From: vineetagarwal <checkout.vineet@gmail.com>
To: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Block allocation
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:01:38 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <19722589.post@talk.nabble.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080927215059.GA5025@mit.edu>
thank you for replying .
well iam working on a project where i need to allocate few blockgroups for
manipulation of data.
yeah i can write the code but i was actually thinking that could i somehow
manipulate the code at top level of allocation , so that not much changes
Theodore Ts'o wrote:
>
> On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 08:07:06AM -0700, vineetagarwal wrote:
>>
>> I want to allocate few blocks from a blockgroup in ext2 within a range of
>> offset specified by user. Is it possible of doing so if yes then can
>> someone
>> please explain.As i know balloc.c and ialloc.c are responsible for it and
>> they work on entire file system can i somehow manipulate it for ceratin
>> ranges.
>>
>> For Ex
>> let say i provide a range 100 - 3000. Can i allocate few blocks within
>> this
>> range .
>
> While the filesystem mounted (and accessed through the kernel) or
> unmounted (and accessed via libext2fs)? Anything is possible. if you
> are willing to write some code....
>
> Why do you need to do this, and is this for some class or problem set?
>
> - Ted
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-09-29 12:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-09-27 15:07 Block allocation vineetagarwal
2008-09-27 21:50 ` Theodore Tso
2008-09-29 12:01 ` vineetagarwal [this message]
2008-09-29 12:05 ` vineetagarwal
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