linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] tune2fs: implement support for set/get label iocts

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Date:   Tue,  4 Jan 2022 22:14:38 -0500
From:   "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To:     Lukas Czerner <lczerner@...hat.com>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tune2fs: implement support for set/get label iocts

On Wed, 24 Nov 2021 14:45:42 +0100, Lukas Czerner wrote:
> Implement support for FS_IOC_SETFSLABEL and FS_IOC_GETFSLABEL ioctls.
> Try to use the ioctls if possible even before we open the file system
> since we don't need it. Only fall back to the old method in the case the
> file system is not mounted, is mounted read only in the set label case,
> or the ioctls are not suppported by the kernel.
> 
> The new ioctls can also be supported by file system drivers other than
> ext4. As a result tune2fs and e2label will work for those file systems
> as well as long as the file system is mounted. Note that we still truncate
> the label exceeds the supported lenghth on extN file system family, while
> we keep the label intact for others.
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

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Best regards,
-- 
Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>