[Cluster-devel] [gfs2-utils PATCH 06/47] fsck.gfs2: Check for formal inode mismatch when adding to lost+found

[Bob Peterson]

----- Original Message -----
| Hi,
| 
| On Tue, 2013-05-14 at 11:21 -0500, Bob Peterson wrote:
| > This patch adds a check to the code that adds inodes to lost+found
| > so that dinodes with formal inode mismatches are logged, but not added.
| > 
| I'm not sure I understand what this one is doing. If there is a mismatch
| between the dir entry and the inode that suggests that the dir entry and
| inode are not related to the same thing,
| 
| Steve.

Hi,

Yes, you're correct, and this mismatch is precisely why it's wrong
to add the file to lost+found, and that's what this patch is avoiding.

Regards,

Bob Peterson
Red Hat File Systems