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    [XFS] do not have XFSMNT_IDELETE as default when mounted with XFSMNT_DMAPI · b93bd20c
    Vlad Apostolov authored
    XFS inodes are dynamically allocated on demand, rather than being
    allocated at mkfs time. Chunks of 64 inodes are allocated at once, but
    they are never freed. Over time, this can lead to filesystem
    fragmentation, clusters of inodes and the btrees which point at them can
    be scattered around the system.
    
    By freeing clusters as they are emptied, we will reduce fragmentation of
    the free space after removing files. This in turn will allow us to make
    better placement decisions when repopulating a filesystem. The
    XFSMNT_IDELETE mount option enables freeing clusters when they get empty.
    
    Unfortunately a side effect of freeing inode clusters is that the inode
    generation numbers of such inodes would be reset to zero when the cluster
    is reclaimed. This is a problem in particular for a DMAPI enabled
    filesystem as the the DMAPI handles need to be unique and persistent in
    time. An unique DMAPI handle is built with the help of the inode
    generation number. When the last one is prematurely reset by an inode
    cluster reclaim, there is a high probability of different generation
    inodes to end up having identical DMAPI handles.
    
    To avoid the problem with identical DMAPI handles, the XFSMNT_IDELETE
    mount option should be set as default, only if the filesystem is not
    mounted with XFSMNT_DMAPI.
    
    SGI-PV: 969192
    SGI-Modid: xfs-linux-melb:xfs-kern:29486a
    Signed-off-by: default avatarVlad Apostolov <vapo@sgi.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid Chinner <dgc@sgi.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMark Goodwin <markgw@sgi.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarTim Shimmin <tes@sgi.com>
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