OLD How Directory Committing Works: Each CDir has: version - current version of directory committing_version - which version was sent to stable storage last_committed_version - last version to be safely stored Each Inode has: parent_dir_version - what dir version i was in when i was dirtied. (*) (*) note that if you change an inode, mark_dirty() again, even if it's already dirty! How committing works: A call to commit_dir(dir, context) will ensure tha the _current_ version is stored safely on disk before the context is finished. When a commit completes, inodes in the directory are checked. If they are dirty and belonged to the _committed_ (or earlier) version, then they are marked clean. If they belong to a newer version, then they are _still dirty_.