xfs: document metadata file repair
File-based metadata (such as xattrs and directories) can be extremely large. To reduce the memory requirements and maximize code reuse, it is very convenient to create a temporary file, use the regular dir/attr code to store salvaged information, and then atomically swap the extents between the file being repaired and the temporary file. Record the high level concepts behind how temporary files and atomic content swapping should work, and then present some case studies of what the actual repair functions do. Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com>
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