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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] xfs: remove metafile inodes from the active inode
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On Tue, Feb 03, 2026 at 12:54:55PM +0530, Nirjhar Roy (IBM) wrote:
> Okay, now I get it. Thank you. So we increment the stats for regular inode 
> (since this is more common) and later adjust if our assumption is wrong, 
> i.e, the inode turns out to be a metadir inode. Right?

Yes, although it would not really call it an assumption, but just the
fast path.