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1024 bytes”h]”hŒ
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to allow for the installation of x86 boot sectors and other oddities.
The superblock will start at offset 1024 bytes, whichever block that
happens to be (usually 0). However, if for some reason the block size =
1024, then block 0 is marked in use and the superblock goes in block 1.
For all other block groups, there is no padding.”h]”hX“  For the special case of block group 0, the first 1024 bytes are unused,
to allow for the installation of x86 boot sectors and other oddities.
The superblock will start at offset 1024 bytes, whichever block that
happens to be (usually 0). However, if for some reason the block size =
1024, then block 0 is marked in use and the superblock goes in block 1.
For all other block groups, there is no padding.”…””}”(hjØ  hžhhŸNh Nubah}”(h]”h ]”h"]”h$]”h&]”uh1hÉhŸh³h Khh¶hžhubhÊ)”}”(hX0  The ext4 driver primarily works with the superblock and the group
descriptors that are found in block group 0. Redundant copies of the
superblock and group descriptors are written to some of the block groups
across the disk in case the beginning of the disk gets trashed, though
not all block groups necessarily host a redundant copy (see following
paragraph for more details). If the group does not have a redundant
copy, the block group begins with the data block bitmap. Note also that
when the filesystem is freshly formatted, mkfs will allocate â€œreserve
GDT blockâ€ space after the block group descriptors and before the start
of the block bitmaps to allow for future expansion of the filesystem. By
default, a filesystem is allowed to increase in size by a factor of
1024x over the original filesystem size.”h]”hX0  The ext4 driver primarily works with the superblock and the group
descriptors that are found in block group 0. Redundant copies of the
superblock and group descriptors are written to some of the block groups
across the disk in case the beginning of the disk gets trashed, though
not all block groups necessarily host a redundant copy (see following
paragraph for more details). If the group does not have a redundant
copy, the block group begins with the data block bitmap. Note also that
when the filesystem is freshly formatted, mkfs will allocate â€œreserve
GDT blockâ€ space after the block group descriptors and before the start
of the block bitmaps to allow for future expansion of the filesystem. By
default, a filesystem is allowed to increase in size by a factor of
1024x over the original filesystem size.”…””}”(hjæ  hžhhŸNh Nubah}”(h]”h ]”h"]”h$]”h&]”uh1hÉhŸh³h K%hh¶hžhubhÊ)”}”(hŒ±The location of the inode table is given by ``grp.bg_inode_table_*``. It
is continuous range of blocks large enough to contain
``sb.s_inodes_per_group * sb.s_inode_size`` bytes.”h]”(hŒ,The location of the inode table is given by ”…””}”(hjô  hžhhŸNh NubhŒliteral”“”)”}”(hŒ``grp.bg_inode_table_*``”h]”hŒgrp.bg_inode_table_*”…””}”(hjþ  hžhhŸNh Nubah}”(h]”h ]”h"]”h$]”h&]”uh1jü  hjô  ubhŒ;. It
is continuous range of blocks large enough to contain
”…””}”(hjô  hžhhŸNh Nubjý  )”}”(hŒ+``sb.s_inodes_per_group * sb.s_inode_size``”h]”hŒ'sb.s_inodes_per_group * sb.s_inode_size”…””}”(hj  hžhhŸNh Nubah}”(h]”h ]”h"]”h$]”h&]”uh1jü  hjô  ubhŒ bytes.”…””}”(hjô  hžhhŸNh Nubeh}”(h]”h ]”h"]”h$]”h&]”uh1hÉhŸh³h K2hh¶hžhubhÊ)”}”(hXÑ  As for the ordering of items in a block group, it is generally
established that the super block and the group descriptor table, if
present, will be at the beginning of the block group. The bitmaps and
the inode table can be anywhere, and it is quite possible for the
bitmaps to come after the inode table, or for both to be in different
groups (flex_bg). Leftover space is used for file data blocks, indirect
block maps, extent tree blocks, and extended attributes.”h]”hXÑ  As for the ordering of items in a block group, it is generally
established that the super block and the group descriptor table, if
present, will be at the beginning of the block group. The bitmaps and
the inode table can be anywhere, and it is quite possible for the
bitmaps to come after the inode table, or for both to be in different
groups (flex_bg). Leftover space is used for file data blocks, indirect
block maps, extent tree blocks, and extended attributes.”…””}”(hj(  hžhhŸNh Nubah}”(h]”h ]”h"]”h$]”h&]”uh1hÉhŸh³h K6hh¶hžhubeh}”(h]”Œlayout”ah ]”h"]”Œlayout”ah$]”h&]”uh1h´hhhžhhŸh³h Kubhµ)”}”(hhh]”(hº)”}”(hŒFlexible Block Groups”h]”hŒFlexible Block Groups”…””}”(hjA  hžhhŸNh Nubah}”(h]”h ]”h"]”h$]”h&]”uh1h¹hj>  hžhhŸh³h K?ubhÊ)”}”(hXÄ  Starting in ext4, there is a new feature called flexible block groups
(flex_bg). In a flex_bg, several block groups are tied together as one
logical block group; the bitmap spaces and the inode table space in the
first block group of the flex_bg are expanded to include the bitmaps
and inode tables of all other block groups in the flex_bg. For example,
if the flex_bg size is 4, then group 0 will contain (in order) the
superblock, group descriptors, data block bitmaps for groups 0-3, inode
bitmaps for groups 0-3, inode tables for groups 0-3, and the remaining
space in group 0 is for file data. The effect of this is to group the
block group metadata close together for faster loading, and to enable
large files to be continuous on disk. Backup copies of the superblock
and group descriptors are always at the beginning of block groups, even
if flex_bg is enabled. The number of block groups that make up a
flex_bg is given by 2 ^ ``sb.s_log_groups_per_flex``.”h]”(hX§  Starting in ext4, there is a new feature called flexible block groups
(flex_bg). In a flex_bg, several block groups are tied together as one
logical block group; the bitmap spaces and the inode table space in the
first block group of the flex_bg are expanded to include the bitmaps
and inode tables of all other block groups in the flex_bg. For example,
if the flex_bg size is 4, then group 0 will contain (in order) the
superblock, group descriptors, data block bitmaps for groups 0-3, inode
bitmaps for groups 0-3, inode tables for groups 0-3, and the remaining
space in group 0 is for file data. The effect of this is to group the
block group metadata close together for faster loading, and to enable
large files to be continuous on disk. Backup copies of the superblock
and group descriptors are always at the beginning of block groups, even
if flex_bg is enabled. The number of block groups that make up a
flex_bg is given by 2 ^ ”…””}”(hjO  hžhhŸNh Nubjý  )”}”(hŒ``sb.s_log_groups_per_flex``”h]”hŒsb.s_log_groups_per_flex”…””}”(hjW  hžhhŸNh Nubah}”(h]”h ]”h"]”h$]”h&]”uh1jü  hjO  ubhŒ.”…””}”(hjO  hžhhŸNh Nubeh}”(h]”h ]”h"]”h$]”h&]”uh1hÉhŸh³h KAhj>  hžhubeh}”(h]”Œflexible-block-groups”ah ]”h"]”Œflexible block groups”ah$]”h&]”uh1h´hhhžhhŸh³h K?ubhµ)”}”(hhh]”(hº)”}”(hŒMeta Block Groups”h]”hŒMeta Block Groups”…””}”(hjz  hžhhŸNh Nubah}”(h]”h ]”h"]”h$]”h&]”uh1h¹hjw  hžhhŸh³h KQubhÊ)”}”(hXK  Without the option META_BG, for safety concerns, all block group
descriptors copies are kept in the first block group. Given the default
128MiB(2^27 bytes) block group size and 64-byte group descriptors, ext4
can have at most 2^27/64 = 2^21 block groups. This limits the entire
filesystem size to 2^21 * 2^27 = 2^48bytes or 256TiB.”h]”hXK  Without the option META_BG, for safety concerns, all block group
descriptors copies are kept in the first block group. Given the default
128MiB(2^27 bytes) block group size and 64-byte group descriptors, ext4
can have at most 2^27/64 = 2^21 block groups. This limits the entire
filesystem size to 2^21 * 2^27 = 2^48bytes or 256TiB.”…””}”(hjˆ  hžhhŸNh Nubah}”(h]”h ]”h"]”h$]”h&]”uh1hÉhŸh³h KShjw  hžhubhÊ)”}”(hXB  The solution to this problem is to use the metablock group feature
(META_BG), which is already in ext3 for all 2.6 releases. With the
META_BG feature, ext4 filesystems are partitioned into many metablock
groups. Each metablock group is a cluster of block groups whose group
descriptor structures can be stored in a single disk block. For ext4
filesystems with 4 KB block size, a single metablock group partition
includes 64 block groups, or 8 GiB of disk space. The metablock group
feature moves the location of the group descriptors from the congested
first block group of the whole filesystem into the first group of each
metablock group itself. The backups are in the second and last group of
each metablock group. This increases the 2^21 maximum block groups limit
to the hard limit 2^32, allowing support for a 512PiB filesystem.”h]”hXB  The solution to this problem is to use the metablock group feature
(META_BG), which is already in ext3 for all 2.6 releases. With the
META_BG feature, ext4 filesystems are partitioned into many metablock
groups. Each metablock group is a cluster of block groups whose group
descriptor structures can be stored in a single disk block. For ext4
filesystems with 4 KB block size, a single metablock group partition
includes 64 block groups, or 8 GiB of disk space. The metablock group
feature moves the location of the group descriptors from the congested
first block group of the whole filesystem into the first group of each
metablock group itself. The backups are in the second and last group of
each metablock group. This increases the 2^21 maximum block groups limit
to the hard limit 2^32, allowing support for a 512PiB filesystem.”…””}”(hj–  hžhhŸNh Nubah}”(h]”h ]”h"]”h$]”h&]”uh1hÉhŸh³h KYhjw  hžhubhÊ)”}”(hXe  The change in the filesystem format replaces the current scheme where
the superblock is followed by a variable-length set of block group
descriptors. Instead, the superblock and a single block group descriptor
block is placed at the beginning of the first, second, and last block
groups in a meta-block group. A meta-block group is a collection of
block groups which can be described by a single block group descriptor
block. Since the size of the block group descriptor structure is 64
bytes, a meta-block group contains 16 block groups for filesystems with
a 1KB block size, and 64 block groups for filesystems with a 4KB
blocksize. Filesystems can either be created using this new block group
descriptor layout, or existing filesystems can be resized on-line, and
the field s_first_meta_bg in the superblock will indicate the first
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