From: Goffredo Baroncelli <kreijack@gmail.com>
To: linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] [Repost] btrfslabel - user space
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 20:15:14 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201001042015.14647.kreijack@libero.it> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201001041959.21312.kreijack@libero.it>
On Monday 04 January 2010, Goffredo Baroncelli wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> recently I needed to change a label of a btrfs filesystem. After a
> bit of googling I discovered the Morey patches (dated august 2008).
>
> So I update the patches to the latest btrfs source. The patches
> creates a new command called btrfslabel which is able to change the
> label of a btrfs filesystem.
>
> The command differentiates two cases:
> - the filesystem is mounted: the change is done by the kernel (see
> the second patch), btrfslabel uses an ioctl to start the label changing.
> - the filesystem is unmounted: the change is performed in user space.
I forgot to mention that even if the kernel isn't patched, it is still
possible to change a label of an unmounted btrfs filesystem.
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2010-01-04 18:59 [PATCH 1/2] [Repost] btrfslabel - user space Goffredo Baroncelli
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