Download/ploop/1.11/changes

Changes

Since version 1.10

New functionality and important changes

• support for 4K sector size (including GPT conversion)
• ploop replace
• temp snapshots support (ploop tsnapshot, ploop_create_temporary_snapshot())
• ploop copy: implement fdatasync before freeze (improves CT frozen time)
• New DiskDescriptor.xml read API (ploop_*_dd())
• Obsolete *_diskdescriptor() calls
• Obsolete ploop_get_base_delta_uuid()
• ploop_log(): implement subsecond timestamps (with verbosity >= 4)
• add ploop_is_mounted()
• ploop snapshot-list: add snapshot mode (-s)
• ploop check dd.xml: add -u UUID option
• ploop mount: remove -u base feature
• ploop tool: add -v option to set verbosity

Fixes

• skip max fs size check on snapshot delta creation
• ploop_resize_image: resize up to end of device
• ploop_delete_top_delta(): fix wrt top_guid
• ploop_read_diskdescriptor(): fix get_basedir() len argument
• check_and_repair_sparse: handle EOF properly (#2897)
• ploop_resize_image: add missing gpt size sync
• ploop snapshot-merge/delete: deny snapshot deleting if mounted (#2887)
• grow_lower_delta(): fix a memory leak
• ploop check: fix -b option parsing
• get_partition_device_name(): fix chmod argument
• fix alignment on GPT partition resize
• fix GPT partition alignment on ploop init

Improvements

• ploop_resize_image: enhanced inflate balloon to max size logic
• tools: add {} to specified UUID if necessary
• check_and_repair_sparse(): log filefrag output
• print_sys_block_ploop(): speed up
• ploop check: try to repair non-top deltas if they can be opened r/w
• e2fsck: return fsck exit code to caller
• make_fs(): add -i to mkfs
• fsync_safe(): use SYSEXIT_FSYNC
• Fix uuid strings size, use define

Documentation

• ploop snapshot-list: fix and update usage
• ploop copy: fix usage
• ploop(8): document snapshot-list -s option
• ploop(8): document ploop replace

Build system

• Makefile.inc: fix dpkg-architecture handling (#2877)
• Makefile: add ability to add local rules
• gensym.sh: better usage and error diag
• gensym.sh: add run mode

For the complete list of changes in this release, see git changelog for ploop-1.11.

Thanks

OpenVZ project would like to thank the following people who contributed patches and/or provided bug reports for this ploop release (in no particular order):

• Andrei Vinogradov
• Mike Fedyk
• Pavel Odintsov