Download/ploop/1.6/changes

Compatibility notes

• this version requires statically built resize2fs, available from OpenVZ repository (e2fsprogs-resize2fs-static rpm)
• if you have ploop packages installed on a RHEL5 (CentOS 5) system, please remove those manually

Changes

Since version 1.5

New functionality

• offline image shrink support
• tools: added snapshot-list functionality
• extend switch snapshot functionality: ploop_switch_snapshot_ex()
• ploop.spec: disable udev iosched config for ploop devices
• ploop list: added functionality to list mount points

Bug fixes

• ploop_mount_fs(): use mount_data for first mount
• ploop_mount(): do not allow to use ploop on fs w/o extents
• ploop_{create,resize}_image(): fixed size checks and rounding
• ploop_create_image(): fix memory leak on error path
• ploop_get_info(): fix reported disk size after switching snapshot
• ploop_get_info(): fix when ploop device is not mounted
• ploop_{umount,resize}_image() and many other functions and tools: do not return -1

Improvements

• much faster resize when using resize2fs with EXT4_IOC_RESIZE_FS support
• ploop discard: add cancellation support
• ploop_resize_image(): use real blocksize
• parse_xml(): deny processing DiskDescriptor.xml with several <Storage>
• do not auto-generate dynload.h, instead check if it's uptodate
• create_image(): display error message for incorrect parameters case
• introduce/use SYSEXIT_DEV_NOT_MOUNTED and SYSEXIT_FSCK errors
• alloc_diskdescriptor(): log error if calloc() fails
• ploop.spec: require util-linux, e2fsprogs etc.
• ploop.spec: require libs of the proper arch

For the complete list of changes in this release, see git changelog for ploop-1.6.