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Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2024 14:03:54 +0100
From: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To: Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/26] cifs: Fix duplicate fscache cookie warnings
Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org> wrote:
> > +struct cifs_fscache_inode_key {
> > +
> > + __le64 uniqueid; /* server inode number */
> > + __le64 createtime; /* creation time on server */
> > + u8 type; /* S_IFMT file type */
> > +} __packed;
> > +
>
> Interesting. So the uniqueid of the inode is not unique within the fs?
> Or are the clients are mounting shares that span multiple filesystems?
> Or, are we looking at a situation where the uniqueid is being quickly
> reused for new inodes after the original inode is unlinked?
The problem is that it's not unique over time. creat(); unlink(); creat();
may yield a repeat of the uniqueid. It's like i_ino in that respect.
David
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