what's relationship between VFS inode and ext3_inode?
 

in kernel space ,if i get the i_ino(inode mumber ) of a file, and next how could i get the block number of this file? in VFS layer the inode struct haven't i_block[] array to point to the blocks. but in ext3_inode struct, it has. what's the relationship between the VFS inode and ext3_inode?

I suspect Theodore Tso (a bit of a god in the EXT[234] filesystem world, if you ask me) has answered most of your concerns: http://www.linux-archive.org/ext3-us...xt3_inode.html

:)that's me!i'm surprised to see the mail list on the webpages. and so quick.

thank you for concern.

No problem. I just wanted to make sure anyone who comes across this later also has the benefit of the conversation on the mailing list.