From: Andreas Dilger <adilger@clusterfs.com>
To: akpm@osdl.org
Cc: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: + ext4-rename-logic_sb_block.patch added to -mm tree
Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2006 00:07:57 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20061006060757.GI22010@schatzie.adilger.int> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200610060306.k96368Tu015253@shell0.pdx.osdl.net>
On Oct 05, 2006 20:06 -0700, akpm@osdl.org wrote:
> Subject: ext4: rename logic_sb_block
> From: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
>
> I assume this means "logical sb block". So call it that.
>
> I still don't understand the name though. A block is a block. What's
> different about this one?
The ext3 superblock is at a 1kB offset from the start of the device.
For 1kB blocksize filesystems this is at block 1, while for 2kB+ blocksize
filesystems this is block 0 + 1024 bytes...
Cheers, Andreas
--
Andreas Dilger
Principal Software Engineer
Cluster File Systems, Inc.
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2006-10-06 3:06 + ext4-rename-logic_sb_block.patch added to -mm tree akpm
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