xfs: document the filesystem metadata checking strategy
authorDarrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org>
Wed, 12 Apr 2023 01:59:47 +0000 (18:59 -0700)
committerDarrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org>
Wed, 12 Apr 2023 01:59:47 +0000 (18:59 -0700)
commite5edad526262d4ce389f7259396184975a9bc14e
treec57cde34fea3c9eb277cc1ca1635ebb2e96efce1
parent4f7f64697025cd738685a3497e7d5252f3adf825
xfs: document the filesystem metadata checking strategy

Begin the fifth chapter of the online fsck design documentation, where
we discuss the details of the data structures and algorithms used by the
kernel to examine filesystem metadata and cross-reference it around the
filesystem.

Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com>
Documentation/filesystems/xfs-online-fsck-design.rst
Documentation/filesystems/xfs-self-describing-metadata.rst