Inode numbers are never re-used in OneFS, i.e. they basically keep increasing for new files. (I say basically because there are pre-pooled ranges of inode number across the cluster. So a new file can get a /lower/ inode number than an older file if the new file happens be created from a different inode 'pool'. But over time, numbers increase.)
What are you trying to do; how to you get involved with inode generation numbers?
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Inode numbers are never re-used in OneFS, i.e. they basically keep increasing for new files. (I say basically because there are pre-pooled ranges of inode number across the cluster. So a new file can get a /lower/ inode number than an older file if the new file happens be created from a different inode 'pool'. But over time, numbers increase.)
What are you trying to do; how to you get involved with inode generation numbers?
-- Peter