btrfs-ioctl

BTRFS-IOCTL(2) BTRFS BTRFS-IOCTL(2)

NAME

   btrfs-ioctl - documentation about btrfs ioctls

NAME

   btrfs-ioctl - documentation for the ioctl interface to btrfs

DESCRIPTION

   The  ioctl() system call is a way how to request custom actions performed on a filesystem beyond the standard interfaces (like syscalls).  An ioctl is specified by a number and an as
   sociated data structure that implement a feature, usually not available in other filesystems. The number of ioctls grows over time and in some cases get promoted to a VFS-level  ioctl
   once other filesystems adopt the functionality. Backward compatibility is maintained and a formerly private ioctl number could become available on the VFS level.

DATA STRUCTURES AND DEFINITIONS

      struct btrfs_ioctl_vol_args {
              __s64 fd;
              char name[BTRFS_PATH_NAME_MAX + 1];
      };

      #define BTRFS_SUBVOL_RDONLY                  (1ULL << 1)
      #define BTRFS_SUBVOL_QGROUP_INHERIT          (1ULL << 2)
      #define BTRFS_DEVICE_SPEC_BY_ID              (1ULL << 3)
      #define BTRFS_SUBVOL_SPEC_BY_ID              (1ULL << 4)

      struct btrfs_ioctl_vol_args_v2 {
              __s64 fd;
              __u64 transid;
              __u64 flags;
              union {
                      struct {
                              __u64 size;
                              struct btrfs_qgroup_inherit __user *qgroup_inherit;
                      };
                      __u64 unused[4];
              };
              union {
                      char name[BTRFS_SUBVOL_NAME_MAX + 1];
                      __u64 devid;
                      __u64 subvolid;
              };
      };

      struct btrfs_ioctl_get_subvol_info_args {
              /* Id of this subvolume */
              __u64 treeid;

              /* Name of this subvolume, used to get the real name at mount point */
              char name[BTRFS_VOL_NAME_MAX + 1];

              /*
               * Id of the subvolume which contains this subvolume.
               * Zero for top-level subvolume or a deleted subvolume.
               */
              __u64 parent_id;

              /*
               * Inode number of the directory which contains this subvolume.
               * Zero for top-level subvolume or a deleted subvolume
               */
              __u64 dirid;

              /* Latest transaction id of this subvolume */
              __u64 generation;

              /* Flags of this subvolume */
              __u64 flags;

              /* UUID of this subvolume */
              __u8 uuid[BTRFS_UUID_SIZE];

              /*
               * UUID of the subvolume of which this subvolume is a snapshot.
               * All zero for a non-snapshot subvolume.
               */
              __u8 parent_uuid[BTRFS_UUID_SIZE];

              /*
               * UUID of the subvolume from which this subvolume was received.
               * All zero for non-received subvolume.
               */
              __u8 received_uuid[BTRFS_UUID_SIZE];

              /* Transaction id indicating when change/create/send/receive happened */
              __u64 ctransid;
              __u64 otransid;
              __u64 stransid;
              __u64 rtransid;
              /* Time corresponding to c/o/s/rtransid */
              struct btrfs_ioctl_timespec ctime;
              struct btrfs_ioctl_timespec otime;
              struct btrfs_ioctl_timespec stime;
              struct btrfs_ioctl_timespec rtime;

              /* Must be zero */
              __u64 reserved[8];
      };

      #define BTRFS_QGROUP_INHERIT_SET_LIMITS         (1ULL << 0)

      struct btrfs_qgroup_inherit {
              __u64 flags;
              __u64 num_qgroups;
              __u64 num_ref_copies;
              __u64 num_excl_copies;
              struct btrfs_qgroup_limit lim;
              __u64 qgroups[];
      };

      #define BTRFS_QGROUP_LIMIT_MAX_RFER             (1ULL << 0)
      #define BTRFS_QGROUP_LIMIT_MAX_EXCL             (1ULL << 1)
      #define BTRFS_QGROUP_LIMIT_RSV_RFER             (1ULL << 2)
      #define BTRFS_QGROUP_LIMIT_RSV_EXCL             (1ULL << 3)
      #define BTRFS_QGROUP_LIMIT_RFER_CMPR            (1ULL << 4)
      #define BTRFS_QGROUP_LIMIT_EXCL_CMPR            (1ULL << 5)

      struct btrfs_qgroup_limit {
              __u64 flags;
              __u64 max_rfer;
              __u64 max_excl;
              __u64 rsv_rfer;
              __u64 rsv_excl;
      };

      /* Request information about checksum type and size */
      #define BTRFS_FS_INFO_FLAG_CSUM_INFO                    (1U << 0)
      /* Request information about filesystem generation */
      #define BTRFS_FS_INFO_FLAG_GENERATION                   (1U << 1)
      /* Request information about filesystem metadata UUID */
      #define BTRFS_FS_INFO_FLAG_METADATA_UUID                (1U << 2)

      struct btrfs_ioctl_fs_info_args {
              __u64 max_id;                           /* out */
              __u64 num_devices;                      /* out */
              __u8 fsid[BTRFS_FSID_SIZE];             /* out */
              __u32 nodesize;                         /* out */
              __u32 sectorsize;                       /* out */
              __u32 clone_alignment;                  /* out */
              /* See BTRFS_FS_INFO_FLAG_* */
              __u16 csum_type;                        /* out */
              __u16 csum_size;                        /* out */
              __u64 flags;                            /* in/out */
              __u64 generation;                       /* out */
              __u8 metadata_uuid[BTRFS_FSID_SIZE];    /* out */
              __u8 reserved[944];                     /* pad to 1k */
      };

      #define BTRFS_INO_LOOKUP_PATH_MAX               4080

      struct btrfs_ioctl_ino_lookup_args {
              __u64 treeid;
              __u64 objectid;
              char name[BTRFS_INO_LOOKUP_PATH_MAX];
      };

      /* Specify the subvolid. */
      #define BTRFS_SUBVOL_SYNC_WAIT_FOR_ONE         (0)
      /* Wait for all currently queued. */
      #define BTRFS_SUBVOL_SYNC_WAIT_FOR_QUEUED      (1)
      /* Count number of queued subvolumes. */
      #define BTRFS_SUBVOL_SYNC_COUNT                (2)
      /*
       * Read which is the first in the queue (to be cleaned or being cleaned already),
       * or 0 if the queue is empty.
       */
      #define BTRFS_SUBVOL_SYNC_PEEK_FIRST           (3)
      /* Read the last subvolid in the queue, or 0 if the queue is empty. */
      #define BTRFS_SUBVOL_SYNC_PEEK_LAST            (4)

      struct btrfs_ioctl_subvol_wait {
             __u64 subvolid;
             __u32 mode;
             __u32 count;
      };
                                                                           
                                                                            Constant name              Value 
                                                                           
                                                                            BTRFS_UUID_SIZE            16    
                                                                           
                                                                            BTRFS_FSID_SIZE            16    
                                                                           
                                                                            BTRFS_SUBVOL_NAME_MAX      4039  
                                                                           
                                                                            BTRFS_PATH_NAME_MAX        4087  
                                                                           
                                                                            BTRFS_VOL_NAME_MAX         255   
                                                                           
                                                                            BTRFS_LABEL_SIZE           256   
                                                                           
                                                                            BTRFS_FIRST_FREE_OBJECTID  256   
                                                                           

OVERVIEW

   The  ioctls  are  defined by a number and associated with a data structure that contains further information. All ioctls use file descriptor (fd) as a reference point, it could be the
   filesystem or a directory inside the filesystem.

   An ioctl can be used in the following schematic way:

      struct btrfs_ioctl_args args;

      memset(&args, 0, sizeof(args));
      args.key = value;
      ret = ioctl(fd, BTRFS_IOC_NUMBER, &args);

   The 'fd' is the entry point to the filesystem and for most ioctls it does not matter which file or directory is that. Where it matters it's explicitly mentioned. The 'args' is the as‐
   sociated data structure for the request. It's strongly recommended to initialize the whole structure to zeros as this is future-proof when the ioctl gets further extensions. Not doing
   that could lead to mismatch of old userspace and new kernel versions, or vice versa.  The 'BTRFS_IOC_NUMBER' is says which operation should be done on the given arguments. Some ioctls
   take a specific data structure, some of them share a common one, no argument structure ioctls exist too.

   The library libbtrfsutil wraps a few ioctls for convenience. Using raw ioctls is not discouraged but may be cumbersome though it does not need additional library dependency.  Backward
   compatibility  is  guaranteed and incompatible changes usually lead to a new version of the ioctl. Enhancements of existing ioctls can happen and depend on additional flags to be set.
   Zeroed unused space is commonly understood as a mechanism to communicate the compatibility between kernel and userspace and thus zeroing is really important. In exceptional cases this
   is not enough and further flags need to be passed to distinguish between zero as implicit unused initialization and a valid zero value. Such cases are documented.

   File descriptors of regular files are obtained by int fd = open(), directories opened as DIR *dir = opendir() can be converted to the corresponding file descriptor by fd = dirfd(dir).

LIST OF IOCTLS

                              
                               Name                              Description                                      Data                                    
                              
                               BTRFS_IOC_SNAP_CREATE             (obsolete) create a snapshot of a subvolume      struct btrfs_ioctl_vol_args             
                              
                               BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG                                                                                                           
                              
                               BTRFS_IOC_RESIZE                                                                                                           
                              
                               BTRFS_IOC_SCAN_DEV                scan and register  a  given  device  path  with  struct btrfs_ioctl_vol_args             
                                                                 filesystem module                                                                        
                              
                               BTRFS_IOC_SYNC                    Sync the filesystem, possibly process queued up  NULL                                    
                                                                 work                                                                                     
                              
                               BTRFS_IOC_CLONE                                                                                                            
                              
                               BTRFS_IOC_ADD_DEV                 add a device to the filesystem by path           struct btrfs_ioctl_vol_args             
                              
                               BTRFS_IOC_RM_DEV                  delete a device from the filesystem by path      struct btrfs_ioctl_vol_args             
                              
                               BTRFS_IOC_BALANCE                                                                                                          
                              
                               BTRFS_IOC_CLONE_RANGE                                                                                                      
                              
                               BTRFS_IOC_SUBVOL_CREATE           (obsolete) create a subvolume                    struct btrfs_ioctl_vol_args             
                              
                               BTRFS_IOC_SNAP_DESTROY            (obsolete) delete a subvolume                    struct btrfs_ioctl_vol_args             
                              
                               BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG_RANGE                                                                                                     
                              
                               BTRFS_IOC_TREE_SEARCH                                                                                                      
                              
                               BTRFS_IOC_TREE_SEARCH_V2                                                                                                   
                              
                               BTRFS_IOC_INO_LOOKUP              resolve  inode  number  to path, or lookup con  struct btrfs_ioctl_ino_lookup_args      
                                                                 taining subvolume id                                                                     
                              
                               BTRFS_IOC_DEFAULT_SUBVOL          set the default subvolume id                     uint64_t                                
                              
                               BTRFS_IOC_SPACE_INFO                                                                                                       
                              
                               BTRFS_IOC_START_SYNC                                                                                                       
                              
                               BTRFS_IOC_WAIT_SYNC                                                                                                        
                              
                               BTRFS_IOC_SNAP_CREATE_V2          create a snapshot of a subvolume                 struct btrfs_ioctl_vol_args_v2          
                              
                               BTRFS_IOC_SUBVOL_CREATE_V2        create a subvolume                               struct btrfs_ioctl_vol_args_v2          
                              
                               BTRFS_IOC_SUBVOL_GETFLAGS         get flags of a subvolume                         uint64_t                                
                              
                               BTRFS_IOC_SUBVOL_SETFLAGS         set flags of a subvolume                         uint64_t                                
                              
                               BTRFS_IOC_SCRUB                                                                                                            
                              
                               BTRFS_IOC_SCRUB_CANCEL                                                                                                     
                              
                               BTRFS_IOC_SCRUB_PROGRESS                                                                                                   
                              
                               BTRFS_IOC_DEV_INFO                                                                                                         
                              
                               BTRFS_IOC_FS_INFO                 get information about filesystem (device count,  struct btrfs_ioctl_fs_info_args         
                                                                 fsid, ...)                                                                               
                              
                               BTRFS_IOC_BALANCE_V2                                                                                                       
                              
                               BTRFS_IOC_BALANCE_CTL                                                                                                      
                              
                               BTRFS_IOC_BALANCE_PROGRESS                                                                                                 
                              
                               BTRFS_IOC_INO_PATHS                                                                                                        
                              
                               BTRFS_IOC_LOGICAL_INO                                                                                                      
                              
                               BTRFS_IOC_SET_RECEIVED_SUBVOL                                                                                              
                              
                               BTRFS_IOC_SEND                                                                                                             
                              
                               BTRFS_IOC_DEVICES_READY                                                                                                    
                              
                               BTRFS_IOC_QUOTA_CTL                                                                                                        
                              
                               BTRFS_IOC_QGROUP_ASSIGN                                                                                                    
                              
                               BTRFS_IOC_QGROUP_CREATE                                                                                                    
                              
                               BTRFS_IOC_QGROUP_LIMIT                                                                                                     
                              
                               BTRFS_IOC_QUOTA_RESCAN                                                                                                     
                              
                               BTRFS_IOC_QUOTA_RESCAN_STATUS                                                                                              
                              
                               BTRFS_IOC_QUOTA_RESCAN_WAIT                                                                                                
                              
                               BTRFS_IOC_GET_FSLABEL             read filesystem label                            char buffer[BTRFS_LABEL_SIZE]           
                              
                               BTRFS_IOC_SET_FSLABEL             set the filesystem label                         char buffer[BTRFS_LABEL_SIZE]           
                              
                               BTRFS_IOC_GET_DEV_STATS                                                                                                    
                              
                               BTRFS_IOC_DEV_REPLACE                                                                                                      
                              
                               BTRFS_IOC_FILE_EXTENT_SAME                                                                                                 
                              
                               BTRFS_IOC_GET_FEATURES                                                                                                     
                              
                               BTRFS_IOC_SET_FEATURES                                                                                                     
                              
                               BTRFS_IOC_GET_SUPPORTED_FEATURES                                                                                           
                              
                               BTRFS_IOC_RM_DEV_V2                                                                                                        
                              
                               BTRFS_IOC_LOGICAL_INO_V2                                                                                                   
                              
                               BTRFS_IOC_GET_SUBVOL_INFO         get information about a subvolume                struct btrfs_ioctl_get_subvol_info_args 
                              
                               BTRFS_IOC_GET_SUBVOL_ROOTREF                                                                                               
                              
                               BTRFS_IOC_INO_LOOKUP_USER                                                                                                  
                              
                               BTRFS_IOC_SNAP_DESTROY_V2         destroy a (snapshot or regular) subvolume        struct btrfs_ioctl_vol_args_v2          
                              
                               BTRFS_IOC_ENCODED_READ                                                                                                     
                              
                               BTRFS_IOC_ENCODED_WRITE                                                                                                    
                              
                               BTRFS_IOC_SUBVOL_SYNC_WAIT        Wait until a deleted subvolume  is  cleaned  or  struct btrfs_ioctl_subvol_wait          
                                                                 query the state.                                                                         
                              

DETAILED DESCRIPTION BTRFS_IOC_SNAP_CREATE

   NOTE:
      obsoleted by BTRFS_IOC_SNAP_CREATE_V2

   (since: 3.0, obsoleted: 4.0) Create a snapshot of a subvolume.
                                                      
                                                       Field       Description                                                     
                                                      
                                                       ioctl fd    file descriptor of the parent directory of the new subvolume    
                                                      
                                                       ioctl args  struct btrfs_ioctl_vol_args                                     
                                                      
                                                       args.fd     file  descriptor of any directory inside the subvolume to snap 
                                                                   shot, must be on the same filesystem                            
                                                      
                                                       args.name   name of the subvolume, although the buffer can be almost  4KiB, 
                                                                   the  file  size  is  limited by Linux VFS to 255 characters and 
                                                                   must not contain a slash ('/')                                  
                                                      

BTRFS_IOC_SCAN_DEV

   Scan and register a given device in the filesystem module, which can be later used for automatic device and filesystem association at mount time. This operates on the control  device,
   not files from a mounted filesystem.  Can be safely called repeatedly with same device path.
                                                         
                                                          Field       Description                                              
                                                         
                                                          ioctl fd    file descriptor of the control device /dev/btrfs-control 
                                                         
                                                          ioctl args  struct btrfs_ioctl_vol_args                              
                                                         
                                                          args.fd     ignored                                                  
                                                         
                                                          args.name   full path of the device                                  
                                                         

BTRFS_IOC_SYNC

   Sync the filesystem data as would sync() syscall do, additionally wake up the internal transaction thread that may trigger actions like subvolume cleaning or queued defragmentation.
                                                        
                                                         Field       Description                                                
                                                        
                                                         ioctl fd    file descriptor of any file or directory in the filesystem 
                                                        
                                                         ioctl args  NULL                                                       
                                                        

BTRFS_IOC_ADD_DEV

   Add  a  given block device to the filesystem. Unlike the command btrfs device add there's are no safety checks (like existence of another filesystem on the device), device preparation
   (like TRIM or zone reset), so use it with care.

   This is a filesystem-exclusive operation and it will fail if there's another one already running, with one exception, when there's a paused balance.

   Required permissions: CAP_SYS_ADMIN
                                                        
                                                         Field       Description                                                
                                                        
                                                         ioctl fd    file descriptor of any file or directory in the filesystem 
                                                        
                                                         ioctl args  struct btrfs_ioctl_vol_args                                
                                                        
                                                         args.fd     ignored                                                    
                                                        
                                                         args.name   full path of the block device to be added                  
                                                        

BTRFS_IOC_RM_DEV

   Remove a device from the filesystem specified by it's path, or cancel a running device deletion by special path cancel.

   This is a filesystem-exclusive operation and it will fail if there's another one already running.

   Required permissions: CAP_SYS_ADMIN
                                                      
                                                       Field       Description                                                    
                                                      
                                                       ioctl fd    file descriptor of any file or directory in the filesystem     
                                                      
                                                       ioctl args  struct btrfs_ioctl_vol_args                                    
                                                      
                                                       args.fd     ignored                                                        
                                                      
                                                       args.name   full path of the block device to be deleted or string "cancel" 
                                                      

BTRFS_IOC_SUBVOL_CREATE

   NOTE:
      obsoleted by BTRFS_IOC_SUBVOL_CREATE_V2

   (since: 3.0, obsoleted: 4.0) Create a subvolume.
                                                      
                                                       Field       Description                                                     
                                                      
                                                       ioctl fd    file descriptor of the parent directory of the new subvolume    
                                                      
                                                       ioctl args  struct btrfs_ioctl_vol_args                                     
                                                      
                                                       args.fd     ignored                                                         
                                                      
                                                       args.name   name of the subvolume, although the buffer can be almost  4KiB, 
                                                                   the  file  size  is  limited by Linux VFS to 255 characters and 
                                                                   must not contain a slash ('/')                                  
                                                      

BTRFS_IOC_SNAP_DESTROY

   NOTE:
      obsoleted by BTRFS_IOC_SNAP_DESTROY_V2

   (since: 2.6.33, obsoleted: 5.7) Delete a subvolume.
                                                      
                                                       Field       Description                                                     
                                                      
                                                       ioctl fd    file descriptor of the parent directory of the new subvolume    
                                                      
                                                       ioctl args  struct btrfs_ioctl_vol_args                                     
                                                      
                                                       args.fd     ignored                                                         
                                                      
                                                       args.name   name of the subvolume, although the buffer can be almost  4KiB, 
                                                                   the  file  size  is  limited by Linux VFS to 255 characters and 
                                                                   must not contain a slash ('/')                                  
                                                      

BTRFS_IOC_INO_LOOKUP

   Resolve inode number to a path (requires CAP_SYS_ADMIN), or read a containing subvolume id of the given file (unrestricted, special case).  The size of the path name buffer is shorter
   than PATH_MAX (4096), it's possible that the path is trimmed due to that. Also implemented by btrfs inspect-internal rootid.

   The general case needs CAP_SYS_ADMIN and can resolve any file to its path.  The special case for reading the containing subvolume is not restricted:

      struct btrfs_ioctl_ino_lookup_args args;

      fd = open("file", ...);
      args.treeid = 0;
      args.objectid = BTRFS_FIRST_FREE_OBJECTID;
      ioctl(fd, BTRFS_IOC_INO_LOOKUP, &args);
      /* args.treeid now contains the subvolume id */
                                                    
                                                     Field          Description                                                     
                                                    
                                                     ioctl fd       file descriptor of the file or directory to lookup the  subvol 
                                                                    umeid                                                           
                                                    
                                                     ioctl args     struct btrfs_ioctl_ino_lookup_args                              
                                                    
                                                     args.treeid    subvolume  id  against which the path should be resolved (needs 
                                                                    CAP_SYS_ADMIN), or 0 so the subvolume  containing  fd  will  be 
                                                                    used                                                            
                                                    
                                                     args.objectid  inode  number  to lookup, INODE_REF_KEY with that key.objectid, 
                                                                    or BTRFS_FIRST_FREE_OBJECTID as special case to read  only  the 
                                                                    tree id and clear the args.name buffer                          
                                                    
                                                     args.name      path relative to the toplevel subvolume, or empty string        
                                                    

BTRFS_IOC_DEFAULT_SUBVOL

   Set the given subvolume id as the default one when mounting the filesystem without subvol=path or subvolid=id options.
                                                      
                                                       Field       Description                                                     
                                                      
                                                       ioctl fd    file descriptor of the directory inside which to create the new 
                                                                   snapshot                                                        
                                                      
                                                       ioctl args  numeric value of subvolume to become default (uint64_t)         
                                                      

BTRFS_IOC_SNAP_CREATE_V2

   Create a snapshot of a subvolume.
                                                     
                                                      Field         Description                                                     
                                                     
                                                      ioctl fd      file descriptor of the directory inside which to create the new 
                                                                    snapshot                                                        
                                                     
                                                      ioctl args    struct btrfs_ioctl_vol_args_v2                                  
                                                     
                                                      args.fd       file  descriptor of any directory inside the subvolume to snap 
                                                                    shot, must be on the filesystem                                 
                                                     
                                                      args.transid  ignored                                                         
                                                     
                                                      args.flags    any subset of BTRFS_SUBVOL_RDONLY  to  make  the  new  snapshot 
                                                                    read-only,   or   BTRFS_SUBVOL_QGROUP_INHERIT   to   apply  the 
                                                                    qgroup_inherit field                                            
                                                     
                                                      args.name     the name, under the ioctl fd, for the new subvolume             
                                                     

BTRFS_IOC_SUBVOL_CREATE_V2

   (since: 3.6) Create a subvolume, qgroup inheritance and limits can be specified.
                                                 
                                                  Field                Description                                                     
                                                 
                                                  ioctl fd             file descriptor of the parent directory of the new subvolume    
                                                 
                                                  ioctl args           struct btrfs_ioctl_vol_args_v2                                  
                                                 
                                                  args.fd              ignored                                                         
                                                 
                                                  args.transid         ignored                                                         
                                                 
                                                  args.flags           flags to set on the subvolume,  BTRFS_SUBVOL_RDONLY  for  read 
                                                                       only,  BTRFS_SUBVOL_QGROUP_INHERIT if the qgroup related fields 
                                                                       should be processed                                             
                                                 
                                                  args.size            number of entries in args.qgroup_inherit                        
                                                 
                                                  args.qgroup_inherit  inherit the given  qgroups  (struct  btrfs_qgroup_inherit)  and 
                                                                       limits (struct btrfs_qgroup_limit)                              
                                                 
                                                  name                 name  of the subvolume, although the buffer can be almost 4KiB, 
                                                                       the file size is limited by Linux VFS  to  255  characters  and 
                                                                       must not contain a slash ('/')                                  
                                                 

BTRFS_IOC_SUBVOL_GETFLAGS

   Read the flags of a subvolume. The returned flags are either 0 or BTRFS_SUBVOL_RDONLY.
                                                                
                                                                 Field       Description                                 
                                                                
                                                                 ioctl fd    file descriptor of the subvolume to examine 
                                                                
                                                                 ioctl args  uint64_t                                    
                                                                

BTRFS_IOC_SUBVOL_SETFLAGS

   Change the flags of a subvolume.
                                                                
                                                                 Field       Description                                
                                                                
                                                                 ioctl fd    file descriptor of the subvolume to modify 
                                                                
                                                                 ioctl args  uint64_t, either 0 or BTRFS_SUBVOL_RDONLY  
                                                                

BTRFS_IOC_GET_FSLABEL

   Read the label of the filesystem into a given buffer. Alternatively it can be read from /sys/fs/btrfs/FSID/label though it requires to know the FSID of the filesystem.
                                                          
                                                           Field       Description                                             
                                                          
                                                           ioctl fd    file descriptor of any file/directory in the filesystem 
                                                          
                                                           ioctl args  char buffer[BTRFS_LABEL_SIZE]                           
                                                          

BTRFS_IOC_SET_FSLABEL

   Set  the label of filesystem from given buffer. The maximum length also accounts for terminating NUL character. Alternatively it can be also set by writing to /sys/fs/btrfs/FSID/label
   though it requires to know the FSID of the filesystem (and an explicit commit before the change is permanent).

   Required permissions: CAP_SYS_ADMIN
                                                          
                                                           Field       Description                                             
                                                          
                                                           ioctl fd    file descriptor of any file/directory in the filesystem 
                                                          
                                                           ioctl args  char buffer[BTRFS_LABEL_SIZE]                           
                                                          

BTRFS_IOC_FS_INFO

   Read internal information about the filesystem. The data can be exchanged both ways and part of the structure could be optionally filled. The reserved bytes can be  used  to  get  new
   kind of information in the future, always depending on the flags set.
                                                          
                                                           Field       Description                                             
                                                          
                                                           ioctl fd    file descriptor of any file/directory in the filesystem 
                                                          
                                                           ioctl args  struct btrfs_ioctl_fs_info_args                         
                                                          

BTRFS_IOC_GET_SUBVOL_INFO

   Get information about a subvolume.
                                                                
                                                                 Field       Description                                 
                                                                
                                                                 ioctl fd    file descriptor of the subvolume to examine 
                                                                
                                                                 ioctl args  struct btrfs_ioctl_get_subvol_info_args     
                                                                

BTRFS_IOC_SNAP_DESTROY_V2

   Destroy a subvolume, which may or may not be a snapshot.
                                                    
                                                     Field          Description                                                     
                                                    
                                                     ioctl fd       if  flags  does not include BTRFS_SUBVOL_SPEC_BY_ID, or if exe 
                                                                    cuting in a non-root user namespace,  file  descriptor  of  the 
                                                                    parent directory containing the subvolume to delete; otherwise, 
                                                                    file  descriptor of any directory on the same filesystem as the 
                                                                    subvolume to delete, but not within the same subvolume          
                                                    
                                                     ioctl args     struct btrfs_ioctl_vol_args_v2                                  
                                                    
                                                     args.fd        ignored                                                         
                                                    
                                                     args.transid   ignored                                                         
                                                    
                                                     args.flags     0 if the name field identifies the subvolume  by  name  in  the 
                                                                    specified directory, or BTRFS_SUBVOL_SPEC_BY_ID if the subvolid 
                                                                    field specifies the ID of the subvolume                         
                                                    
                                                     args.name      only  if  flags  does  not contain BTRFS_SUBVOL_SPEC_BY_ID, the 
                                                                    name (within the directory identified by fd) of  the  subvolume 
                                                                    to delete                                                       
                                                    
                                                     args.subvolid  only  if  flags contains BTRFS_SUBVOL_SPEC_BY_ID, the subvolume 
                                                                    ID of the subvolume to delete                                   
                                                    

BTRFS_IOC_SUBVOL_SYNC_WAIT

   (since: 6.13) Wait until a deleted subvolume is cleaned or query the state.

   There are several modes of operation, where the most common ones are to wait on a specific subvolume or all currently queued for cleaning. This is utilized e.g. in backup applications
   that delete subvolumes and wait until they're cleaned to check for remaining space.

   The other modes are for flexibility, e.g. for monitoring or checkpoints in the queue of deleted subvolumes, again without the need to use SEARCH_TREE.

   Notes:

   • waiting is interruptible, the timeout is set to 1 second and is not configurable

   • repeated calls to the ioctl see a different state, so this is inherently racy when using e.g. the count or peek next/last

   Use cases (definition of constants):

   • a subvolume A was deleted, wait for cleaning (WAIT_FOR_ONE)

   • a bunch of subvolumes were deleted, wait for all (WAIT_FOR_QUEUED or PEEK_LAST + WAIT_FOR_ONE)

   • count how many are queued (not blocking), for monitoring purposes

   • report progress (PEEK_NEXT), may miss some if cleaning is quick

   • own waiting in user space (PEEK_LAST until it's 0)
                                                    
                                                     Field          Description                                                     
                                                    
                                                     ioctl fd       file descriptor of any file or directory in the filesystem      
                                                    
                                                     ioctl args     struct btrfs_ioctl_subvol_wait                                  
                                                    
                                                     args.subvolid  Depending on the mode, the numeric id of subvolume to wait for, 
                                                                    or the one queried by PEEK modes                                
                                                    
                                                     args.mode      mode of operation described above                               
                                                    
                                                     args.count     if mode is set to COUNT the number  of  subvolumes  queued  for 
                                                                    cleaning                                                        
                                                    

AVAILABILITY

   btrfs is part of btrfs-progs.  Please refer to the documentation at https://btrfs.readthedocs.io.

SEE ALSO

   ioctl(2)

6.14 Apr 17, 2025 BTRFS-IOCTL(2)