2009/352 [Abandon the use of snapshots in mntfs]

[Robert Harris]

On 12 Jun 2009, at 18:01, Glenn Skinner wrote:

>    Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 05:26:16 -0700 (PDT)
>    From: Brian Utterback <blu at sac.sfbay.sun.com>
>    Subject: Abandon the use of snapshots in mntfs. [PSARC/2009/352
> 	    FastTrack timeout 06/19/2009]
>
>    I am sponsoring this fasttrack on behalf of Robert Harris. The
>    timeout is set to 06/19/2009. Requested binding is patch.
>
>    ...
>    4.2 Interface changes:
>
> 	1. The MNTIOC_GETDEVLIST command is modified so that the
> 	   calling ioctl() returns the number of mounted resources
> 	   represented in the supplied array, which is the same
> 	   as the number of visible resources mounted on the system.
> 	   This interface will be Uncommitted.
>
> 	2. The vfs struct acquires a new member, vfs_mntmeta, which
> 	   is a pointer to a new, private structure with type
> 	   'struct vfs_mntmeta'. The new member and the private
> 	   structure will constitute a Private interface.
>
> 	3. The zone struct acquires a new member, zone_vfstree,
> 	   which is a pointer to an avl_tree_t. The new member
> 	   will constitute a Private interface.
>
> By "Private" in the last two of these, do you really mean
> "Consolidation Private"?

Yes.

> If so, I'll add my +1 to Garrett's.

Thanks.

R