> This is an another doubt related to VFS. I want to know
> wheather all files are assigned their inode number at the
> mounting time itself or inodes are assigned to files upon
> accessing only
That would depend on what type of filesystem you use.
For ext2, inode numbers are assigned at file creation.
For vfat, inode numbers are assigned as needed, and
forgotten when not needed.
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