Anatomy of the Linux file system

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ibmWhat I love IBM for is their DeveloperWorks :) Here is M. Tim Jones' latest publication exploring Linux filesystem. Respect to IBM and Tim!

When it comes to file systems, Linux is the Swiss Army knife of operating systems. Linux supports a large number of file systems, from journaling to clustering to cryptographic. Linux is a wonderful platform for using standard and more exotic file systems and also for developing file systems. This article explores the virtual file system (VFS)—sometimes called the virtual filesystem switch—in the Linux kernel and then reviews some of the major structures that tie file systems together.

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