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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4/super.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4/super.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..2eb1ab204 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4/super.rst @@ -0,0 +1,818 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +Super Block +----------- + +The superblock records various information about the enclosing +filesystem, such as block counts, inode counts, supported features, +maintenance information, and more. + +If the sparse\_super feature flag is set, redundant copies of the +superblock and group descriptors are kept only in the groups whose group +number is either 0 or a power of 3, 5, or 7. If the flag is not set, +redundant copies are kept in all groups. + +The superblock checksum is calculated against the superblock structure, +which includes the FS UUID. + +The ext4 superblock is laid out as follows in +``struct ext4_super_block``: + +.. list-table:: + :widths: 8 8 24 40 + :header-rows: 1 + + * - Offset + - Size + - Name + - Description + * - 0x0 + - \_\_le32 + - s\_inodes\_count + - Total inode count. + * - 0x4 + - \_\_le32 + - s\_blocks\_count\_lo + - Total block count. + * - 0x8 + - \_\_le32 + - s\_r\_blocks\_count\_lo + - This number of blocks can only be allocated by the super-user. + * - 0xC + - \_\_le32 + - s\_free\_blocks\_count\_lo + - Free block count. + * - 0x10 + - \_\_le32 + - s\_free\_inodes\_count + - Free inode count. + * - 0x14 + - \_\_le32 + - s\_first\_data\_block + - First data block. This must be at least 1 for 1k-block filesystems and + is typically 0 for all other block sizes. + * - 0x18 + - \_\_le32 + - s\_log\_block\_size + - Block size is 2 ^ (10 + s\_log\_block\_size). + * - 0x1C + - \_\_le32 + - s\_log\_cluster\_size + - Cluster size is 2 ^ (10 + s\_log\_cluster\_size) blocks if bigalloc is + enabled. Otherwise s\_log\_cluster\_size must equal s\_log\_block\_size. + * - 0x20 + - \_\_le32 + - s\_blocks\_per\_group + - Blocks per group. + * - 0x24 + - \_\_le32 + - s\_clusters\_per\_group + - Clusters per group, if bigalloc is enabled. Otherwise + s\_clusters\_per\_group must equal s\_blocks\_per\_group. + * - 0x28 + - \_\_le32 + - s\_inodes\_per\_group + - Inodes per group. + * - 0x2C + - \_\_le32 + - s\_mtime + - Mount time, in seconds since the epoch. + * - 0x30 + - \_\_le32 + - s\_wtime + - Write time, in seconds since the epoch. + * - 0x34 + - \_\_le16 + - s\_mnt\_count + - Number of mounts since the last fsck. + * - 0x36 + - \_\_le16 + - s\_max\_mnt\_count + - Number of mounts beyond which a fsck is needed. + * - 0x38 + - \_\_le16 + - s\_magic + - Magic signature, 0xEF53 + * - 0x3A + - \_\_le16 + - s\_state + - File system state. See super_state_ for more info. + * - 0x3C + - \_\_le16 + - s\_errors + - Behaviour when detecting errors. See super_errors_ for more info. + * - 0x3E + - \_\_le16 + - s\_minor\_rev\_level + - Minor revision level. + * - 0x40 + - \_\_le32 + - s\_lastcheck + - Time of last check, in seconds since the epoch. + * - 0x44 + - \_\_le32 + - s\_checkinterval + - Maximum time between checks, in seconds. + * - 0x48 + - \_\_le32 + - s\_creator\_os + - Creator OS. See the table super_creator_ for more info. + * - 0x4C + - \_\_le32 + - s\_rev\_level + - Revision level. See the table super_revision_ for more info. + * - 0x50 + - \_\_le16 + - s\_def\_resuid + - Default uid for reserved blocks. + * - 0x52 + - \_\_le16 + - s\_def\_resgid + - Default gid for reserved blocks. + * - + - + - + - These fields are for EXT4_DYNAMIC_REV superblocks only. + + Note: the difference between the compatible feature set and the + incompatible feature set is that if there is a bit set in the + incompatible feature set that the kernel doesn't know about, it should + refuse to mount the filesystem. + + e2fsck's requirements are more strict; if it doesn't know + about a feature in either the compatible or incompatible feature set, it + must abort and not try to meddle with things it doesn't understand... + * - 0x54 + - \_\_le32 + - s\_first\_ino + - First non-reserved inode. + * - 0x58 + - \_\_le16 + - s\_inode\_size + - Size of inode structure, in bytes. + * - 0x5A + - \_\_le16 + - s\_block\_group\_nr + - Block group # of this superblock. + * - 0x5C + - \_\_le32 + - s\_feature\_compat + - Compatible feature set flags. Kernel can still read/write this fs even + if it doesn't understand a flag; fsck should not do that. See the + super_compat_ table for more info. + * - 0x60 + - \_\_le32 + - s\_feature\_incompat + - Incompatible feature set. If the kernel or fsck doesn't understand one + of these bits, it should stop. See the super_incompat_ table for more + info. + * - 0x64 + - \_\_le32 + - s\_feature\_ro\_compat + - Readonly-compatible feature set. If the kernel doesn't understand one of + these bits, it can still mount read-only. See the super_rocompat_ table + for more info. + * - 0x68 + - \_\_u8 + - s\_uuid[16] + - 128-bit UUID for volume. + * - 0x78 + - char + - s\_volume\_name[16] + - Volume label. + * - 0x88 + - char + - s\_last\_mounted[64] + - Directory where filesystem was last mounted. + * - 0xC8 + - \_\_le32 + - s\_algorithm\_usage\_bitmap + - For compression (Not used in e2fsprogs/Linux) + * - + - + - + - Performance hints. Directory preallocation should only happen if the + EXT4_FEATURE_COMPAT_DIR_PREALLOC flag is on. + * - 0xCC + - \_\_u8 + - s\_prealloc\_blocks + - #. of blocks to try to preallocate for ... files? (Not used in + e2fsprogs/Linux) + * - 0xCD + - \_\_u8 + - s\_prealloc\_dir\_blocks + - #. of blocks to preallocate for directories. (Not used in + e2fsprogs/Linux) + * - 0xCE + - \_\_le16 + - s\_reserved\_gdt\_blocks + - Number of reserved GDT entries for future filesystem expansion. + * - + - + - + - Journalling support is valid only if EXT4_FEATURE_COMPAT_HAS_JOURNAL is + set. + * - 0xD0 + - \_\_u8 + - s\_journal\_uuid[16] + - UUID of journal superblock + * - 0xE0 + - \_\_le32 + - s\_journal\_inum + - inode number of journal file. + * - 0xE4 + - \_\_le32 + - s\_journal\_dev + - Device number of journal file, if the external journal feature flag is + set. + * - 0xE8 + - \_\_le32 + - s\_last\_orphan + - Start of list of orphaned inodes to delete. + * - 0xEC + - \_\_le32 + - s\_hash\_seed[4] + - HTREE hash seed. + * - 0xFC + - \_\_u8 + - s\_def\_hash\_version + - Default hash algorithm to use for directory hashes. See super_def_hash_ + for more info. + * - 0xFD + - \_\_u8 + - s\_jnl\_backup\_type + - If this value is 0 or EXT3\_JNL\_BACKUP\_BLOCKS (1), then the + ``s_jnl_blocks`` field contains a duplicate copy of the inode's + ``i_block[]`` array and ``i_size``. + * - 0xFE + - \_\_le16 + - s\_desc\_size + - Size of group descriptors, in bytes, if the 64bit incompat feature flag + is set. + * - 0x100 + - \_\_le32 + - s\_default\_mount\_opts + - Default mount options. See the super_mountopts_ table for more info. + * - 0x104 + - \_\_le32 + - s\_first\_meta\_bg + - First metablock block group, if the meta\_bg feature is enabled. + * - 0x108 + - \_\_le32 + - s\_mkfs\_time + - When the filesystem was created, in seconds since the epoch. + * - 0x10C + - \_\_le32 + - s\_jnl\_blocks[17] + - Backup copy of the journal inode's ``i_block[]`` array in the first 15 + elements and i\_size\_high and i\_size in the 16th and 17th elements, + respectively. + * - + - + - + - 64bit support is valid only if EXT4_FEATURE_COMPAT_64BIT is set. + * - 0x150 + - \_\_le32 + - s\_blocks\_count\_hi + - High 32-bits of the block count. + * - 0x154 + - \_\_le32 + - s\_r\_blocks\_count\_hi + - High 32-bits of the reserved block count. + * - 0x158 + - \_\_le32 + - s\_free\_blocks\_count\_hi + - High 32-bits of the free block count. + * - 0x15C + - \_\_le16 + - s\_min\_extra\_isize + - All inodes have at least # bytes. + * - 0x15E + - \_\_le16 + - s\_want\_extra\_isize + - New inodes should reserve # bytes. + * - 0x160 + - \_\_le32 + - s\_flags + - Miscellaneous flags. See the super_flags_ table for more info. + * - 0x164 + - \_\_le16 + - s\_raid\_stride + - RAID stride. This is the number of logical blocks read from or written + to the disk before moving to the next disk. This affects the placement + of filesystem metadata, which will hopefully make RAID storage faster. + * - 0x166 + - \_\_le16 + - s\_mmp\_interval + - #. seconds to wait in multi-mount prevention (MMP) checking. In theory, + MMP is a mechanism to record in the superblock which host and device + have mounted the filesystem, in order to prevent multiple mounts. This + feature does not seem to be implemented... + * - 0x168 + - \_\_le64 + - s\_mmp\_block + - Block # for multi-mount protection data. + * - 0x170 + - \_\_le32 + - s\_raid\_stripe\_width + - RAID stripe width. This is the number of logical blocks read from or + written to the disk before coming back to the current disk. This is used + by the block allocator to try to reduce the number of read-modify-write + operations in a RAID5/6. + * - 0x174 + - \_\_u8 + - s\_log\_groups\_per\_flex + - Size of a flexible block group is 2 ^ ``s_log_groups_per_flex``. + * - 0x175 + - \_\_u8 + - s\_checksum\_type + - Metadata checksum algorithm type. The only valid value is 1 (crc32c). + * - 0x176 + - \_\_le16 + - s\_reserved\_pad + - + * - 0x178 + - \_\_le64 + - s\_kbytes\_written + - Number of KiB written to this filesystem over its lifetime. + * - 0x180 + - \_\_le32 + - s\_snapshot\_inum + - inode number of active snapshot. (Not used in e2fsprogs/Linux.) + * - 0x184 + - \_\_le32 + - s\_snapshot\_id + - Sequential ID of active snapshot. (Not used in e2fsprogs/Linux.) + * - 0x188 + - \_\_le64 + - s\_snapshot\_r\_blocks\_count + - Number of blocks reserved for active snapshot's future use. (Not used in + e2fsprogs/Linux.) + * - 0x190 + - \_\_le32 + - s\_snapshot\_list + - inode number of the head of the on-disk snapshot list. (Not used in + e2fsprogs/Linux.) + * - 0x194 + - \_\_le32 + - s\_error\_count + - Number of errors seen. + * - 0x198 + - \_\_le32 + - s\_first\_error\_time + - First time an error happened, in seconds since the epoch. + * - 0x19C + - \_\_le32 + - s\_first\_error\_ino + - inode involved in first error. + * - 0x1A0 + - \_\_le64 + - s\_first\_error\_block + - Number of block involved of first error. + * - 0x1A8 + - \_\_u8 + - s\_first\_error\_func[32] + - Name of function where the error happened. + * - 0x1C8 + - \_\_le32 + - s\_first\_error\_line + - Line number where error happened. + * - 0x1CC + - \_\_le32 + - s\_last\_error\_time + - Time of most recent error, in seconds since the epoch. + * - 0x1D0 + - \_\_le32 + - s\_last\_error\_ino + - inode involved in most recent error. + * - 0x1D4 + - \_\_le32 + - s\_last\_error\_line + - Line number where most recent error happened. + * - 0x1D8 + - \_\_le64 + - s\_last\_error\_block + - Number of block involved in most recent error. + * - 0x1E0 + - \_\_u8 + - s\_last\_error\_func[32] + - Name of function where the most recent error happened. + * - 0x200 + - \_\_u8 + - s\_mount\_opts[64] + - ASCIIZ string of mount options. + * - 0x240 + - \_\_le32 + - s\_usr\_quota\_inum + - Inode number of user `quota <quota>`__ file. + * - 0x244 + - \_\_le32 + - s\_grp\_quota\_inum + - Inode number of group `quota <quota>`__ file. + * - 0x248 + - \_\_le32 + - s\_overhead\_blocks + - Overhead blocks/clusters in fs. (Huh? This field is always zero, which + means that the kernel calculates it dynamically.) + * - 0x24C + - \_\_le32 + - s\_backup\_bgs[2] + - Block groups containing superblock backups (if sparse\_super2) + * - 0x254 + - \_\_u8 + - s\_encrypt\_algos[4] + - Encryption algorithms in use. There can be up to four algorithms in use + at any time; valid algorithm codes are given in the super_encrypt_ table + below. + * - 0x258 + - \_\_u8 + - s\_encrypt\_pw\_salt[16] + - Salt for the string2key algorithm for encryption. + * - 0x268 + - \_\_le32 + - s\_lpf\_ino + - Inode number of lost+found + * - 0x26C + - \_\_le32 + - s\_prj\_quota\_inum + - Inode that tracks project quotas. + * - 0x270 + - \_\_le32 + - s\_checksum\_seed + - Checksum seed used for metadata\_csum calculations. This value is + crc32c(~0, $orig\_fs\_uuid). + * - 0x274 + - \_\_u8 + - s\_wtime_hi + - Upper 8 bits of the s_wtime field. + * - 0x275 + - \_\_u8 + - s\_mtime_hi + - Upper 8 bits of the s_mtime field. + * - 0x276 + - \_\_u8 + - s\_mkfs_time_hi + - Upper 8 bits of the s_mkfs_time field. + * - 0x277 + - \_\_u8 + - s\_lastcheck_hi + - Upper 8 bits of the s_lastcheck_hi field. + * - 0x278 + - \_\_u8 + - s\_first_error_time_hi + - Upper 8 bits of the s_first_error_time_hi field. + * - 0x279 + - \_\_u8 + - s\_last_error_time_hi + - Upper 8 bits of the s_last_error_time_hi field. + * - 0x27A + - \_\_u8 + - s\_pad[2] + - Zero padding. + * - 0x27C + - \_\_le16 + - s\_encoding + - Filename charset encoding. + * - 0x27E + - \_\_le16 + - s\_encoding_flags + - Filename charset encoding flags. + * - 0x280 + - \_\_le32 + - s\_reserved[95] + - Padding to the end of the block. + * - 0x3FC + - \_\_le32 + - s\_checksum + - Superblock checksum. + +.. _super_state: + +The superblock state is some combination of the following: + +.. list-table:: + :widths: 8 72 + :header-rows: 1 + + * - Value + - Description + * - 0x0001 + - Cleanly umounted + * - 0x0002 + - Errors detected + * - 0x0004 + - Orphans being recovered + +.. _super_errors: + +The superblock error policy is one of the following: + +.. list-table:: + :widths: 8 72 + :header-rows: 1 + + * - Value + - Description + * - 1 + - Continue + * - 2 + - Remount read-only + * - 3 + - Panic + +.. _super_creator: + +The filesystem creator is one of the following: + +.. list-table:: + :widths: 8 72 + :header-rows: 1 + + * - Value + - Description + * - 0 + - Linux + * - 1 + - Hurd + * - 2 + - Masix + * - 3 + - FreeBSD + * - 4 + - Lites + +.. _super_revision: + +The superblock revision is one of the following: + +.. list-table:: + :widths: 8 72 + :header-rows: 1 + + * - Value + - Description + * - 0 + - Original format + * - 1 + - v2 format w/ dynamic inode sizes + +Note that ``EXT4_DYNAMIC_REV`` refers to a revision 1 or newer filesystem. + +.. _super_compat: + +The superblock compatible features field is a combination of any of the +following: + +.. list-table:: + :widths: 16 64 + :header-rows: 1 + + * - Value + - Description + * - 0x1 + - Directory preallocation (COMPAT\_DIR\_PREALLOC). + * - 0x2 + - “imagic inodes”. Not clear from the code what this does + (COMPAT\_IMAGIC\_INODES). + * - 0x4 + - Has a journal (COMPAT\_HAS\_JOURNAL). + * - 0x8 + - Supports extended attributes (COMPAT\_EXT\_ATTR). + * - 0x10 + - Has reserved GDT blocks for filesystem expansion + (COMPAT\_RESIZE\_INODE). Requires RO\_COMPAT\_SPARSE\_SUPER. + * - 0x20 + - Has directory indices (COMPAT\_DIR\_INDEX). + * - 0x40 + - “Lazy BG”. Not in Linux kernel, seems to have been for uninitialized + block groups? (COMPAT\_LAZY\_BG) + * - 0x80 + - “Exclude inode”. Not used. (COMPAT\_EXCLUDE\_INODE). + * - 0x100 + - “Exclude bitmap”. Seems to be used to indicate the presence of + snapshot-related exclude bitmaps? Not defined in kernel or used in + e2fsprogs (COMPAT\_EXCLUDE\_BITMAP). + * - 0x200 + - Sparse Super Block, v2. If this flag is set, the SB field s\_backup\_bgs + points to the two block groups that contain backup superblocks + (COMPAT\_SPARSE\_SUPER2). + * - 0x400 + - Fast commits supported. Although fast commits blocks are + backward incompatible, fast commit blocks are not always + present in the journal. If fast commit blocks are present in + the journal, JBD2 incompat feature + (JBD2\_FEATURE\_INCOMPAT\_FAST\_COMMIT) gets + set (COMPAT\_FAST\_COMMIT). + +.. _super_incompat: + +The superblock incompatible features field is a combination of any of the +following: + +.. list-table:: + :widths: 16 64 + :header-rows: 1 + + * - Value + - Description + * - 0x1 + - Compression (INCOMPAT\_COMPRESSION). + * - 0x2 + - Directory entries record the file type. See ext4\_dir\_entry\_2 below + (INCOMPAT\_FILETYPE). + * - 0x4 + - Filesystem needs recovery (INCOMPAT\_RECOVER). + * - 0x8 + - Filesystem has a separate journal device (INCOMPAT\_JOURNAL\_DEV). + * - 0x10 + - Meta block groups. See the earlier discussion of this feature + (INCOMPAT\_META\_BG). + * - 0x40 + - Files in this filesystem use extents (INCOMPAT\_EXTENTS). + * - 0x80 + - Enable a filesystem size of 2^64 blocks (INCOMPAT\_64BIT). + * - 0x100 + - Multiple mount protection (INCOMPAT\_MMP). + * - 0x200 + - Flexible block groups. See the earlier discussion of this feature + (INCOMPAT\_FLEX\_BG). + * - 0x400 + - Inodes can be used to store large extended attribute values + (INCOMPAT\_EA\_INODE). + * - 0x1000 + - Data in directory entry (INCOMPAT\_DIRDATA). (Not implemented?) + * - 0x2000 + - Metadata checksum seed is stored in the superblock. This feature enables + the administrator to change the UUID of a metadata\_csum filesystem + while the filesystem is mounted; without it, the checksum definition + requires all metadata blocks to be rewritten (INCOMPAT\_CSUM\_SEED). + * - 0x4000 + - Large directory >2GB or 3-level htree (INCOMPAT\_LARGEDIR). Prior to + this feature, directories could not be larger than 4GiB and could not + have an htree more than 2 levels deep. If this feature is enabled, + directories can be larger than 4GiB and have a maximum htree depth of 3. + * - 0x8000 + - Data in inode (INCOMPAT\_INLINE\_DATA). + * - 0x10000 + - Encrypted inodes are present on the filesystem. (INCOMPAT\_ENCRYPT). + +.. _super_rocompat: + +The superblock read-only compatible features field is a combination of any of +the following: + +.. list-table:: + :widths: 16 64 + :header-rows: 1 + + * - Value + - Description + * - 0x1 + - Sparse superblocks. See the earlier discussion of this feature + (RO\_COMPAT\_SPARSE\_SUPER). + * - 0x2 + - This filesystem has been used to store a file greater than 2GiB + (RO\_COMPAT\_LARGE\_FILE). + * - 0x4 + - Not used in kernel or e2fsprogs (RO\_COMPAT\_BTREE\_DIR). + * - 0x8 + - This filesystem has files whose sizes are represented in units of + logical blocks, not 512-byte sectors. This implies a very large file + indeed! (RO\_COMPAT\_HUGE\_FILE) + * - 0x10 + - Group descriptors have checksums. In addition to detecting corruption, + this is useful for lazy formatting with uninitialized groups + (RO\_COMPAT\_GDT\_CSUM). + * - 0x20 + - Indicates that the old ext3 32,000 subdirectory limit no longer applies + (RO\_COMPAT\_DIR\_NLINK). A directory's i\_links\_count will be set to 1 + if it is incremented past 64,999. + * - 0x40 + - Indicates that large inodes exist on this filesystem + (RO\_COMPAT\_EXTRA\_ISIZE). + * - 0x80 + - This filesystem has a snapshot (RO\_COMPAT\_HAS\_SNAPSHOT). + * - 0x100 + - `Quota <Quota>`__ (RO\_COMPAT\_QUOTA). + * - 0x200 + - This filesystem supports “bigalloc”, which means that file extents are + tracked in units of clusters (of blocks) instead of blocks + (RO\_COMPAT\_BIGALLOC). + * - 0x400 + - This filesystem supports metadata checksumming. + (RO\_COMPAT\_METADATA\_CSUM; implies RO\_COMPAT\_GDT\_CSUM, though + GDT\_CSUM must not be set) + * - 0x800 + - Filesystem supports replicas. This feature is neither in the kernel nor + e2fsprogs. (RO\_COMPAT\_REPLICA) + * - 0x1000 + - Read-only filesystem image; the kernel will not mount this image + read-write and most tools will refuse to write to the image. + (RO\_COMPAT\_READONLY) + * - 0x2000 + - Filesystem tracks project quotas. (RO\_COMPAT\_PROJECT) + * - 0x8000 + - Verity inodes may be present on the filesystem. (RO\_COMPAT\_VERITY) + +.. _super_def_hash: + +The ``s_def_hash_version`` field is one of the following: + +.. list-table:: + :widths: 8 72 + :header-rows: 1 + + * - Value + - Description + * - 0x0 + - Legacy. + * - 0x1 + - Half MD4. + * - 0x2 + - Tea. + * - 0x3 + - Legacy, unsigned. + * - 0x4 + - Half MD4, unsigned. + * - 0x5 + - Tea, unsigned. + +.. _super_mountopts: + +The ``s_default_mount_opts`` field is any combination of the following: + +.. list-table:: + :widths: 8 72 + :header-rows: 1 + + * - Value + - Description + * - 0x0001 + - Print debugging info upon (re)mount. (EXT4\_DEFM\_DEBUG) + * - 0x0002 + - New files take the gid of the containing directory (instead of the fsgid + of the current process). (EXT4\_DEFM\_BSDGROUPS) + * - 0x0004 + - Support userspace-provided extended attributes. (EXT4\_DEFM\_XATTR\_USER) + * - 0x0008 + - Support POSIX access control lists (ACLs). (EXT4\_DEFM\_ACL) + * - 0x0010 + - Do not support 32-bit UIDs. (EXT4\_DEFM\_UID16) + * - 0x0020 + - All data and metadata are commited to the journal. + (EXT4\_DEFM\_JMODE\_DATA) + * - 0x0040 + - All data are flushed to the disk before metadata are committed to the + journal. (EXT4\_DEFM\_JMODE\_ORDERED) + * - 0x0060 + - Data ordering is not preserved; data may be written after the metadata + has been written. (EXT4\_DEFM\_JMODE\_WBACK) + * - 0x0100 + - Disable write flushes. (EXT4\_DEFM\_NOBARRIER) + * - 0x0200 + - Track which blocks in a filesystem are metadata and therefore should not + be used as data blocks. This option will be enabled by default on 3.18, + hopefully. (EXT4\_DEFM\_BLOCK\_VALIDITY) + * - 0x0400 + - Enable DISCARD support, where the storage device is told about blocks + becoming unused. (EXT4\_DEFM\_DISCARD) + * - 0x0800 + - Disable delayed allocation. (EXT4\_DEFM\_NODELALLOC) + +.. _super_flags: + +The ``s_flags`` field is any combination of the following: + +.. list-table:: + :widths: 8 72 + :header-rows: 1 + + * - Value + - Description + * - 0x0001 + - Signed directory hash in use. + * - 0x0002 + - Unsigned directory hash in use. + * - 0x0004 + - To test development code. + +.. _super_encrypt: + +The ``s_encrypt_algos`` list can contain any of the following: + +.. list-table:: + :widths: 8 72 + :header-rows: 1 + + * - Value + - Description + * - 0 + - Invalid algorithm (ENCRYPTION\_MODE\_INVALID). + * - 1 + - 256-bit AES in XTS mode (ENCRYPTION\_MODE\_AES\_256\_XTS). + * - 2 + - 256-bit AES in GCM mode (ENCRYPTION\_MODE\_AES\_256\_GCM). + * - 3 + - 256-bit AES in CBC mode (ENCRYPTION\_MODE\_AES\_256\_CBC). + +Total size of the superblock is 1024 bytes. |