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Re: kern/60456: FFS_NO_SNAPSHOT option is not entirely effective



The following reply was made to PR kern/60456; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej%me.com@localhost>
To: Taylor R Campbell <riastradh%NetBSD.org@localhost>
Cc: "J. Hannken-Illjes" <hannken%mailbox.org@localhost>,
 "netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost" <netbsd-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost>,
 "gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost" <gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost>
Subject: Re: kern/60456: FFS_NO_SNAPSHOT option is not entirely effective
Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2026 14:53:08 -0700

 > On Jul 18, 2026, at 12:51=E2=80=AFPM, Taylor R Campbell =
 <riastradh%NetBSD.org@localhost> wrote:
 >=20
 > Perhaps we should have an option that elides all of the file system
 > snapshot code, but adds a small check so that if you try to mount a
 > file system with any snapshots, it refuses to mount read/write -- only
 > allows mounting file systems with snapshots read-only, so that you
 > won't inadvertently corrupt the snapshots.
 
 Indeed, vfs_trans.c also contributes a non-trivial bit of .text on smol =
 machines.
 
 -- thorpej
 



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