From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from verein.lst.de (verein.lst.de [213.95.11.211]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 491511ACED5 for ; Tue, 25 Aug 2026 06:32:18 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=213.95.11.211 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1787639539; cv=none; b=UKflKfLTw8mXBU+PTPO7ldhQugWk6IZQpvDBCknLfuKdn5g5GhF8oHJaQuRUMLBzGpl/IdQm/0Bd/sE1QbAJV8SJGwIXILGAF8igljWuDzJVHXFVVIw/L+39SjSPlcDy0sbxRJ7K8rxhvD+cpB6sdjwuLdvb74CRLq6LtngHNbA= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1787639539; c=relaxed/simple; bh=tJZFgFg4sfMzMrzNylZkfTzEvuwFqwz4F3riHObM9Tk=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=mDI0hUUG6dqhV3V1UQuTJfXcKAemM37tc0rLNngWccnuV+anGJGHJ44Io+PRH33LnKMXimXJ7rqtQIDnNBfV/n9cwQLekWHjaqw/L9lIZrGlqilxE8mMA2EVHe8BjA6/jb1OjN3rVetQzNTusj5rAKW77ZJyZdwO7DiD5QmKDQQ= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lst.de; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lst.de; arc=none smtp.client-ip=213.95.11.211 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lst.de Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lst.de Received: by verein.lst.de (Postfix, from userid 2407) id E323B68BFE; Tue, 25 Aug 2026 08:32:14 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2026 08:32:14 +0200 From: Christoph Hellwig To: "Darrick J. Wong" Cc: cem@kernel.org, hch@lst.de, linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/6] xfs: handle reconnecting metadir subdirectories Message-ID: <20260825063214.GE24324@lst.de> References: <178760940641.944084.17475223769703836830.stgit@frogsfrogsfrogs> <178760940784.944084.16150563988327141422.stgit@frogsfrogsfrogs> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <178760940784.944084.16150563988327141422.stgit@frogsfrogsfrogs> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) On Mon, Aug 24, 2026 at 10:35:41PM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote: > From: Darrick J. Wong > > A longstanding weakness of the metapath repair code is that it can only > reattach non-directories to the metadata directory tree. Let's fix that Why was this not done before? Why is it possible now? Testcase?