inode是linux内核的文件系统里边最重要的数据结构,可以说,一个inode就代表了一个文件,inode结构体保存了文件的大小,创建时间,文件的块大小等各种参数,一个文件可以有多个dentry,因为在linux里由于软连接,硬连接的存在,指向一个文件的路径可能有多个,但是一个文件的inode只能有一个,一般在文件系统里氛围inode区和数据区,而inode区的大小能占到10%左右。
inode数据结构定义在include/linux/fs.h,我们看一下他的定义。
inode数据结构定义在include/linux/fs.h,我们看一下他的定义。
struct inode {
struct hlist_node i_hash;
struct list_head i_list;
struct list_head i_sb_list;
struct list_head i_dentry;
unsigned long i_ino;
atomic_t i_count;
unsigned int i_nlink;
uid_t i_uid;
gid_t i_gid;
dev_t i_rdev;
unsigned long i_version;
loff_t i_size;
#ifdef __NEED_I_SIZE_ORDERED
seqcount_t i_size_seqcount;
#endif
struct timespec i_atime;
struct timespec i_mtime;
struct timespec i_ctime;
unsigned int i_blkbits;
blkcnt_t i_blocks;
unsigned short i_bytes;
umode_t i_mode;
spinlock_t i_lock; /* i_blocks, i_bytes, maybe i_size */
struct mutex i_mutex;
struct rw_semaphore i_alloc_sem;
const struct inode_operations *i_op;
const struct file_operations *i_fop; /* former ->i_op->default_file_ops */
struct super_block *i_sb;
struct file_lock *i_flock;
struct address_space *i_mapping;
struct address_space i_data;
#ifdef CONFIG_QUOTA
struct dquot *i_dquot[MAXQUOTAS];
#endif
struct list_head i_devices;
union {
struct pipe_inode_info *i_pipe;