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When logging an inode we are committing its delayed items if either the
inode is a directory or if it is a new inode, created in the current
transaction.
We need to do it for directories, since new directory indexes are stored
as delayed items of the inode and when logging a directory we need to be
able to access all indexes from the fs/subvolume tree in order to figure
out which index ranges need to be logged.
However for new inodes that are not directories, we do not need to do it
because the only type of delayed item they can have is the inode item, and
we are guaranteed to always log an up to date version of the inode item:
*) for a full fsync we do it by committing the delayed inode and then
copying the item from the fs/subvolume tree with
copy_inode_items_to_log();
*) for a fast fsync we always log the inode item based on the contents of
the in-memory struct btrfs_inode. We guarantee this is always done since
commit
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README
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.