Re: REVIEW: xfs_reno #2

[Vlad Apostolov <vapo@xxxxxxx>]

Vlad Apostolov wrote:
> Timothy Shimmin wrote:
> > Vlad Apostolov wrote:
> > > When the XFS parent pointers feature is released we would need to find
> > > out to update the EA to point to the new inode parent directory. 
> > > This may
> > > not be that easy though.
> > Really?
> > Apart from the swapping of extents, reno uses standard calls doesn't it,
> > in which case any movement of inodes will have the parent pointers
> > updated by the normal vnode ops (e.g. mkdir, rename) in the kernel.
> >
> > --Tim
> When a 64 bits parent inode directory is changed to 32 bits inode,
> I couldn't see code that would change parent pointer EA of the
> children to point to the new 32 bits parent. Please correct me if
> I missed something.
>
> Regards,
> Vlad
Or maybe renaming a file under the new parent will update the EA
parent pointer to the new parent.