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Upstream mkfs.gfs2 has a new -U option for specifying the UUID, which will be useful in the gfs2 Ansible role. mkfs.gfs2 is also one of only a few mkfses that doesn't have a UUID option, so this will give it a more complete feature set.

There should only be one small upstream patch to backport: https://pagure.io/gfs2-utils/c/822f230e3f60a9643c6bb4d90c48c57207ba371c.patch

Testing notes: The test suite that runs at package build time contains some basic validation tests: https://pagure.io/gfs2-utils/blob/RHEL8/f/tests/mkfs.at#_178-182

Beyond that, some additional tests could be:

uuid=$(uuidgen)
mkfs.gfs2 -U $uuid ... $device
mount $device $mountpoint
grep -Hi $uuid /sys/fs/gfs2/$(basename $(readlink -f $device))`/uuid
umount $device
tunegfs2 -l $device | grep $uuid

Verified with some manual testing with gfs2-utils-3.2.0-13.el8.x86_64

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory (gfs2-utils bug fix and enhancement update), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2023:7086