linux-kernel - Re: bcache with existing ext4 filesystem

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Message-ID: <20170725045156.kbyaxj4mmi75yyt5@thunk.org>
Date:   Tue, 25 Jul 2017 00:51:56 -0400
From:   Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:     Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
Cc:     Reindl Harald <h.reindl@...lounge.net>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kent.overstreet@...il.com, linux-bcache@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: bcache with existing ext4 filesystem

On Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 10:04:51PM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Question for you was... Is the first 1KiB of each ext4 filesystem still
> free and "reserved for a bootloader"?

Yes.

> If I needed more for bcache superblock (8KiB, IIRC), would that be
> easy to accomplish on existing filesystem?

Huh?  Why would the bcache superblock matter when you're talking about
the ext4 layout?  The bcache superblock will be on the bcache
device/partition, and the ext4 superblock will be on the ext4
device/partition.

						- Ted