Re: ZFS Permanent error <0xffffffffffffffff>:<0x0>

In reply to: David Christensen : "Re: ZFS Permanent error <0xffffffffffffffff>:<0x0>"
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From: Andrea Venturoli <ml_at_netfence.it>
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2022 08:28:57 UTC

On 11/29/22 02:43, David Christensen wrote:

> I agree that "<0xffffffffffffffff>:<0x0>" does not look like a file name 
> -- it looks like a signed 64-bit integer value of -1 expressed in 
> hexadecimal with less-than and greater-than delimiters, followed by a 
> colon, followed by 0 expressed in hexadecimal with the same delimiters.

Like an address into the spacemap? Only, I don't think such a location 
exists.

> But, AIUI, Unix filenames can contain any characters except NUL.  So, 
> there could be a file with that name somewhere on your system.  I 
> suggest looking for the file using find(1); if only as a sanity check. 
> Be sure to check ".zfs/snapshot" directories also.

No file by this name, nowhere.

  bye & Thanks anyway
	av.