ioctl_fslabel(2) — Linux manual page

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IOCTL_FSLABEL(2)          Linux Programmer's Manual         IOCTL_FSLABEL(2)

NAME top

       ioctl_fslabel - get or set a filesystem label

SYNOPSIS top

       #include <sys/ioctl.h>
       #include <linux/fs.h>

       int ioctl(int fd, FS_IOC_GETFSLABEL, char label[FSLABEL_MAX]);
       int ioctl(int fd, FS_IOC_SETFSLABEL, char label[FSLABEL_MAX]);

DESCRIPTION top

       If a filesystem supports online label manipulation, these ioctl(2)
       operations can be used to get or set the filesystem label for the
       filesystem on which fd resides.  The FS_IOC_SETFSLABEL operation
       requires privilege (CAP_SYS_ADMIN).

RETURN VALUE top

       On success zero is returned.  On error, -1 is returned, and errno is
       set to indicate the error.

ERRORS top

       Error can include (but are not limited to) the following:

       EFAULT label references an inaccessible memory area.

       EINVAL The specified label exceeds the maximum label length for the
              filesystem.

       ENOTTY This can appear if the filesystem does not support online
              label manipulation.

       EPERM  The calling process does not have sufficient permissions to
              set the label.

VERSIONS top

       These ioctl(2) operations first appeared in Linux 4.18.  They were
       previously known as BTRFS_IOC_GET_FSLABEL and BTRFS_IOC_SET_FSLABEL
       and were private to Btrfs.

CONFORMING TO top

       This API is Linux-specific.

NOTES top

       The maximum string length for this interface is FSLABEL_MAX,
       including the terminating null byte ('\0').  Filesystems have
       differing maximum label lengths, which may or may not include the
       terminating null.  The string provided to FS_IOC_SETFSLABEL must
       always be null-terminated, and the string returned by
       FS_IOC_GETFSLABEL will always be null-terminated.

SEE ALSO top

       ioctl(2), blkid(8)

COLOPHON top

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