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Date:      Sat, 12 Sep 2015 07:15:45 -0400
From:      Mark Saad <nonesuch@longcount.org>
To:        freebsd-fs@freebsd.org
Subject:   Fwd: L2ARC and pool corruption
Message-ID:  <76AD038E-4D72-48BB-8A3B-BD9BD76F9350@longcount.org>
References:  <CA%2Bo5Y=1L9_qdrPZs5G=z7ZH01MLpCMEGEPAQ6G8nTPcd1uzUNA@mail.gmail.com>

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Mark Saad | nonesuch@longcount.org

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Ryan Zezeski <ryan@zinascii.com>
> Subject: L2ARC and pool corruption
>=20
> A bug was discovered in L2ARC that can cause pool metadata corruption and u=
ltimately prevents the pool from being imported. This bug was introduced bac=
k in Dec 2014. A fix is currently under review.
>=20
> I recommend that we disable L2ARC for any SmartOS platform images that inc=
lude this commit:
>=20
> commit 89c86e32293a30cdd7af530c38b2073fee01411c
> Author: Chris Williamson <Chris.Williamson@delphix.com>
> Date:   Mon Dec 29 19:12:23 2014 -0800
>=20
>     5408 managing ZFS cache devices requires lots of RAM
>     Reviewed by: Christopher Siden <christopher.siden@delphix.com>
>     Reviewed by: George Wilson <george.wilson@delphix.com>
>     Reviewed by: Matthew Ahrens <mahrens@delphix.com>
>     Reviewed by: Don Brady <dev.fs.zfs@gmail.com>
>     Reviewed by: Josef 'Jeff' Sipek <josef.sipek@nexenta.com>
>     Approved by: Garrett D'Amore <garrett@damore.org>
>=20
> If you are unsure if a given platform includes this commit then send me th=
e version string and I'll find out.
>=20
> Here is the announcement on the OmniOS discussion list with more informati=
on:
>=20
> http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.os.omnios.general/5113
>=20
> And the official bug report with root cause analysis:
>=20
> https://www.illumos.org/issues/6214
>=20
> -Z



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