The short description of inode table is in bitmaps.rst alongside the proper bitmpas documentation. The docs file is short enough that it fits whole browser screen on desktop, which implies that when readers click "Inode Table", they will essentially see bitmaps docs. Move inode table short description. Signed-off-by: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@xxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/filesystems/ext4/bitmaps.rst | 7 ------- Documentation/filesystems/ext4/globals.rst | 1 + Documentation/filesystems/ext4/inode_table.rst | 9 +++++++++ 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) create mode 100644 Documentation/filesystems/ext4/inode_table.rst diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4/bitmaps.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4/bitmaps.rst index 91c45d86e9bb56..9d7d7b083a258c 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4/bitmaps.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4/bitmaps.rst @@ -19,10 +19,3 @@ necessarily the case that no blocks are in use -- if ``meta_bg`` is set, the bitmaps and group descriptor live inside the group. Unfortunately, ext2fs_test_block_bitmap2() will return '0' for those locations, which produces confusing debugfs output. - -Inode Table ------------ -Inode tables are statically allocated at mkfs time. Each block group -descriptor points to the start of the table, and the superblock records -the number of inodes per group. See the section on inodes for more -information. diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4/globals.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4/globals.rst index 2264b76e873cc9..c6a6abce818a17 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4/globals.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4/globals.rst @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ have static metadata at fixed locations. super group_descr bitmaps + inode_table mmp journal orphan diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4/inode_table.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4/inode_table.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000000000..f7900a52c0d5da --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4/inode_table.rst @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +Inode Table +----------- + +Inode tables are statically allocated at mkfs time. Each block group +descriptor points to the start of the table, and the superblock records +the number of inodes per group. See :doc:`inode documentation <inodes>` +for more information on inode table layout. -- An old man doll... just what I always wanted! - Clara