+ * does not exceed 2^32 -1
+ * __u32 i_blocks representing the total number of
+ * 512 bytes blocks of the file
+ */
+ upper_limit = (1LL << 32) - 1;
+
+ /* total blocks in file system block size */
+ upper_limit >>= (bits - 9);
+
+
+ /* indirect blocks */
+ meta_blocks = 1;
+ /* double indirect blocks */
+ meta_blocks += 1 + (1LL << (bits-2));
+ /* tripple indirect blocks */
+ meta_blocks += 1 + (1LL << (bits-2)) + (1LL << (2*(bits-2)));
+
+ upper_limit -= meta_blocks;
+ upper_limit <<= bits;