linux-kernel - Re: Unused event xfs_growfs_check

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Message-ID: <20250612174737.GM6179@frogsfrogsfrogs>
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2025 10:47:37 -0700
From: "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@...nel.org>
To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org,
	Carlos Maiolino <cem@...nel.org>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Subject: Re: Unused event xfs_growfs_check_rtgeom

On Thu, Jun 12, 2025 at 01:16:51PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> I also found events: xfs_metadir_link and xfs_metadir_start_link are
> defined in fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_metadir.c in a #ifndef __KERNEL__ section.
> 
> Are these events ever used? Why are they called in !__KERNEL__ code?

libxfs is shared with userspace, and xfs_repair uses them to relink old
quota files.

--D

> -- Steve