1 btrfs-progs-4.11.1 (2017-06-30)
2 * image: restoring from multiple devices
3 * dev stats: make --check option work
4 * check: fix false alert with extent hole on a NO_HOLE filesystem
5 * check: lowmem mode, fix false alert in case of mixed inline and compressed
7 * convert: work with large filesystems (many TB)
8 * convert: fix overwriting of eb header flags
9 * convert: do not clear NODATASUM flag in inodes when run with --no-datasum
11 * build: sync Android.mk with Makefile
14 * fix 008 and 009, shell quotation mistake
16 btrfs-progs-4.11 (2017-05-18)
17 * receive: fix handling empty stream with -e (multi-stream)
18 * send dump: fix printing long file names
19 * stability fixes for: dump-super, print-tree, check
20 * option parser updates: global options are parsed before the subcommand name
21 (old xfstests will fail)
22 * new and updated tests
23 * documentation updates
25 btrfs-progs-4.10.2 (2017-03-31)
26 * check: lowmem mode fix for false alert about lost backrefs
27 * convert: minor bugfix
28 * library: fix build, misisng symbols, added tests
30 btrfs-progs-4.10.1 (2017-03-17)
31 * receive: handle subvolume in path clone
32 * convert: rollback fixed (rewrite was needed to address previous design issues)
33 * build: fix build of 3rd party tools, missing <linux/sizes.h>
34 * dump-tree: print log trees
36 * new and updated tests
38 btrfs-progs-4.10 (2017-03-08)
39 * send: dump output fixes: missing newlies
40 * check: several fixes for the lowmem mode, improved error reporting
42 * removed some library deps for binaries that not use them
44 * split Makefile to the autotool generated part and the rest, not needed
45 to autogen.sh after adding a file
46 * shared code: sync easy parts with kernel sources
49 * source file reorganization: convert, mkfs, utils
50 * lots of spelling fixes in docs, other updates
53 btrfs-progs-4.9.1 (2017-01-27)
55 * use correct inode number for lost+found files
56 * lowmem mode: fix false alert on dropped leaf
57 * size reports: negative numbers might appear in size reports during device
58 deletes (previously in EiB units)
59 * mkfs: print device being trimmed
60 * defrag: v1 ioctl support dropped
61 * quota: print message before starting to wait for rescan
62 * qgroup show: new option to sync before printing the stats
64 * corrupt-block enhancements
65 * backtrace and co. cleanups
68 btrfs-progs-4.9 (2016-12-23)
69 * check: many lowmem mode updates
70 * send: use splice syscall to copy buffer from kernel
71 * receive: new option to dump the stream in textual form
73 * move sources to own directory
74 * prevent accounting of blocks beyond end of the device
75 * make it work with 64k sectorsize
76 * mkfs: move sources to own directory
77 * defrag: warns if directory used without -r
79 * new option to check stats for non-zero values
80 * add long option for -z
81 * library: version bump to 0.1.2, added subvol_uuid_search2
86 btrfs-progs-4.8.5 (2016-11-30)
87 * receive: fix detection of end of stream (error reported even for valid
90 * added test for the receive bug
91 * fix linking of library-test
93 btrfs-progs-4.8.4 (2016-11-25)
94 * check: support for clearing space cache v2 (free-space-tree)
96 * more sanity checks (with tests), cleanups
97 * fix for fstests/btrfs/038 and btrfs/117 failures
99 * fix compilation of standalone ioctl.h, pull NULL definition
100 * fix library link errors introduced in 4.8.3
102 * add more fuzzed images from bugzilla
103 * add bogus send stream checks
104 * fixups and enhancements for CI environment builds
105 * misc refinements and updates of testing framework
107 * move sources for btrfs-image to own directory
108 * deprecated and not build by default: btrfs-calc-size, btrfs-show-super
111 btrfs-progs-4.8.3 (2016-11-11)
113 * support for clearing space cache (v1)
114 * size reduction of inode backref structure
116 * fix handling of multiple snapshots (-p and -c options)
117 * transfer buffer increased (should reduce number of context switches)
118 * reuse existing file for output (-f), eg. when root cannot create files (NFS)
120 * print missing items for various structures
121 * new: dev stats, balance status item
122 * sync key names with kernel (the persistent items)
123 * subvol show: now able to print the toplevel subvolume -- the creation time
124 might be wrong though
126 * store the creation time of toplevel root inode
127 * print UUID in the summary
128 * build: travis CI for devel
130 * lots of cleanups and refactoring
131 * switched to on-stack path structure
132 * fixes from coverity, asan, ubsan
134 * updates in testing infrastructure
135 * fixed convert test 005
137 btrfs-progs-4.8.2 (2016-10-26)
138 * convert: also convert file attributes
139 * convert: fix wrong tree block alignment for unalianged block group
140 * check: quota verify fixes, handle reloc tree
141 * build: add stub for FIEMAP_EXTENT_SHARED, compiles on ancient kernels
142 * build: add stub for BUILD_ASSERT when ioctl.h is included
143 * dump-tree: don't crash on unrecognized tree id for -t
145 * add more ioctl tests
146 * convert: more symlink tests, attribute tests
147 * quota verify for reloc tree
150 btrfs-progs-4.8.1 (2016-10-12)
152 * build without backtrace support fixed
154 btrfs-progs-4.8 (2016-10-05)
155 * error handling improvements all over the place
156 * new fuzzed images, test updates
158 * minor cleanups and improvements
159 * kernel library helpers moved to own directory
160 * qgroup: fix regression leading to incorrect status after check,
163 btrfs-progs-4.7.3 (2016-09-21)
164 * fixed free space tree compat status
165 * check: low-mem mode: handle partially dropped snapshots
166 * dump-super: consolidate options for superblock copy
167 * tree-stats: check mount status
168 * subvol delete: handle verbosity option
169 * defrag: print correct error string
170 * mkfs: fix reading rotational status
173 * documentation updates
174 * enhanced tests: convert, fuzzed images, more tools to run on fuzzed
177 btrfs-progs-4.7.2 (2016-09-05)
179 * urgent fix: false report of backref mismatches; do not --repair
180 last unaffected version 4.6.1 (code reverted to that state)
182 * added more sanity checks for various structures
183 * testing images added
184 * build: udev compatibility: do not install .rules on version < 190
186 * dump-super: do not crash on garbage value in csum_type
187 * minor improvements in messages and help strings
189 * filesystem features
191 btrfs-progs-4.7.1 (2016-08-25)
193 * new optional mode: optimized for low memory usage (memory/io tradeoff)
194 * --mode=lowmem, not default, still considered experimental
195 * does not work with --repair yet
196 * convert: regression fix, ext2_subvol/image rw permissions
198 * two-staged creation, partially created filesystem will not be recognized
199 * improved error handling (fewer BUG_ONs)
200 * convert: preparation for more filesystems to convert from
201 * documentation updates: quota, qgroup
205 * more build options, enhanced debugging
207 btrfs-progs-4.7 (2016-07-29)
208 * convert: fix creating discontig extents
209 * check: speed up traversing heavily reflinked extents within a file
210 * check: verify qgroups of higher levels
211 * check: repair can now fix wrong qgroup numbers
212 * balance: new option to run in the background
213 * defrag: default extent target size changed to 32MiB
214 * du: silently skip non-btrfs dirs/files
215 * documentation updates: btrfs(5), btrfs(8), balance, subvolume, scrub,
218 * unaligned access (reported for sparc64) in raid56 parity calculations
220 * other stability fixes and cleanups
223 btrfs-progs-4.6.1 (2016-06-24)
224 * filesystem resize: negative resize argument accepted again
225 * qgroup rescan: fix skipping when rescan is in progress
226 * mkfs: initialize stripesize to correct value
227 * testsuite updates, mostly convert tests
228 * documentation updates
229 * btrfs-device, btrfs-restore manual pages enhanced
232 btrfs-progs-4.6 (2016-06-10)
233 * convert - major rewrite:
234 * fix a long-standing bug that led to mixing data blocks into metadata block
236 * the workaround was to do full balance after conversion, which was
237 recommended practice anyway
238 * explicitly set the lowest supported version of e2fstools to 1.41
239 * provide and install udev rules file that addresses problems with device
240 mapper devices, renames after removal
241 * send: new option: quiet
242 * dev usage: report slack space (device size minus filesystem area on the dev)
244 * build: short options to enable debugging builds
248 * more tests and other enhancements
250 btrfs-progs-4.5.3 (2016-05-11)
251 * ioctl: fix unaligned access in buffer from TREE_SEARCH; might cause SIGBUS
252 on architectures that do not support unaligned access and do not performa
254 * improved validation checks of superblock and chunk-related structures
255 * subvolume sync: fix handling of -s option
256 * balance: adjust timing of safety delay countdown with --full-balance
257 * rescue super-recover: fix reversed condition check
258 * check: fix bytes_used accounting
259 * documentation updates: mount options, scrub, send, receive, select-super,
261 * testing: new fuzzed images, for superblock and chunks
263 btrfs-progs-4.5.2 (2016-05-02)
264 * new/moved command: btrfs-calc-stats -> btrfs inspect tree-stats
265 * check: fix false alert for metadata blocks crossing stripe boundary
266 * check: catch when qgroup numbers mismatch
267 * check: detect running quota rescan and report mismatches
268 * balance start: add safety delay before doing a full balance
269 * filesystem sync: is now silent
270 * filesystem show: don't miss filesystems with partially matching uuids
271 * dev ready: accept only one argument for device
272 * dev stats: print "devid:N" for a missing device instead of "(null)"
274 * lowest supported version of e2fsprogs is 1.41
275 * minor cleanups, test updates
277 btrfs-progs-4.5.1 (2016-03-31)
278 * mkfs: allow DUP on multi-device filesystems
279 * bugfixes: build fixes, assorted other fixes
281 btrfs-progs-4.5 (2016-03-20)
283 * btrfs-show-super -> btrfs inspect-internal dump-super
284 * btrfs-debug-tree -> btrfs inspect-internal dump-tree
287 * btrfs filesystem du - calculate disk usage, including shared extents
290 * device delete - delete by id (needs kernel support, not merged to
292 * check - new option to specify chunk root
293 * debug-tree/dump-tree - option -t understands human readable name of
294 the tree (along numerical ids)
295 * btrfs-debugfs - can dump block group information
298 * all commands should accept the option separator "--"
299 * several fixes in device scan
300 * restore works on filesystems with sectorsize > 4k
301 * debug-tree/dump-tree - print compression type as string
302 * subvol sync: fix crash, memory corruption
303 * argument parsing fixes: subvol get-default, qgroup create/destroy/
304 assign, inspect subvolid-resolve
305 * check for block device or regular file in several commands
308 * documentation updates
309 * manual pages for the moved tools now point to btrfs-filesystem
312 btrfs-progs-4.4.1 (2016-02-26)
313 * find-root: don't skip the first chunk
314 * free-space-tree compat bits fix
315 * build: target symlinks
316 * documentation updates
319 btrfs-progs-4.4 (2016-01-18)
320 User visible changes:
321 * mkfs.btrfs --data dup
323 People asked about duplicating data on a single device for a long time. There
324 are no technical obstacles preventing that, so it got enabled with a warning
325 about potential dangers when the device will not do the duplicated copies. See
326 mkfs.btrfs section DUP PROFILES ON A SINGLE DEVICE.
328 * support balance filters added/enhanced in linux 4.4
329 * usage=min..max -- enhanced to take range
330 * stripes=min..max -- new, filter by stripes for raid0/10/5/6
331 * limit=min..max -- enhanced to take range
332 Note: due to backward compatibility, the range maximum for 'usage' is not
333 inclusive as for the others, to keep the same behaviour as usage=N .
335 * manual pages enhanced (btrfs, mkfs, mount, filesystem, balance)
336 * error messages updates, rewordings -- some fstests may break due to that
337 * added support for free-space-tree implementation of space cache -- this
338 requires kernel 4.5 and is not recommended for non-developers yet
339 * btrfs filesystem usage works with mixed blockgroups
342 * installation to /usr/local -- this has unintentionally changed during
343 conversion to autotools in 3.19
344 * check: fix a false alert where extent record has wrong metadata flag
345 * improved stability on fuzzed/crafted images when reading sys array in
347 * build: the 'ar' tool is properly detected during cross-compilation
348 * debug-tree: option -t understands ids for tree root and chunk tree
349 * preparatory work for btrfs-convert rewrite
350 * sparse, gcc warning fixes
351 * more memory allocation failure handling
356 * chunk recovery: fix floating point exception
357 * chunk recovery: endianity bugfix during rebuild
358 * mkfs with 64K pages and nodesize reported superblock checksum mismatch
359 * check: properly reset nlink of multi-linked file
361 btrfs-progs-4.3.1 (2015-11-16)
363 * device delete: recognize 'missing' again
364 * mkfs: long names are not trimmed when doing ssd check
365 * support partitioned loop devices
367 * replace several mallocs with on-stack variables
368 * more memory allocation failure handling
369 * add tests for bugs fixed
370 * cmd-device: switch to new message printing helpers
371 * minor code cleanups
373 btrfs-progs-4.3 (2015-11-06)
375 * mixed mode is not forced for filesystems smaller than 1GiB
376 * mixed mode broken with mismatching sectorsize and nodesize, fixed
377 * print version info earlier
378 * print devices sorted by id
379 * do not truncate target image with --rootsize
381 * don't print global block reserve
383 * minor output tuning
386 * div-by-zero fix on an empty filesystem
389 * more superblock sanity checks
390 * consistently round size of all devices down to sectorsize
392 * convert: don't try to rollback with a half-deleted ext2_saved
395 * check: add progress indicator
396 * scrub: enhanced error message
397 * show-super: read superblock from a given offset
399 * docs: update manual page for mkfs.btrfs, btrfstune, balance,
400 convert and inspect-internal
401 * build: optional build with more warnings (W=...)
402 * build: better support for static checkers
403 * build: html output of documentation
404 * pretty-print: last_snapshot for root_item
405 * pretty-print: stripe dev uuid
406 * error reporting wrappers, introduced and example use
407 * refactor open_file_or_dir
408 * other docs and help updates
410 * test for nodes crossing stripes
411 * test for broken 'subvolume sync'
412 * basic tests for mkfs, raid option combinations
413 * basic tests for fuzzed images (check)
414 * command intrumentation (eg valgrind)
415 * print commands if requested
416 * add README for tests
418 btrfs-progs-4.2.3 (2015-10-19)
419 * subvol sync: make it actually work again: it's been broken since 4.1.2,
420 due to a reversed condition it returned immediately instead of waiting
421 * scanning: do not scan already discovered filesystems (minor optimization)
422 * convert: better error message in case the filesystem is not finalized
423 * restore: off-by-one symlink path check fix
425 btrfs-progs-4.2.2 (2015-10-05)
426 * filesystem label: use fallback if the label ioctl is not available
427 * convert: check nodesize constraints against commandline features (-O)
428 * scrub: report status 'running' until all devices are finished
429 * device scanning might crash in some scenarios
430 * filesystem usage: print summary for non-root users
432 btrfs-progs-4.2.1 (2015-09-20)
433 * fix an off-by-one error in cross-stripe boundary check
434 * if nodesize was 64k, any metadata block was reported as crossing,
435 this leads to mkfs failure for example due to "no free blocks
437 * for other nodesizes, if the end of the metadata block was 64k
438 aligned, it was incorrectly reported by fsck
439 * convert: don't write uninitialized data to image
441 * don't loop with option -t0
442 * don't create threads if compression is not requested
443 * other: minor cleanups
445 btrfs-progs-4.2 (2015-09-03)
447 * mkfs: do not create extra single chunks on multiple devices
448 * resize: try to guess the minimal size, 'inspect min-dev-size'
449 * qgroup assign: add option to schedule rescan
450 * chunk-recover: be more verbose about the scanning process
453 * find stripes crossing stripe boundary -- created by convert
454 * print correct range for file hole when there are no extents
455 and learn how to fix it
456 * replace: more sanity checks
457 * convert: concurrency fixes related to reporting progress
458 * find-root: option -a will not skip the current root anymore
459 * subvol list: fix occasional crash
460 * do not create stripes crossing stripe boundary
462 * fixes for musl libc
463 * preliminary support for android (not working yet, more code changes
465 * new EXTRA_CFLAGS and EXTRA_LDFLAGS
468 * tests: lots of updates, new tests, framework improvements
469 * documentation updates
470 * debugging: print-tree shows stripe length
472 btrfs-progs-4.1.2 (2015-07-14)
473 * urgent bugfix: mkfs creates invalid filesystem, must be recreated
475 btrfs-progs-4.1.1 (2015-07-10) -- Do not use this version!
477 * defrag: threshold overflow fix
479 * check if items fit into the leaf space
482 * create only desired block groups for single device
483 * preparatory work for fix on multiple devices
485 * new alias for 'device delete': 'device remove'
487 * fix compilation on old gcc (4.3)
488 * documentation updates
489 * debug-tree: print nbytes
490 * test: image for corrupted nbytes
491 * corrupt-block: let it kill nbytes
493 btrfs-progs-4.1 (2015-06-22)
495 * fsck.btrfs: no bash-isms
496 * bugzilla 97171: invalid memory access (with tests)
498 * cloning works with --chroot
499 * capabilities not lost
500 * mkfs: do not try to register bare file images
501 * option --help accepted by the standalone utilities
504 * corrupt block: ability to remove csums
506 * warn if metadata redundancy is lower than for data
507 * options to make the output quiet (only errors)
508 * mixed case names of raid profiles accepted
510 * more comprehensive, 'key: value' format
513 * print received uuid
515 * new options to specify size units
516 * sync: grab all deleted ids and print them as they're removed,
517 previous implementation only checked if there are any to be
518 deleted - change in command semantics
519 * scrub: print timestamps in days HMS format
521 * can specify mount point, do not rely on /proc
522 * can work inside subvolumes
523 * send: new option to send stream without data (NO_FILE_DATA)
524 * convert: specify incompat features on the new fs
526 * show: distinguish no limits and 0 limit value
527 * limit: ability to clear the limit
528 * help for 'btrfs' is shorter, 1st level command overview
529 * debug tree: print key names according to their C name
534 * rewrite uuid on a filesystem image
535 * new option to turn on NO_HOLES incompat feature
538 * standalone btrfs-zero-log
541 * testing framework updates
543 * btrfstune feature setting test
545 * more testing image formats
546 * manual page updates
547 * ioctl.h synced with current kernel uapi version
548 * convert: preparatory works for more filesystems (reiserfs pending)
549 * use static buffers for path handling where possible
550 * add new helpers for send uilts that check memory allocations,
551 switch all users, deprecate old helpers
552 * Makefile: fix build dependency generation
553 * map-logical: make it work again
555 btrfs-progs-4.0.1 (2015-05-20)
557 * can restore symlinks, new option --symlinks
558 * long option variants added
559 * convert: dropped dependency on acl.h header and libacl is not required
561 * fix for 'check' crash
562 * device remove error message fix
563 * preparatory works for fsid change
565 btrfs-progs-4.0 (2015-04-29)
567 * don't accept file as an argument (it's confusing)
568 * print better error message in case of an error
569 * restore: optionally restore metadata (time, mode, uid/gid)
570 * receive: optionally enforce chroot
571 * new rescue subcommand 'zero-log', same as btrfs-zero-log, but now also
572 part of the main utility
574 * free space checks match kernel, fixes incorrect reports
575 * convert: fix setting of checksum bit if --no-datasum is used
576 * fsck.btrfs: don't print messages
577 * fix quota rescan on PPC64 (mangled ioctl number)
579 * documentation: files renamed to .asciidoc, misc fixups
581 btrfs-progs-3.19.1 (2015-03-25)
583 * new option to specify metadata block size
584 * --no-progress actually works
585 * restore: properly handle the page boundary corner case
587 * missing macro from public header, BTRFS_BUILD_VERSION
588 * wrong handling of --enable-convert
589 * filesystem usage: reports correct space for degraded mounts
591 * mkfs: help string updates
592 * completion: added 'usage' subcommands
593 * cleanups in qgroup code, preparatory work
595 btrfs-progs-3.19 (2015-03-11)
596 * build converted to autotools
598 * restore can now run in parallel threads
599 * fixed restore of multiple image from multiple devices onto a single
601 * introduced metadump v2
602 * check: make --init-csum-tree and --init-extent-tree work together
603 * find-new: option to search through all metadata even if a root was
605 * convert: show progress by default, can be turned off
606 * corrupt-block: option to work on a specific root
607 * bash completion script for all subcommands
609 btrfs-progs-3.18.2 (2015-01-27)
610 * qgroup show: print human readable sizes, options to say otherwise
611 * check: new option to explicitly say no to writes
612 * mkfs: message about trimming is not printed to stderr
613 * filesystem show: fixed return value
614 * tests: new infrastructure
615 * btrfstune: force flag can be used together with seeding option
616 * backtrace support is back
618 * doc and help updates
620 btrfs-progs-3.18.1 (2015-01-09)
622 * documentation updates
624 btrfs-progs-3.18 (2014-12-30)
625 * mkfs - skinny-metadata feature is now on by default, first introduced in
627 * filesystem usage - give an overview of fs usage in a way that's more
628 comprehensible than existing 'filesystem df'
629 * device usage - more detailed information about per-device allocations
631 * option to set a different tree root byte number
632 * ability to link lost files to lost+found, caused by a recent kernel
634 * repair of severely corrupted fs (use with care)
635 * convert - option to show progress
636 * subvol create - print the commit mode inline, print the global mode only
638 * other updates: musl-libc support, coverity bugfixes, new test images,
641 btrfs-progs-3.17.3 (2014-12-04)
642 * convert: fix conversion of sparse ext* filesystems
643 * show: resolve to the correct path
644 * fsck: more verbose error for root dir problems
646 btrfs-progs-3.17.2 (2014-11-19)
648 * add ability to replace missing dir item/dir indexes
649 * fix missing inode items
650 * create missing root dirid
651 * corrupt block: enhancements for testing fsck
652 * zero-log: able to reset a fs with bogus log tree pointer (bug_72151)
654 btrfs-progs-3.17.1 (2014-11-04)
655 * filesystem df: argument handling
656 * fix linking with libbtrfs
657 * replace: better error reporting
658 * filesystem show: fixed stall if run concurrently with balance
659 * check: fixed argument parsing for --subvol-extents
660 * filesystem df: SI prefixes corrected
662 btrfs-progs-3.17 (2014-10-17)
663 * check: --init-csum-tree actually does something useful, rebuilds the
665 * /dev scanning for btrfs devices is gone
666 * /proc/partitions scanning is gone, blkid is used exclusively
667 * new subcommand subvolume sync
668 * filesystem df: new options to set unit format
669 * convert: allow to copy label from the origin, or specify a new one
671 btrfs-progs-3.16.2 (2014-10-01)
672 * a few fixes in fsck and image tools
674 btrfs-progs-3.16.1 (2014-09-15)
675 * print GlobalReserve in filesystem df output
676 * new option -R in subvol list
677 * library version defines
678 * static build is fixed
679 * build without documentation is possible
681 btrfs-progs-3.16 (2014-08-26)
682 * mkfs: new option to specify UUID, drop experimental notice
683 * check: new option to verify quotas, reduced memory requirements, new
684 option to print extent sharing
685 * restore: check length before decompression, more error handling, option
686 to loop during restoring
687 * balance: new filter 'limit'
688 * recover: allow to read all sb copies
689 * btrfstune: new option to force dangerous changes
690 * receive: new option to limit number of errors
691 * show-super: skip unrecognized sb, add option to force
692 * debug-tree: print tree by id
693 * documentation updates
695 btrfs-progs-3.14.2 (2014-05-29)
696 * documentation is now written in asciidoc and there are manpages for each
700 btrfs-progs-3.14.1 (2014-04-18)
701 * properties: fix handling of option -t
702 * restore: fix reading of compressed extents
703 * minor code and doc updates
705 btrfs-progs-3.14 (2014-04-06)
706 * fsck: fixes and enhancements to --init-extent-tree mode
707 * fsck: chunk-recover updates
708 * scrub: add force option -f
709 * send: check if subvolumes are read-only
710 * subvol delete: add options to affect commit behaviour
711 * btrfs: add property command group
712 * restore: add dry-run option
713 * restore: fix restoring of compressed files
714 * mkfs: support for no-holes feature
715 * mkfs: option -r deals with hardlinks and relative paths
716 * mkfs: discard phase is interruptible
717 * documentation updates
719 btrfs-progs-3.12 (2013-11-25)
720 * announcement, tarballs
721 * first release after 0.19 (2009/06) with a lot of changes