Re: buffer_head question

From: Stephen C. Tweedie (sct@redhat.com)
Date: Wed Mar 29 2000 - 11:31:49 EST

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Hi,

On Wed, Mar 29, 2000 at 01:31:25PM +0530, Raju K V wrote:
>
> Is the b_size field of buffer_head same as the block size of the
> filesystem?

Usually. It's the block size of the buffer. Filesystems set the
device's block size when they first start up, usually.

--Stephen

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