Problem: Want to be able to produce a qcow2 file with multiple ext4 File Systems. Days later want to reproduce the production of the qcow2 and have the exact same byte-for-byte file, to prove my build is reproducible. Currently the ctime attributes of the inodes will differ and thus the qcow2 files will differ. Since the file times are subsecond the trick of setting the system time and chmoding the files will not work. In https://stackoverflow.com/questions/47440618/changing-qcow2-st-ctime I mention how debugfs can be used to change the ctimes. Two possible usages come to mind: 1. A global flag that would indicate the ctime that should be used for all file operations, e.g. a fake system clock. 2. A new command to specifically change the ctime, like debugfs's set_inode_field. Thanks Marc