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Brian Behlendorf 8d70398740 Retry zfs_znode_alloc() in zfs_mknode()
For historical reasons zfs_mknode() was written such that it could
never fail.  This poses a problem for Linux since zfs_znode_alloc()
could potentually failure due to low memory.  Handle this gracefully
by retrying zfs_znode_alloc() until it succeeds, direct reclaim
will eventually be able to allocate memory.

Reviewed-by: George Melikov <mail@gmelikov.ru>
Reviewed-by: loli10K <ezomori.nozomu@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Brian Behlendorf <behlendorf1@llnl.gov>
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Closes #5908
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.github Further work on Github usability (issue templates) 2017-01-03 15:01:48 -06:00
cmd Fix undefined reference to `libzfs_fru_compare' 2017-03-23 18:24:09 -07:00
config GZIP compression offloading with QAT accelerator 2017-03-22 17:58:47 -07:00
contrib Fix initramfs hook for merged /usr/lib and /lib 2017-02-27 12:03:23 -08:00
etc OpenZFS 7793 - ztest fails assertion in dmu_tx_willuse_space 2017-03-07 09:51:59 -08:00
include OpenZFS 7968 - multi-threaded spa_sync() 2017-03-20 18:36:00 -07:00
lib Fix undefined reference to `libzfs_fru_compare' 2017-03-23 18:24:09 -07:00
man zfs(8) fixes 2017-03-20 15:14:28 -07:00
module Retry zfs_znode_alloc() in zfs_mknode() 2017-03-23 18:26:50 -07:00
rpm Fix powerpc build 2017-03-06 09:17:24 -08:00
scripts Enable shellcheck to run for select scripts 2017-03-09 10:20:15 -08:00
tests Dump unique configurations and Uberblocks in zdb -lu 2017-03-06 16:01:45 -08:00
udev Fix spelling 2017-01-03 11:31:18 -06:00
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.gitmodules Add zimport.sh compatibility test script 2014-02-21 12:10:31 -08:00
AUTHORS Add a missing > to AUTHORS 2014-09-02 14:18:53 -07:00
COPYRIGHT Update ZED copyright boilerplate 2015-05-11 15:07:00 -07:00
DISCLAIMER Fix minor typos and update marketing copy. 2013-03-21 12:51:06 -07:00
META Tag 0.7.0-rc3 2017-01-20 10:18:28 -08:00
Makefile.am Suppress cppcheck nullPointer error in zfs_write 2017-03-09 17:40:21 -08:00
OPENSOLARIS.LICENSE Add CDDL license file 2008-12-01 14:49:34 -08:00
README.markdown Add CONTRIBUTING information and templates 2016-12-09 12:48:12 -07:00
TEST Move ziltest.sh to the ZTS framework 2017-02-08 17:28:22 -08:00
autogen.sh build: do not call boilerplate ourself 2013-04-02 10:55:20 -07:00
configure.ac OpenZFS 7793 - ztest fails assertion in dmu_tx_willuse_space 2017-03-07 09:51:59 -08:00
copy-builtin Illumos Crypto Port module added to enable native encryption in zfs 2016-07-20 10:43:30 -07:00
zfs-script-config.sh.in Add auto-online test for ZED/FMA as part of the ZTS 2017-02-28 16:25:39 -08:00
zfs.release.in Move zfs.release generation to configure step 2012-07-12 12:22:51 -07:00

README.markdown

ZFS is an advanced file system and volume manager which was originally developed for Solaris and is now maintained by the Illumos community.

ZFS on Linux, which is also known as ZoL, is currently feature complete. It includes fully functional and stable SPA, DMU, ZVOL, and ZPL layers. And it's native!

Official Resources

Installation

Full documentation for installing ZoL on your favorite Linux distribution can be found at our site.

Contribute & Develop

We have a separate document with contribution guidelines.