Under what circumstances would you use the inode i_hash field as opposed to the i_list field? Why have both a hash list and a linear list for the same structures?
2:
Of all the file structures we've seen, name the ones that have corresponding data structures in the hard disk.
3:
For what types of operations are dentry objects used? Why not just use inodes?
4:
What is the association between a file descriptor and a file structure? Is it one-to-one? Many-to-one? One-to-many?
5:
What is the use of the fd_set structure?
6:
What type of data structure ensures that the page cache operates at maximum speed?
7:
Suppose that you are writing a new filesystem driver. You're replacing the ext2 filesystem driver with a new driver (media_fs) that optimizes file I/O for multimedia. Where would you make changes to the Linux kernel to ensure that your new driver is used instead of the ext2 driver?
8:
How does a page get dirty? How does a dirty page get written to disk?
