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From: Ralph Siemsen <ralph.siemsen@linaro.org>
To: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Ralph Siemsen <ralph.siemsen@linaro.org>
Subject: [PATCH RFC 0/3] mke2fs: small doc and features
Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2025 11:40:49 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250909-mke2fs-small-fixes-v1-0-c6ba28528af2@linaro.org> (raw)

Three independent fixes for mke2fs:

1) document the hash_seed option
2) prohibit multiple '-E' arguments 
3) add extended option for setting root inode security context

The first fix is straightforward.

For the second one, some alternatives would be:
- only print a warning, not a fatal error (but that is easy to miss)
- allow multiple '-E' options, and join them automatically

For the third one, the main use case is when generating empty
filesystems for use when SELinux is enabled.

Signed-off-by: Ralph Siemsen <ralph.siemsen@linaro.org>
---
Ralph Siemsen (3):
      mke2fs: document the hash_seed option
      mke2fs.c: fail on multiple '-E' options
      mke2fs: add root_selinux option for root inode label

 misc/mke2fs.8.in              | 14 +++++++++++
 misc/mke2fs.c                 | 53 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 tests/m_root_selinux/expect.1 | 57 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 tests/m_root_selinux/script   |  4 +++
 4 files changed, 128 insertions(+)
---
base-commit: 4b02eb164221c079b428566499343af2766c2ec3
change-id: 20250909-mke2fs-small-fixes-6d4a0c3a8781

Best regards,
--  
Ralph Siemsen <ralph.siemsen@linaro.org>


             reply	other threads:[~2025-09-09 15:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-09-09 15:40 Ralph Siemsen [this message]
2025-09-09 15:40 ` [PATCH RFC 1/3] mke2fs: document the hash_seed option Ralph Siemsen
2025-09-09 15:40 ` [PATCH RFC 2/3] mke2fs.c: fail on multiple '-E' options Ralph Siemsen
2025-09-10  0:32   ` Andreas Dilger
2025-09-10  0:49     ` Ralph Siemsen
2025-09-10 14:52       ` Theodore Ts'o
2025-09-10 15:00         ` Theodore Ts'o
2025-09-10 16:29         ` Ralph Siemsen
2025-09-10 20:45           ` Theodore Ts'o
2025-09-10 21:31             ` Ralph Siemsen
2025-09-19 15:44               ` Ralph Siemsen
2025-09-09 15:40 ` [PATCH RFC 3/3] mke2fs: add root_selinux option for root inode label Ralph Siemsen

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