[Ocfs2-devel] [PATCH 0/4] ocfs2: add online file check feature

[Andrew Morton]

On Wed, 24 Jun 2015 13:24:17 +0800 Gang He <ghe at suse.com> wrote:

> When there are errors in the ocfs2 filesystem,
> they are usually accompanied by the inode number which caused the error.
> This inode number would be the input to fixing the file.
> One of these options could be considered:
> A file in the sys filesytem which would accept inode numbers.
> This could be used to communication back what has to be fixed or is fixed.
> You could write:
> $# echo "CHECK <inode>" > /sys/fs/ocfs2/devname/filecheck
> or
> $# echo "FIX <inode>" > /sys/fs/ocfs2/devname/filecheck

This is a userspace feature so it should have user documentation. 
Documentation/filesystems/ocfs2.txt is presumably the appropriate
place.

And the availability of the complete user documentation will make the
review of this patchset more productive.