Re: trace MKFS

On Fri, Jan 04, 2013 at 08:42:21PM +0530, KASHISH BHATIA wrote:

Hi,

I want to trace the overall flow of mkfs inside linux kernel. Specifically want to know which kernel fs data structures are affected when we run "mkfs" ? What all "mkfs" command writes on the block device when we run the command? Are there any good documents which can explain the same?

To trace the syscalls a program issues, I recommend using strace. Thanks, Jonathan Neuschäfer