Feature #46166
mds: store symlink target as xattr in data pool inode for disaster recovery
Status:
Fix Under Review
Priority:
Normal
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fsck/damage handling
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Description
Currently, the MDS only stores the symlink inode's backtrace information in the data pool. During disaster recovery of the metadata pool, e.g. by:
The symlinks are recreated as regular files. Store the symlink target in the inode for recovery.
Also, fix cephfs-data-scan to restore symlinks using this information.
History
#1 Updated by Patrick Donnelly 11 months ago
- Target version changed from v16.0.0 to v17.0.0
#2 Updated by Kotresh Hiremath Ravishankar 2 months ago
- Assignee changed from Jos Collin to Kotresh Hiremath Ravishankar
#3 Updated by Kotresh Hiremath Ravishankar 2 months ago
The link in the description is broken. Here is the working link https://docs.ceph.com/en/latest/cephfs/disaster-recovery-experts/#using-an-alternate-metadata-pool-for-recovery
#4 Updated by Kotresh Hiremath Ravishankar about 2 months ago
- Status changed from New to In Progress
#5 Updated by Kotresh Hiremath Ravishankar about 1 month ago
- Pull request ID set to 43618
#6 Updated by Kotresh Hiremath Ravishankar 24 days ago
- Status changed from In Progress to Fix Under Review