(ref) | REF_PRISTINE;
+		ref->flash_offset = ref_offset(ref) | dirent_node_state(rd);
 		spin_unlock(&c->erase_completion_lock);
 	}
 
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/scan.c b/fs/jffs2/scan.c
index 2a1c976c7924..6c75cd433342 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/scan.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/scan.c
@@ -1049,7 +1049,8 @@ static int jffs2_scan_dirent_node(struct jffs2_sb_info *c, struct jffs2_eraseblo
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
-	fd->raw = jffs2_link_node_ref(c, jeb, ofs | REF_PRISTINE, PAD(je32_to_cpu(rd->totlen)), ic);
+	fd->raw = jffs2_link_node_ref(c, jeb, ofs | dirent_node_state(rd),
+				      PAD(je32_to_cpu(rd->totlen)), ic);
 
 	fd->next = NULL;
 	fd->version = je32_to_cpu(rd->version);
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/write.c b/fs/jffs2/write.c
index c9fe0ab3a329..bc6185933664 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/write.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/write.c
@@ -173,6 +173,12 @@ struct jffs2_full_dnode *jffs2_write_dnode(struct jffs2_sb_info *c, struct jffs2
 		flash_ofs |= REF_NORMAL;
 	}
 	fn->raw = jffs2_add_physical_node_ref(c, flash_ofs, PAD(sizeof(*ri)+datalen), f->inocache);
+	if (IS_ERR(fn->raw)) {
+		void *hold_err = fn->raw;
+		/* Release the full_dnode which is now useless, and return */
+		jffs2_free_full_dnode(fn);
+		return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(hold_err));
+	}
 	fn->ofs = je32_to_cpu(ri->offset);
 	fn->size = je32_to_cpu(ri->dsize);
 	fn->frags = 0;
@@ -290,7 +296,14 @@ struct jffs2_full_dirent *jffs2_write_dirent(struct jffs2_sb_info *c, struct jff
 		return ERR_PTR(ret?ret:-EIO);
 	}
 	/* Mark the space used */
-	fd->raw = jffs2_add_physical_node_ref(c, flash_ofs | REF_PRISTINE, PAD(sizeof(*rd)+namelen), f->inocache);
+	fd->raw = jffs2_add_physical_node_ref(c, flash_ofs | dirent_node_state(rd),
+					      PAD(sizeof(*rd)+namelen), f->inocache);
+	if (IS_ERR(fd->raw)) {
+		void *hold_err = fd->raw;
+		/* Release the full_dirent which is now useless, and return */
+		jffs2_free_full_dirent(fd);
+		return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(hold_err));
+	}
 
 	if (retried) {
 		jffs2_dbg_acct_sanity_check(c,NULL);