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+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef _BCACHEFS_DIRENT_FORMAT_H
+#define _BCACHEFS_DIRENT_FORMAT_H
+
+/*
+ * Dirents (and xattrs) have to implement string lookups; since our b-tree
+ * doesn't support arbitrary length strings for the key, we instead index by a
+ * 64 bit hash (currently truncated sha1) of the string, stored in the offset
+ * field of the key - using linear probing to resolve hash collisions. This also
+ * provides us with the readdir cookie posix requires.
+ *
+ * Linear probing requires us to use whiteouts for deletions, in the event of a
+ * collision:
+ */
+
+struct bch_dirent {
+	struct bch_val		v;
+
+	/* Target inode number: */
+	union {
+	__le64			d_inum;
+	struct {		/* DT_SUBVOL */
+	__le32			d_child_subvol;
+	__le32			d_parent_subvol;
+	};
+	};
+
+	/*
+	 * Copy of mode bits 12-15 from the target inode - so userspace can get
+	 * the filetype without having to do a stat()
+	 */
+	__u8			d_type;
+
+	__u8			d_name[];
+} __packed __aligned(8);
+
+#define DT_SUBVOL	16
+#define BCH_DT_MAX	17
+
+#define BCH_NAME_MAX	512
+
+#endif /* _BCACHEFS_DIRENT_FORMAT_H */