Re: i_blocksize, long long i_size and conversion size to blocks

Matti Aarnio (matti.aarnio@sonera.fi)
Sat, 6 Nov 1999 00:11:09 +0200


On Fri, Nov 05, 1999 at 10:57:34PM +0000, Petr Vandrovec Ing. VTEI wrote:
> Hi,
> I just downloaded 2.3.26-pre2 - and surprise, ncpfs does not compile.
> It happens because of there is
> inode->i_blocks = (inode->i_size - 1) / inode->i_blksize + 1;
> Should I introduce i_blksize_shift into private portion of inode and
> maintain i_blksize only for other kernel parts (stat syscall) or what
> is correct action?

Yes, that would be the best.
Most other filesystems do it already.

> I can hardcode shift value into code because of block size on ncpfs
> is always 512 bytes, but I just want to know...
> Thanks,
> Petr Vandrovec
> vandrove@vc.cvut.cz

/Matti Aarnio <matti.aarnio@sonera.fi>

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