freebsd-dev/cddl
Martin Matuska 05f49d92ef Merge libzfs_core branch:
includes MFV 238590, 238592, 247580

MFV 238590, 238592:
  In the first zfs ioctl restructuring phase, the libzfs_core library was
  introduced. It is a new thin library that wraps around kernel ioctl's.
  The idea is to provide a forward-compatible way of dealing with new
  features. Arguments are passed in nvlists and not random zfs_cmd fields,
  new-style ioctls are logged to pool history using a new method of
  history logging.

  http://blog.delphix.com/matt/2012/01/17/the-future-of-libzfs/

MFV 247580 [1]:
  To address issues of several deadlocks and race conditions the locking
  code around dsl_dataset was rewritten and the interface to synctasks
  was changed.

User-Visible Changes:
  "zfs snapshot" can create more arbitrary snapshots at once (atomically)
  "zfs destroy" destroys multiple snapshots at once
  "zfs recv" has improved performance

Backward Compatibility:
  I have extended the compatibility layer to support full backward
  compatibility by remapping or rewriting the responsible ioctl arguments.
  Old utilities are fully supported by the new kernel module.

Forward Compatibility:
  New utilities work with old kernels with the following restrictions:
    - creating, destroying, holding and releasing of multiple snapshots
      at once is not supported, this includes recursive (-r) commands

Illumos ZFS issues:
  2882 implement libzfs_core
  2900 "zfs snapshot" should be able to create multiple,
       arbitrary snapshots at once
  3464 zfs synctask code needs restructuring

References:
  https://www.illumos.org/issues/2882
  https://www.illumos.org/issues/2900
  https://www.illumos.org/issues/3464 [1]

MFC after:	1 month
Sponsored by:	Hybrid Logic Inc. [1]
2013-03-21 08:38:03 +00:00
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compat/opensolaris Fix an obvious typo. 2012-07-04 17:36:26 +00:00
contrib Merge libzfs_core branch: 2013-03-21 08:38:03 +00:00
lib Move common zfs ioctl compatibility functions (userland) into libzfs_compat.c 2013-03-18 09:32:29 +00:00
sbin WiP merge of libzfs_core (MFV r238590, r238592) 2013-03-05 08:09:53 +00:00
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