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Bug #8961

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SPA load/import should tell us why it failed

Added by Prakash Surya over 5 years ago. Updated over 5 years ago.

Status:
Closed
Priority:
Normal
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Category:
zfs - Zettabyte File System
Start date:
2018-01-10
Due date:
% Done:

100%

Estimated time:
Difficulty:
Medium
Tags:
needs-triage
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Description

When we fail to open or import a storage pool, we typically don't get any
additional diagnostic information, just "no pool found" or "can not import".

While there may be no additional user-consumable information, we should at
least make this situation easier to debug/diagnose for developers and support.
For example, we could start by using `zfs_dbgmsg()` to log each thing that we
try when importing, and which things failed. E.g. "tried uberblock of txg X
from label Y of device Z". Also, we could log each of the stages that we go
through in `spa_load_impl()`.

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