Why is uos.statvs() available block count so low?

[marvin]

I have the current micropython installed on a esp8266 board with 4MB flash.

On the flash I have three files:
>>> uos.listdir()
['boot.py', 'webrepl_cfg.py', 'test.mpy']
>>> uos.stat('/boot.py')
(32768, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 160, 22, 22, 22)
>>> uos.stat('/webrepl_cfg.py')
(32768, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 19, 20, 20, 20)
>>> uos.stat('/test.mpy')
(32768, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 10118, 40, 40, 40)

When I query the available space in the filesystem I get an answer I do not understand:
>>> uos.statvfs('/')
(4096, 4096, 860, 78, 78, 0, 0, 0, 0, 255)

If my filesystem has 860 blocks in total with each block 4096 bytes (~3.5 MB which makes sense for a 4MB flash chip), why are only 78 blocks available?

By my count the three files use the following amount of blocks:
boot.py: 1
webrepl_cfg.py: 1
test.mpy: 10118/4096 = 3
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total: 5

So why do I not have 860 - 5 = 855 blocks remaining available?

[Roberthh]

I cannot confirm that with my ESP8266. It shows reasonable values:

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>>> uos.statvfs("/flash")
(4096, 4096, 860, 847, 847, 0, 0, 0, 0, 255)

You could try to re-init the file system, using the code from _boot.py:

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import inisetup
inisetup.setup()

Of course that will wipe out any file.