Re: [PATCH 0/6] filesystem visibility ioctls

[Christian Brauner]

On Mon, Feb 05, 2024 at 03:05:11PM -0500, Kent Overstreet wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> this patchset adds a few new ioctls to standardize a few interfaces we
> want
>  - get/set UUID

Last time I spoke in favor of exposing the UUID as a generic ioctl most
were supportive. But I remember that setting the UUID was a lot more
contentious. If that's changed though then great.

>  - get sysfs path
> 
> The get/set UUID ioctls are lifted versions of the ext4 ioctls with one
> difference, killing the flexible array member - we'll never have UUIDs
> more than 16 bytes, and getting rid of the flexible array member makes
> them easier to use.
> 
> FS_IOC_GETSYSFSNAME is new, but it addresses something that we've been
> doing in fs specific code for awhile - "given a path on a mounted
> filesystem, tell me where it lives in sysfs".
> 
> Cheers,
> Kent

When you send v2 could you please just put me in to. Makes it easier for
me to pick this series from the list. Thanks!