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inodes
- Aug 27, 2026 VFS Objects and the Operation Vector The four in-kernel objects every filesystem must supply, the function table each one carries, and how a single open() call ends up in a filesystem-specific method. filesystems
- Mar 7, 2026 Inode Tables and the Arithmetic of Inode Numbers How a fixed-size inode record is found from its number with one division, why the table is preallocated rather than grown, and what happens when the number of inodes runs out before the space does. filesystems
- Dec 9, 2024 Directory Entries as a Name-to-Inode Map A directory is a file whose records map names to inode numbers, with a fixed record shape, a reserved pair of names, and a deletion policy that leaves gaps behind. filesystems
- Mar 21, 2022 What an Inode Stores, and Why It Stores No Name The inode is the object a filesystem calls a file: its fields, what it deliberately omits, how stat exposes it, and why a full inode table can refuse a write on a filesystem with free space. filesystems