linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH v4] tune2fs: Add support for get/set UUID ioctls.

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Date:   Tue, 23 Aug 2022 16:58:21 -0400
From:   "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To:     bongiojp@...il.com
Cc:     "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] tune2fs: Add support for get/set UUID ioctls.

On Tue, 16 Aug 2022 13:52:14 -0700, Jeremy Bongio wrote:
> When mounted, there is a race condition between changing the filesystem
> UUID and changing other aspects of the filesystem, like mounting, resizing,
> changing features, etc. Using these ioctls to get/set the UUID ensures the
> filesystem is not being resized.
> 
> 

Applied, thanks!  I made a few changes for non-Linux portability, and
to handle some error cases correctly.  Also your patch wasn't setting
old_uuid from the value returned from the ioctl, which I fixed up.

	      	  		      	  - Ted

[1/1] tune2fs: Add support for get/set UUID ioctls.
      commit: a83e199da0ca954f7f0d63756d6eea108caf107f

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