Subject: Re: Attention snapshot users
To: None <current-users@netbsd.org>
From: Juergen Hannken-Illjes <hannken@eis.cs.tu-bs.de>
List: current-users
Date: 01/23/2007 11:55:22
I was asked off-list to explain this a bit better:
The file system suspension API is responsible for the preparation of snapshots.
It stops all new operations on a file system, waits for current operations to
complete and then syncs the (now silent) file system to disk.
This API is kernel-only.
The only user-visible change is the removal of snapshot support for
non-ffs file systems.
On Fri, Jan 19, 2007 at 04:56:07PM +0100, Juergen Hannken-Illjes wrote:
> Just committed the new file system suspension API. It replaces the
> current vn_start_write/vn_finished_write API. The suspension helpers
> are now put into file system specific operations. Therefore snapshots
> of non-ffs file systems are currently unsupported.
>
> Those using file system snapshots are encouraged to try this new API.
> Take your favorite -current kernel and build with `options NEWVNGATE'.
>
> Plan is to make the new API default in mid february 2007.
>
> If the machine deadlocks and you have DDB compiled in, please
> `call fstrans_dump' from DDB before reboot.
>
> If you encounter problems, please send-pr with subject `fstrans ...'.
>
> --
> Juergen Hannken-Illjes - hannken@eis.cs.tu-bs.de - TU Braunschweig (Germany)
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Juergen Hannken-Illjes - hannken@eis.cs.tu-bs.de - TU Braunschweig (Germany)