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Date:	Mon, 1 Jul 2013 17:15:21 +0200
From:	Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho <felipemonteiro.carvalho@...il.com>
To:	"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Too large value in inode.i_blocks[1]

On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 3:52 PM, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu> wrote:
> The ext4_extent_tail is not used in i_blocks[].  There will be up to 4
> ext4_extent structures, or ext4_extent_idx structures, depending on
> the depth of the tree.  The ext4_extent_idx structures are used for
> the interior inodes of the tree.  The ext4_extent structures are used
> for the leaf nodes of the tree.  The ext4_extent_tail is used in
> extent tree blocks so we can checksum the metadata if the
> metadata_csum feature is enabled.  The entire inode is checksummed, so
> we don't need the ext4_extent_tail in i_blocks[].

Hello,

thanks, this part I understood fairly well, but what if eh_entries is
8, for example .... where are the other 4 structures?


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Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho
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