On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 02:20:52PM -0400, Greg Freemyer wrote: > You might also want to look into how Extended Attributes are stored > (ie. Like ACLs). I assume they use inode blocks as well, but for many > / most filesystems they have been grafted into the design after the > fact. They use inode blocks if it fits, and/or otherwise data blocks. See the comments at the top of fs/ext3/xattr.c: * Extended attributes are stored directly in inodes (on file systems with * inodes bigger than 128 bytes) and on additional disk blocks. Erik -- Erik Mouw -- mouw@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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