mirror of
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
synced 2026-05-07 17:27:11 -04:00
f7cea94646
xfs: detect and correct directory tree problems Historically, checking the tree-ness of the directory tree structure has not been complete. Cycles of subdirectories break the tree properties, as do subdirectories with multiple parents. It's easy enough for DFS to detect problems as long as one of the participants is reachable from the root, but this technique cannot find unconnected cycles. Directory parent pointers change that, because we can discover all of these problems from a simple walk from a subdirectory towards the root. For each child we start with, if the walk terminates without reaching the root, we know the path is disconnected and ought to be attached to the lost and found. If we find ourselves, we know this is a cycle and can delete an incoming edge. If we find multiple paths to the root, we know to delete an incoming edge. Even better, once we've finished walking paths, we've identified the good ones and know which other path(s) to remove. Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Chandan Babu R <chandanbabu@kernel.org> * tag 'scrub-directory-tree-6.10_2024-04-23' of https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/djwong/xfs-linux: xfs: fix corruptions in the directory tree xfs: report directory tree corruption in the health information xfs: invalidate dirloop scrub path data when concurrent updates happen xfs: teach online scrub to find directory tree structure problems
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.