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ext4: Support large files
authorAneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:58:27 +0000 (23:58 -0500)
committerTheodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:58:27 +0000 (23:58 -0500)
commit8180a5627d126362c2f64e4fa886d6f608d9632a
tree1b3a3261f72f8245afdd87088703641c76f60392tree | snapshot
parent0fc1b451471dfc3cabd6e99ef441df9804616e63commit | diff
ext4: Support large files

This patch converts ext4_inode i_blocks to represent total
blocks occupied by the inode in file system block size.
Earlier the variable used to represent this in 512 byte
block size. This actually limited the total size of the file.

The feature is enabled transparently when we write an inode
whose i_blocks cannot be represnted as 512 byte units in a
48 bit variable.

inode flag  EXT4_HUGE_FILE_FL

Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
fs/ext4/inode.c diff | blob | history
fs/ext4/super.c diff | blob | history
include/linux/ext4_fs.h diff | blob | history
Full containers within linux kernel