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Date:      Wed, 12 Apr 2023 14:34:20 +0000
From:      bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org
To:        bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   [Bug 270789] zpool list loads zfs.ko, even on systems that don't use zfs
Message-ID:  <bug-270789-227@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>

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            Bug ID: 270789
           Summary: zpool list loads zfs.ko, even on systems that don't
                    use zfs
           Product: Base System
           Version: Unspecified
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Many People
          Priority: ---
         Component: kern
          Assignee: bugs@FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: me@rubin55.org

I noticed that zfs.ko got loaded unexpectedly on a few small systems I
maintain, which don't run ZFS but only have UFS filesystems.

Turned out that btop executed "zpool list" unconditionally to find out if t=
here
are any ZFS pools available. This caused zfs.ko to be loaded, which in turn
causes a "zfskern" process to spike all cpu cores at 100% for about 10 seco=
nds.

I was discussing this with @nimaje on #freebsd on Libera and decided to fil=
e a
bug. Our thinking was that probably, zpool and/or other zfs utilities should
not auto-load zfs.ko at all.

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