We define buffer_cache as global in inode.c, and it is initialized when inode_init() is called. It will contain cached_inodes, a list of cached items. We also keep track of the size of the buffer ...

Allocate memory of 1 MB Dynamically with 4K Allignment i.e Starting Address of this block is Multiple of 4K and map that memory as follows. -> Map the following structure to the block named as super ...

If you have been using Linux long enough, you will have seen the term “inodes”. It is something that will show up occasionally, but doesn’t affect what you are doing. Here we will explain what is ...

It started with a phone call. Could we build a Linux box that would mount and read a DEC drive and make the data available to NT workstations via Samba? The answer was “I'll have to get back to you.” ...

The FastFile file system uses an inode array to organize the files on disk. Each inode consists of a user id (2 bytes), three time stamps (4 bytes each), protection bits (2 bytes), a reference count ...

Linux's second extended filesystem[1] (also known as ext2) was first introduced into the Linux kernel in January, 1993. At the time, it was a significant improvement over the previous filesystems used ...

The lowly state of the art for file system checking and repair does not match what is needed to keep important data available for users. Current file system checkers, such as e2fsck, are complex ...