linux-ext4 - Re: Is labelling a mounted ext2/3/4 file system safe and supported?

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Message-ID: <34ca4e40-2026-d48d-7181-fbea6ba4f140@thelounge.net>
Date:   Mon, 26 Jul 2021 22:50:39 +0200
From:   Reindl Harald <h.reindl@...lounge.net>
To:     Mike Fleetwood <mike.fleetwood@...glemail.com>,
        linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Is labelling a mounted ext2/3/4 file system safe and supported?



Am 26.07.21 um 20:45 schrieb Mike Fleetwood:
> Hi,
> 
> Using e2label to set a new label for a mounted ext4 seems to work, but
> is it a safe and supported thing to do?

it is