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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4/ondisk/special_inodes.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4/ondisk/special_inodes.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..a82f70c9baeb --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4/ondisk/special_inodes.rst @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +Special inodes +-------------- + +ext4 reserves some inode for special features, as follows: + +.. list-table:: + :widths: 1 79 + :header-rows: 1 + + * - inode Number + - Purpose + * - 0 + - Doesn't exist; there is no inode 0. + * - 1 + - List of defective blocks. + * - 2 + - Root directory. + * - 3 + - User quota. + * - 4 + - Group quota. + * - 5 + - Boot loader. + * - 6 + - Undelete directory. + * - 7 + - Reserved group descriptors inode. (“resize inode”) + * - 8 + - Journal inode. + * - 9 + - The “exclude” inode, for snapshots(?) + * - 10 + - Replica inode, used for some non-upstream feature? + * - 11 + - Traditional first non-reserved inode. Usually this is the lost+found directory. See s\_first\_ino in the superblock. + |