[PATCH 01/18] fsinfo: Introduce a non-repeating system-unique superblock ID [ver #21]

Miklos Szeredi miklos at szeredi.hu
Tue Aug 4 09:34:15 UTC 2020


On Mon, Aug 3, 2020 at 3:37 PM David Howells <dhowells at redhat.com> wrote:
>
> Introduce an (effectively) non-repeating system-unique superblock ID that
> can be used to determine that two objects are in the same superblock
> without needing to worry about the ID changing in the meantime (as is
> possible with device IDs).
>
> The counter could also be used to tag other features, such as mount
> objects.
>
> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells at redhat.com>

Reviewed-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi at redhat.com>



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