major code change for .zfs

Andriy Gapon avg at FreeBSD.org
Mon Feb 20 10:28:34 UTC 2017


On 23/08/2016 11:43, Andriy Gapon wrote:
> 
> Please review and test a change to .zfs code that is intended to make the code
> aligned with FreeBSD VFS and, as such, more stable:
> https://reviews.freebsd.org/D7421
> 
> The change removes two features.
> .zfs/shares is gone because it was unused on FreeBSD anyway.  We can restore
> that when we need it.
> An ability to take a snapshot by creating a directory under .zfs/snapshot is
> removed.  I hope that you didn't use it.  Please do not start using it now :-)
> Again, this feature can be restored with some work.
> The reason I removed it is that its companion features of destroying and
> renaming snapshots were already missing on FreeBSD, and properly implementing
> the feature required some more work.

This is a heads-up that I am going to commit the change.
If you have objections or concerns please speak up.
Thanks!

-- 
Andriy Gapon


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