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Date:      Wed, 12 Jul 2017 13:20:55 -0700
From:      Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org>
To:        Current <current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Caveat emptor: Beware of ZFS on HEAD
Message-ID:  <2830123.MIUbdsJfkU@overcee.wemm.org>

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We mostly run HEAD in the freebsd.org cluster.  Sometime in the last fe=
w weeks=20
an ugly zfs problem has surfaced. If a redundant volume is degraded, zf=
s=20
panics on boot.  If a drive fails while running, or is manually put off=
line, zfs=20
panics the same way.

I do not have a smoking gun, but I am suspicious of the June 28th commi=
ts=20
(starting at r320156) and their follow-ups. eg: r320452.

https://bugs.freebsd.org/220691

I believe single disk systems will *not* be affected by this - the pani=
c only=20
happens when a raidz (and presumably mirror) degrades.  Your laptop etc=
 should=20
be fine.

I apologize for being vague - I do not know more. Folks running HEAD sh=
ould=20
take appropritate precautions (eg: keeping a known-good kernel.old and =
modules=20
around).  This is always advisable when running HEAD anyway, particular=
ly so=20
now.  For us, a kernel.old from June 18th worked fine.

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Peter Wemm - peter@wemm.org; peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com; KI=
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