When creating snapshot on journaled ufs, (1) System will freeze, or (2) Journaling and Softupdating will be disabled. Fowllowing log is (2). Before making snapshot, /dev/ada0p3 on /var (ufs, local, journaled soft-updates) After making and deleting snapshot /dev/ada0p3 on /var (ufs, local) ******************************************************************** vexpress# uname -a FreeBSD vexpress 9.0-BETA3 FreeBSD 9.0-BETA3 #0: Sat Sep 24 20:46:57 UTC 2011 root@obrian.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 vexpress# df -k Filesystem 1024-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/ada0p2 515676 209716 264708 44% / devfs 1 1 0 100% /dev /dev/ada0p3 1031708 9264 939908 1% /var /dev/ada0p5 12380444 264400 11125612 2% /usr vexpress# mount /dev/ada0p2 on / (ufs, local, journaled soft-updates) devfs on /dev (devfs, local, multilabel) /dev/ada0p3 on /var (ufs, local, journaled soft-updates) /dev/ada0p5 on /usr (ufs, local, journaled soft-updates) vexpress# vexpress# dump -0aLu -f /usr/var3.dmp /var DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Sat Oct 15 11:09:20 2011 DUMP: Date of last level 0 dump: the epoch DUMP: Dumping snapshot of /dev/ada0p3 (/var) to /usr/var3.dmp DUMP: mapping (Pass I) [regular files] DUMP: mapping (Pass II) [directories] DUMP: estimated 406 tape blocks. DUMP: dumping (Pass III) [directories] DUMP: dumping (Pass IV) [regular files] DUMP: DUMP: 398 tape blocks on 1 volume DUMP: finished in 1 seconds, throughput 398 KBytes/sec DUMP: level 0 dump on Sat Oct 15 11:09:20 2011 DUMP: Closing /usr/var3.dmp DUMP: DUMP IS DONE vexpress# vexpress# vexpress# mount /dev/ada0p2 on / (ufs, local, journaled soft-updates) devfs on /dev (devfs, local, multilabel) /dev/ada0p3 on /var (ufs, local) /dev/ada0p5 on /usr (ufs, local, journaled soft-updates) vexpress# Fix: disable journaling tunefs -n enable -j disable [file_system] How-To-Repeat: Install FreeBSD 9 BETA3 # dump -0aLu -f [backupd_file] [journaled_file_system]
Responsible Changed From-To: freebsd-bugs->freebsd-fs over to maintainer
State Changed From-To: open->closed This bug was fixed in head in -r230249: Make sure all intermediate variables holding mount flags (mnt_flag) and that all internal kernel calls passing mount flags are declared as uint64_t so that flags in the top 32-bits are not lost. The soft update journalling flag is located in the top 32-bits of mnt_flag and was being lost due to this bug. This fix was MFC'ed to 9 in -r230725 on Sun Jan 29 08:03:45 2012.
Responsible Changed From-To: freebsd-fs->mckusick I have taken responsibility for this bug.