BMAP(9)                                   The Linux VFS                                   BMAP(9)



NAME
       bmap - find a block number in a file

SYNOPSIS
       sector_t bmap(struct inode * inode, sector_t block);

ARGUMENTS
       inode
           inode of file

       block
           block to find

DESCRIPTION
       Returns the block number on the device holding the inode that is the disk block number for
       the block of the file requested. That is, asked for block 4 of inode 1 the function will
       return the disk block relative to the disk start that holds that block of the file.

COPYRIGHT
Kernel Hackers Manual 4.8.                 January 2017                                   BMAP(9)