linux-ext4 - Re: block allocation for ext2

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Message-ID: <2d08ef090812181152r53fa9d18j1b21310c4e592f@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 19 Dec 2008 01:22:39 +0530
From:	"Rohit Sharma" <imreckless@...il.com>
To:	Kernelnewbies <kernelnewbies@...linux.org>,
	ext4 <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: block allocation for ext2_mkdir

On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 12:12 AM, Rohit Sharma <imreckless@...il.com> wrote:
> How does ext2 allocate blocks for directory.
>
> ext2_mkdir               calls            ext2_make_empty
>
> ext2_make_empty     calls           __ext2_write_begin
>
> __ ext2_write_begin   calls           block_write_begin
>
> my query is that how does this function allocates blocks for directories. ??
>

Does ext2 uses ext2_get_block to allocate blocks for both files and
directories. ??
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