Re: block allocation for ext2_mkdir

Jan Kara
2008-12-18T22:39:30Z

> On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 12:12 AM, Rohit Sharma <imreckless@gmail.com> wrote:
> > How does ext2 allocate blocks for directory.
> >
> > ext2_mkdir calls ext2_make_empty
> >
> > ext2_make_empty calls __ext2_write_begin
> >
> > __ ext2_write_begin calls block_write_begin
> >
> > my query is that how does this function allocates blocks for directories. ??
> >
>
> Does ext2 uses ext2_get_block to allocate blocks for both files and
> directories. ??
Yes, exactly. Ext2 (unlike ext3 or ext4) treats directories the same
ways as ordinary files and thus ext2_get_block is used for block
allocation.

Honza

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Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
SuSE CR Labs