From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: Brian Foster <bfoster@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] repair: use fs root ino for dummy parent value instead of zero
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2020 19:44:08 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200715184408.GC23618@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200715140836.10197-4-bfoster@redhat.com>
On Wed, Jul 15, 2020 at 10:08:35AM -0400, Brian Foster wrote:
> If a directory inode has an invalid parent ino on disk, repair
> replaces the invalid value with a dummy value of zero in the buffer
> and NULLFSINO in the in-core parent tracking. The zero value serves
> no functional purpose as it is still an invalid value and the parent
> must be repaired by phase 6 based on the in-core state before the
> buffer can be written out. Instead, use the root fs inode number as
> a catch all for invalid parent values so phase 6 doesn't have to
> create custom verifier infrastructure just to work around this
> behavior.
Looks good,
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-07-15 18:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-07-15 14:08 [PATCH 0/4] xfsprogs: remove custom dir2 sf fork verifier from repair Brian Foster
2020-07-15 14:08 ` [PATCH 1/4] repair: set the in-core inode parent in phase 3 Brian Foster
2020-07-15 18:42 ` Christoph Hellwig
2020-07-21 0:57 ` Darrick J. Wong
2020-07-15 14:08 ` [PATCH 2/4] repair: don't double check dir2 sf parent in phase 4 Brian Foster
2020-07-15 18:43 ` Christoph Hellwig
2020-07-15 23:54 ` Darrick J. Wong
2020-07-16 10:39 ` Brian Foster
2020-07-21 0:55 ` Darrick J. Wong
2020-07-15 14:08 ` [PATCH 3/4] repair: use fs root ino for dummy parent value instead of zero Brian Foster
2020-07-15 18:44 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2020-07-15 22:22 ` Dave Chinner
2020-07-16 10:41 ` Brian Foster
2020-07-16 22:06 ` Dave Chinner
2020-07-17 11:57 ` Brian Foster
2020-07-17 11:59 ` [PATCH v2] repair: use fs rootino " Brian Foster
2020-07-20 3:21 ` Dave Chinner
2020-07-21 0:47 ` Darrick J. Wong
2020-07-15 14:08 ` [PATCH 4/4] repair: remove custom dir2 sf fork verifier from phase6 Brian Foster
2020-07-15 18:44 ` Christoph Hellwig
2020-07-21 0:47 ` Darrick J. Wong
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