John Nelson wrote:> does ext3 allocate space for files anywhere on the disk where there is
> free space or does it try to keep them all in one area like how ntfs
> or fat do?
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In fs/ext3/ialloc.c:
/*
* There are two policies for allocating an inode. If the new inode is
* a directory, then a forward search is made for a block group with both
* free space and a low directory-to-inode ratio; if that fails, then of
* the groups with above-average free space, that group with the fewest
* directories already is chosen.
*
* For other inodes, search forward from the parent directory\'s block
* group to find a free inode.
*/
static int find_group_dir(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *parent)
{
int ngroups = EXT3_SB(sb)->s_groups_count;
unsigned int freei, avefreei;
struct ext3_group_desc *desc, *best_desc = NULL;
int group, best_group = -1;
And this:
/*
* There are two policies for allocating an inode. If the new inode is
* a directory, then a forward search is made for a block group with both
* free space and a low directory-to-inode ratio; if that fails, then of
* the groups with above-average free space, that group with the fewest
* directories already is chosen.
*
* For other inodes, search forward from the parent directory's block
* group to find a free inode.
*/
struct inode *ext3_new_inode(handle_t *handle, struct inode * dir, int mode)
{
struct super_block *sb;
struct buffer_head *bitmap_bh = NULL;
struct buffer_head *bh2;
int group;
unsigned long ino = 0;
Possibly u can look further from here. it is new to me too.