/* * Allocate an inode in the file system. * * If allocating a directory, use ext2fs_dirpref to select the inode. * If allocating in a directory, the following hierarchy is followed: * 1) allocate the preferred inode. * 2) allocate an inode in the same cylinder group. * 3) quadradically rehash into other cylinder groups, until an * available inode is located. * If no inode preference is given the following hierarchy is used * to allocate an inode: * 1) allocate an inode in cylinder group 0. * 2) quadradically rehash into other cylinder groups, until an * available inode is located. */