Topic: Generic Online filesystem Check framework
Motivation:
+ Better uptime - Filesystems turn read-only at the first error
encountered and it may block critical applications which have not
encountered the error.
+ Unmountable Filesystems - Some filesystems such as clustered
filesystem may not be unmountable because they are used by too many
computers to be taken offline.
+ Autofix - may sound dangerous as fixing is without user
intervention, but an option may help admins which are looking for a good
uptime.
+ Logic inbuilt - most logic of access to filesystem is already in the
filesystem driver. The fix/check would make use of existing functionality.
Framework would be around providing a generic interface framework which
would use inode numbers as the basic unit to check or fix. Other
metadata may need special parameters. Userspace scripts will issue
check/fixes to the system, which may/may not be driven by
My other interests include VFS, access control and security, and future
plans with the VFS and storage subsystems.
I am also interested in multi-device arrays such as MD and DM.
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Goldwyn
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