erasureDistributionReliable = false
	}

	metaErrs := make([]error, len(errs))

	for i, onlineDisk := range onlineDisks {
		if errs[i] != nil {
			metaErrs[i] = errs[i]
			continue
		}
		if onlineDisk == OfflineDisk {
			metaErrs[i] = errDiskNotFound
			continue
		}

		meta := partsMetadata[i]

	freeVersionID := fi.TierFreeVersionID()
	freeVersionMarker := fi.TierFreeVersion()

	// Update `xl.meta` content on each disks.
	for index := range metaArr {
		if metaArr[index].IsValid() {
			metaArr[index].ModTime = modTime
			metaArr[index].VersionID = versionID
			if !metaArr[index].InlineData() {
				// If the data is not inlined, we may end up incorrectly
				// inlining the data here, that leads to an inconsistent

	var candidate FileInfo
	var found bool
	for i, hash := range metaHashes {
		if hash == maxHash {
			if metaArr[i].IsValid() {
				if !found {
					candidate = metaArr[i]
					found = true
				}
				props := objProps{
					succModTime: metaArr[i].SuccessorModTime,
					numVersions: metaArr[i].NumVersions,
				}
				otherPropsMap[props]++
			}
		}
	}

	if found {

		},
	}
	for idx, test := range tests {
		var metaArr []FileInfo
		for i := 0; i < 12; i++ {
			fi := test.fi1
			if i%2 == 0 {
				fi = test.fi2
			}
			metaArr = append(metaArr, fi)
		}

		parities := listObjectParities(metaArr, make([]error, len(metaArr)))
		parity := commonParity(parities, 5)
		var match int
		for _, fi := range metaArr {
			if fi.Erasure.ParityBlocks == parity {
				match++

	ifi.SetInlineData()
	ifi.Erasure.Index = 1

	testCases := []struct {
		name             string
		metaArr          []FileInfo
		errs             []error
		dataErrs         map[int][]int
		expectedMeta     FileInfo
		expectedDangling bool
	}{
		{
			name: "FileInfoExists-case1",
			metaArr: []FileInfo{
				{},
				{},
				fi,
				fi,
			},
			errs: []error{
				errFileNotFound,

func shuffleDisksAndPartsMetadataByIndex(disks []StorageAPI, metaArr []FileInfo, fi FileInfo) (shuffledDisks []StorageAPI, shuffledPartsMetadata []FileInfo) {
	shuffledDisks = make([]StorageAPI, len(disks))
	shuffledPartsMetadata = make([]FileInfo, len(disks))
	distribution := fi.Erasure.Distribution

	var inconsistent int
	for i, meta := range metaArr {
		if disks[i] == nil {
			// Assuming offline drives as inconsistent,

	res, err := runtime.DefaultUnstructuredConverter.ToUnstructured(w.nested)

	if err != nil {
		return nil
	}

	metaRes, err := runtime.DefaultUnstructuredConverter.ToUnstructured(&w.TypeMeta)
	if err != nil {
		return nil
	}

	for k, v := range metaRes {
		res[k] = v
	}

	return res
}

func (w *wrappedParam) DeepCopyObject() runtime.Object {
	return &wrappedParam{

			if retries == 1 {
				time.Sleep(retryDelay)
			} else {
				time.Sleep(retryDelay250)
			}
		}
		// Load first part metadata...
		// Read metadata associated with the object from all disks.
		fi, metaArr, onlineDisks, err := er.getObjectFileInfo(ctx, minioMetaBucket, o.objectPath(0), ObjectOptions{}, true)
		if err != nil {
			switch toObjectErr(err, minioMetaBucket, o.objectPath(0)).(type) {

	data := ListVersionsResponse{}
	var lastObjMetaName string
	var tagErr, metaErr APIErrorCode = -1, -1

	for _, object := range resp.Objects {
		if object.Name == "" {
			continue
		}
		// Cache checks for the same object
		if metadata != nil && lastObjMetaName != object.Name {
			tagErr = metadata(object.Name, policy.GetObjectTaggingAction)
			metaErr = metadata(object.Name, policy.GetObjectAction)
			lastObjMetaName = object.Name

		}
	}

	for _, m := range metaArr {
		if m.IsValid() {
			validMeta = m
			break
		}
	}

	if !validMeta.IsValid() {
		// validMeta is invalid because all xl.meta is missing apparently
		// we should figure out if dataDirs are also missing > dataBlocks.
		dataBlocks := (len(metaArr) + 1) / 2
		if notFoundPartsErrs > dataBlocks {