From 2c3c1048746a4622d8c89a29670120dc8fab93c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2024 20:49:45 +0200 Subject: Adding upstream version 6.1.76. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann --- Documentation/filesystems/ext4/special_inodes.rst | 55 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 55 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/filesystems/ext4/special_inodes.rst (limited to 'Documentation/filesystems/ext4/special_inodes.rst') diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4/special_inodes.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4/special_inodes.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..fc0636901 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4/special_inodes.rst @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +Special inodes +-------------- + +ext4 reserves some inode for special features, as follows: + +.. list-table:: + :widths: 6 70 + :header-rows: 1 + + * - inode Number + - Purpose + * - 0 + - Doesn't exist; there is no inode 0. + * - 1 + - List of defective blocks. + * - 2 + - Root directory. + * - 3 + - User quota. + * - 4 + - Group quota. + * - 5 + - Boot loader. + * - 6 + - Undelete directory. + * - 7 + - Reserved group descriptors inode. (“resize inode”) + * - 8 + - Journal inode. + * - 9 + - The “exclude” inode, for snapshots(?) + * - 10 + - Replica inode, used for some non-upstream feature? + * - 11 + - Traditional first non-reserved inode. Usually this is the lost+found directory. See s_first_ino in the superblock. + +Note that there are also some inodes allocated from non-reserved inode numbers +for other filesystem features which are not referenced from standard directory +hierarchy. These are generally reference from the superblock. They are: + +.. list-table:: + :widths: 20 50 + :header-rows: 1 + + * - Superblock field + - Description + + * - s_lpf_ino + - Inode number of lost+found directory. + * - s_prj_quota_inum + - Inode number of quota file tracking project quotas + * - s_orphan_file_inum + - Inode number of file tracking orphan inodes. -- cgit v1.2.3