Re: [PATCH v7 06/11] fstests: verify f_fsid for cloned filesystems

Anand Suveer Jain <[email protected]> Wed, 22 Jul 2026 07:21:15 +0800
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.fstests,net.sourceforge.lists.linux-f2fs-devel,org.kernel.vger.linux-btrfs,org.kernel.vger.linux-ext4,org.kernel.vger.linux-xfs
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>>> just in case there *are* programs foolish enough to
>>> use (fsid,ino) as a uniqueness check.
>>
>> On the other hand, if a program needs a unique ID, do we currently have
>> any way to get one?
> 
> I don't think there is a way to get a globally unique identifier for a
> filesystem image except for the meta_uuid filesystems, and even then
> only if the volume manager resets the user-visible uuid every time it
> makes a clone and nobody runs a duplicator.

Yeah, interesting problem to solve though.
Do you have any further code review comments on this test case?

Thanks.