Re: [PATCH 08/18] fsinfo: Allow mount topology and propagation info to be retrieved [ver #21]

[David Howells]

Miklos Szeredi <miklos@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > +	__u32	shared_group_id;	/* Shared: mount group ID */
> > +	__u32	dependent_source_id;	/* Dependent: source mount group ID */
> > +	__u32	dependent_clone_of_id;	/* Dependent: ID of mount this was cloned from */
> 
> Another set of ID's that are currently 32bit *internally* but that doesn't
> mean they will always be 32 bit.
> 
> And that last one (apart from "slave" being obfuscated)

I had "slave" in there.  It got objected to.  See
Documentation/process/coding-style.rst section 4.

> is simply incorrect.  It has nothing to do with cloning.  It's the "ID of
> the closest peer group in the propagation chain that has a representative
> mount in the current root".

You appear to be in disagreement with others that I've asked.

David