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Re:The Btrfs inode-number epic (part 1: the problem) by crest on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @04:20PM (#28294439)
An ugly workaround would be to embed the subvolume id into the inode number, but it would almost require 64 bit inode numbers and some tools make daring assumptions about the stability of inode numbers across reboots.
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Re:The Btrfs inode-number epic (part 1: the problem) by AshamedCaptain on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @07:18PM (#28296193)
As far as I can see, subvolume ids are stable across reboots.
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