POSIX specifies st_blksize thusly: "A file system-specific preferred I/O block size for this object. In some file system types, this may vary from file to file." Since there is only one available to POSIX applications, it should map to the one that's described as "preferred IO size for general usage". Thanks, Roland -- 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