linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] kernfs: attach uuid for every kernfs and report it in fsid

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Message-ID: <20230731-raubzug-imposant-ef57be965397@brauner>
Date:   Mon, 31 Jul 2023 21:08:41 +0200
From:   Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
To:     Ivan Babrou <ivan@...udflare.com>
Cc:     linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-team@...udflare.com,
        cgroups@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Amir Goldstein <amir73il@...il.com>,
        Michal Koutný <mkoutny@...e.com>,
        Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] kernfs: attach uuid for every kernfs and report it in
 fsid

On Mon, Jul 31, 2023 at 11:47:31AM -0700, Ivan Babrou wrote:
> The following two commits added the same thing for tmpfs:
> 
> * commit 2b4db79618ad ("tmpfs: generate random sb->s_uuid")
> * commit 59cda49ecf6c ("shmem: allow reporting fanotify events with file handles on tmpfs")
> 
> Having fsid allows using fanotify, which is especially handy for cgroups,
> where one might be interested in knowing when they are created or removed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ivan Babrou <ivan@...udflare.com>
> Acked-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
> 
> ---

Acked-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>