Bug #2678: zfs manpage mis-identifies checksum default value - illumos gate - illumos

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Bug #2678

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zfs manpage mis-identifies checksum default value

Added by Josef Sipek about 10 years ago. Updated almost 10 years ago.

Status:

Resolved

Priority:

Normal

Assignee:

Yuri Pankov

Category:

manpage - manual pages

Start date:

2012-05-04

Due date:

% Done:

100%

Estimated time:

Difficulty:

Bite-size

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Description

usr/src/uts/common/fs/zfs/sys/zio.h:85:

#define    ZIO_CHECKSUM_ON_VALUE    ZIO_CHECKSUM_FLETCHER_4

While the manpage states:

     checksum=on | off | fletcher2,| fletcher4 | sha256

         Controls the checksum used to verify data integrity. The
         default  value  is  on,  which  automatically selects an
         appropriate algorithm (currently,  fletcher2,  but  this
         may  change  in future releases). The value off disables
         integrity checking on user data. Disabling checksums  is
         NOT a recommended practice.

The default changed in:

changeset:   9454:02e1ddcc9be7
user:        Jonathan Adams <Jonathan.Adams@Sun.COM>
date:        Fri Apr 24 10:24:29 2009 -0700
summary:     6740597 zfs fletcher-2 is losing its carries