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

[Miklos Szeredi]

On Wed, Aug 5, 2020 at 5:37 PM David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> 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.

Read the code.

Thanks,
Miklos