Re: FreeBSD 10 and zfsd

Op maandag 23 juni 2014 heeft Alan Somers <asomers_at_freebsd.org> het
volgende geschreven:

> On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 12:50 AM, Johan Hendriks <joh.hendriks_at_gmail.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >
> > op 24-03-14 01:18, Alan Somers schreef:
> >>
> >> On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 4:23 PM, Mark Felder <feld_at_freebsd.org
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hi guys,
> >>>
> >>> Any updates?
> >>
> >> I've been very busy, but I did finally get those two seqpacket related
> >> bugs fixed in head.  The next step is finding time for the merge.
> >> Right now my FreeBSD todo list goes:
> >> 1) Commit fixes for half a dozen FIB related bugs.  I already have
> >> them fixed in my private stable/9 branch, but need to port the fixes
> >> to HEAD.
> >> 2) Update the zfsd branch.
> >>
> >> I think that I'll be able to get number 1 done next week, or at least
> >> send patches out for review.  I don't know if I'll get to number 2.
> >>
> >> -Alan
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> >
> > Hello all. Sorry for bringing up on old thread.
> > Is there any news on the zfsd part.
> > It seems it has been included in Truenas, but I did not see anything hit
> the
> > tree regarding zfsd. Have I missed it or is it still not done.
> > FreeBSD 9.3 is about to get released, and 10.1 will follow it would be
> nice
> > to have in a new build..
>
> The projects/zfsd project branch is up to date.  Merging it to CURRENT
> is blocked on these tasks.
>
> 1) (The biggie) We must resolve the issue with multiple geom opens.
> Geom tries to prevent any two consumers from simultaneously opening
> the same provider.  This is why, for example, you can't do dd
> if=/dev/zero of=/dev/ada0 if your ada0 has a mounted file system.
> However, ZFS internally opens spare devices multiple times.  The only
> way that geom will allow that is if ZFS opens devices non-exclusively.
> That means that you will lose your protection.  Fixing this correctly
> requires deep changes to ZFS to remove the multiple opens.
>
> 2) Need to merge in zfsd's functional tests.  I'm currently working on
> this issue as time allows.
>
> 3) It needs a manpage.
>
> 4) Various bug fixes need to be merged to the kernel and to LibZFS.
> Coordinating with Illumos makes that process slow.  will_at_ is working
> on it as time allows.
>
> 5) libdevctl needs to be made private
>
> 6) The sequential packet feature added to devd in the zfsd project
> branch at revision r266519 must be merged to head.  It's currently
> waiting for review from imp_at_ and ian_at_.
>
> For TrueNAS, I believe that delphij_at_ merged an older version of zfsd
> from the project branch.
>
> -Alan
>
> >
> >
> > regards
> > Johan
> >
> >
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Thanks for the headsup and your time explaning the issues..

Regards
Johan