I can see how using that patch unconditionally is a bad idea. What I'm talking 
about is using the patch conditionally if you specify the -T flag.

To turn the question around, what would be the point of requiring -F flags if 
it's guaranteed not to work without them?

Thanks,

Josh Paetzel

> On Apr 22, 2016, at 6:54 PM, ilove zfs <ilove...@icloud.com> wrote:
> 
> I'd suggest you ask the author: 
> https://github.com/zfsonlinux/zfs/issues/2452#issuecomment-61020758
> 
>> On Apr 22, 2016, at 04:49 PM, Josh Paetzel <j...@tcbug.org> wrote:
>> 
>> If -T doesn't work now at all, how would making the patch conditional on 
>> using -T be unsafe?
>> 
>> It's an inherently unsafe operation to begin with. 
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Josh Paetzel
>> 
>>> On Apr 22, 2016, at 5:58 PM, ilove zfs <ilove...@icloud.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> No. As is said in the issue containing the patch, that would be quite 
>>> unsafe. At minimum it would require a -F or two or three.
>>> 
>>>> On Apr 22, 2016, at 03:56 PM, Josh Paetzel <jpaet...@fastmail.net> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> I just tested it.
>>>>  
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> root@10:/home/jpaetzel # zpool create test md0
>>>> root@10:/home/jpaetzel # touch /test/hello
>>>> root@10:/home/jpaetzel # zpool export test
>>>> root@10:/home/jpaetzel # zdb -vuuue test
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Uberblock:
>>>> magic = 0000000000bab10c
>>>> version = 5000
>>>> txg = 10
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> ....
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> root@10:/home/jpaetzel # zpool import -T 6 test
>>>> root@10:/home/jpaetzel # ls /test
>>>> hello
>>>> root@10:/home/jpaetzel # zpool export test
>>>> root@10:/home/jpaetzel # zpool import -T 5 test
>>>> root@10:/home/jpaetzel # ls /test 
>>>> root@10:/home/jpaetzel #
>>>>  
>>>> So the real question is would it be ok to make the change conditional on 
>>>> the zpool import -T flag.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>  
>>>>  
>>>>> On Fri, Apr 22, 2016, at 04:12 PM, ilove zfs wrote:
>>>>> FWIW, that patch never worked for me.
>>>>>  
>>>>>> On Apr 22, 2016, at 02:01 PM, Josh Paetzel <jpaet...@fastmail.net> wrote:
>>>>>>  
>>>>>> Alright, well that helped me.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I'll test that patch now, then see if I can make it conditional on the
>>>>>> -T flag to import.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Fri, Apr 22, 2016, at 01:53 PM, Turbo Fredriksson wrote:
>>>>>>> On Apr 22, 2016, at 6:03 PM, Turbo Fredriksson wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> > This is (was?) broken on ZoL as well. Haven't tested it in a year
>>>>>>> > or so, but it WAS broken at least…
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Just found the ZoL ticket, and it seems to be still a problem
>>>>>>> (posted Dec 4, 2013, so it's an OOOOLD issue).
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> https://github.com/zfsonlinux/zfs/issues/1926
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Imagine you're an idiot and then imagine you're in
>>>>>>> the government. Oh, sorry. Now I'm repeating myself
>>>>>>> Mark Twain
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Josh Paetzel
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> http://www.listbox.com
>>>>  
>>>> --
>>>>  
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>  
>>>> Josh Paetzel
>> 
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