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.