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2* Currently the check code (bref.methods / crc, sha, etc) is being checked
3  every single blasted time a chain is locked, even if the underlying buffer
4  was previously checked for that chain.  This needs an optimization to
5  (significantly) improve performance.
6
7* flush synchronization boundary crossing check and current flush chain
8  interlock needed.
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10* snapshot creation must allocate and separately pass a new pmp for the pfs
11  degenerate 'cluster' representing the snapshot.  This theoretically will
12  also allow a snapshot to be generated inside a cluster of more than one
13  node.
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15* snapshot copy currently also copies uuids and can confuse cluster code
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17* hidden dir or other dirs/files/modifications made to PFS before
18  additional cluster entries added.
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20* transaction on cluster - multiple trans structures, subtrans
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22* inode always contains target cluster/chain, not hardlink
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24* chain refs in cluster, cluster refs
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26* check inode shared lock ... can end up in endless loop if following
27  hardlink because ip->chain is not updated in the exclusive lock cycle
28  when following hardlink.
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30cpdup /build/boomdata/jails/bleeding-edge/usr/share/man/man4 /mnt/x3
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33        * The block freeing code.  At the very least a bulk scan is needed
34          to implement freeing blocks.
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36        * Crash stability.  Right now the allocation table on-media is not
37          properly synchronized with the flush.  This needs to be adjusted
38          such that H2 can do an incremental scan on mount to fixup
39          allocations on mount as part of its crash recovery mechanism.
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41        * We actually have to start checking and acting upon the CRCs being
42          generated.
43
44        * Remaining known hardlink issues need to be addressed.
45
46        * Core 'copies' mechanism needs to be implemented to support multiple
47          copies on the same media.
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49        * Core clustering mechanism needs to be implemented to support
50          mirroring and basic multi-master operation from a single host
51          (multi-host requires additional network protocols and won't
52          be as easy).
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54* make sure we aren't using a shared lock during RB_SCAN's?
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56* overwrite in write_file case w/compression - if device block size changes
57  the block has to be deleted and reallocated.  See hammer2_assign_physical()
58  in vnops.
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60* freemap / clustering.  Set block size on 2MB boundary so the cluster code
61  can be used for reading.
62
63* need API layer for shared buffers (unfortunately).
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65* add magic number to inode header, add parent inode number too, to
66  help with brute-force recovery.
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68* modifications past our flush point do not adjust vchain.
69  need to make vchain dynamic so we can (see flush_scan2).??
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71* MINIOSIZE/RADIX set to 1KB for now to avoid buffer cache deadlocks
72  on multiple locked inodes.  Fix so we can use LBUFSIZE!  Or,
73  alternatively, allow a smaller I/O size based on the sector size
74  (not optimal though).
75
76* When making a snapshot, do not allow the snapshot to be mounted until
77  the in-memory chain has been freed in order to break the shared core.
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79* Snapshotting a sub-directory does not snapshot any
80  parent-directory-spanning hardlinks.
81
82* Snapshot / flush-synchronization point.  remodified data that crosses
83  the synchronization boundary is not currently reallocated.  see
84  hammer2_chain_modify(), explicit check (requires logical buffer cache
85  buffer handling).
86
87* on fresh mount with multiple hardlinks present separate lookups will
88  result in separate vnodes pointing to separate inodes pointing to a
89  common chain (the hardlink target).
90
91  When the hardlink target consolidates upward only one vp/ip will be
92  adjusted.  We need code to fixup the other chains (probably put in
93  inode_lock_*()) which will be pointing to an older deleted hardlink
94  target.
95
96* Filesystem must ensure that modify_tid is not too large relative to
97  the iterator in the volume header, on load, or flush sequencing will
98  not work properly.  We should be able to just override it, but we
99  should complain if it happens.
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101* Kernel-side needs to clean up transaction queues and make appropriate
102  callbacks.
103
104* Userland side needs to do the same for any initiated transactions.
105
106* Nesting problems in the flusher.
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108* Inefficient vfsync due to thousands of file buffers, one per-vnode.
109  (need to aggregate using a device buffer?)
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111* Use bp->b_dep to interlock the buffer with the chain structure so the
112  strategy code can calculate the crc and assert that the chain is marked
113  modified (not yet flushed).
114
115* Deleted inode not reachable via tree for volume flush but still reachable
116  via fsync/inactive/reclaim.  Its tree can be destroyed at that point.
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118* The direct write code needs to invalidate any underlying physical buffers.
119  Direct write needs to be implemented.
120
121* Make sure a resized block (hammer2_chain_resize()) calculates a new
122  hash code in the parent bref
123
124* The freemap allocator needs to getblk/clrbuf/bdwrite any partial
125  block allocations (less than 64KB) that allocate out of a new 64K
126  block, to avoid causing a read-before-write I/O.
127
128* Check flush race upward recursion setting SUBMODIFIED vs downward
129  recursion checking SUBMODIFIED then locking (must clear before the
130  recursion and might need additional synchronization)
131
132* There is definitely a flush race in the hardlink implementation between
133  the forwarding entries and the actual (hidden) hardlink inode.
134
135  This will require us to associate a small hard-link-adjust structure
136  with the chain whenever we create or delete hardlinks, on top of
137  adjusting the hardlink inode itself.  Any actual flush to the media
138  has to synchronize the correct nlinks value based on whether related
139  created or deleted hardlinks were also flushed.
140
141* When a directory entry is created and also if an indirect block is
142  created and entries moved into it, the directory seek position can
143  potentially become incorrect during a scan.
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145* When a directory entry is deleted a directory seek position depending
146  on that key can cause readdir to skip entries.
147
148* TWO PHASE COMMIT - store two data offsets in the chain, and
149  hammer2_chain_delete() needs to leave the chain intact if MODIFIED2 is
150  set on its buffer until the flusher gets to it?
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153				OPTIMIZATIONS
154
155* If a file is unlinked buts its descriptors is left open and used, we
156  should allow data blocks on-media to be reused since there is no
157  topology left to point at them.
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