>>>>> Theodore Tso (TT) writes: >> Also, do we update the superblock in every transaction that creates or >> deletes a file? Otherwise, how do we guarantee the count is accurate >> after replaying the journal? TT> Yes, we do. The number of free inodes has to be kept up-to-date, TT> after all, so the superblock is marked dirty and as being part of the TT> transaction. actually, not any more. we use group descriptors to initialize free inodes counter at mount time. thanks, Alex - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html