I am looking for understanding EXT3 filesystem source code. I think I need a little pre-digestion to fully understand the code. Can anyone please suggest some material(blog etc.) where I can get some basic understanding of the source code.
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Maybe have a look at [the Wikipedia page](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ext3) and some of its references, for an overview of how it works, before diving into the source. – tshepang Mar 07 '11 at 14:09
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quick google search returned these links: http://bobcares.com/blog/?p=421 and http://www.funtoo.org/en/articles/linux/ffg/4/ – rajaganesh87 Mar 19 '11 at 16:58
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somewhere I read that ext3 is now going to be driven by the ext4 driver... – xenoterracide Apr 09 '11 at 05:05
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I don't know of any online resources that are going to be as helpful as this book: Understanding the Linux Kernel. Chapter 12 covers the Linux VFS layer, and Chapter 18 covers ext2/ext3 specifically.
The book probably about due for a fourth edition, since it's circa 2.6.10, but the basics are still the same. There's a lot going on in filesystems these days, though, so it'd be nice if the book covered ext4 and btrfs as well.
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