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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
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+Block and inode Bitmaps
+-----------------------
+
+The data block bitmap tracks the usage of data blocks within the block
+group.
+
+The inode bitmap records which entries in the inode table are in use.
+
+As with most bitmaps, one bit represents the usage status of one data
+block or inode table entry. This implies a block group size of 8 *
+number_of_bytes_in_a_logical_block.
+
+NOTE: If ``BLOCK_UNINIT`` is set for a given block group, various parts
+of the kernel and e2fsprogs code pretends that the block bitmap contains
+zeros (i.e. all blocks in the group are free). However, it is not
+necessarily the case that no blocks are in use -- if ``meta_bg`` is set,
+the bitmaps and group descriptor live inside the group. Unfortunately,
+ext2fs_test_block_bitmap2() will return '0' for those locations,
+which produces confusing debugfs output.
+
+Inode Table
+-----------
+Inode tables are statically allocated at mkfs time. Each block group
+descriptor points to the start of the table, and the superblock records
+the number of inodes per group. See the section on inodes for more
+information.