[Pkg-zfsonlinux-devel] Bug#839071: zfsutils-linux: Issues based on the fact that ZFS relies on mtab.

[Eric Desrochers]

Package: zfsutils-linux
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

ZFS relies on mtab which is a broken concept (putting info about mounted file systems on a mounted file system).
The upstream commit "79251738" addresses the situation by relying on /proc/self/mounts instead. 

Ideally, ZFS should be integrated with libmount in a second phase (ZoL maintainers are aware that eventually a 2nd is needed to integrate libmount), until then /proc/self/mounts is a viable solution to address issues cause by mtab.

Related issues
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Ubuntu bug      : https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/zfs-linux/+bug/1607920
Upstream bug    : https://github.com/zfsonlinux/zfs/issues/4680

Upstream commit 
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https://github.com/zfsonlinux/zfs/commit/792517389fad5c495a2738b61c2e9c65dedaaa9a

Eric

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.4
  APT prefers stable
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