Re: vfs.zfs.compressed_arc_enabled=0 is INCOMPATIBLE with L2ARC at least in FreeBSD 13 (Was: Crash on adding L2ARC to raidz1 pool)

From: Alexander Burke <alex_at_alexburke.ca>
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2024 17:11:18 UTC
Hello,

It looks like the issue is fixed in OpenZFS 2.2 (and thus in FreeBSD 14-RELEASE):

https://github.com/openzfs/zfs/issues/15764#issuecomment-1890491789

Cheers,
Alex
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Jan 13, 2024 12:26:50 Lev Serebryakov <lev@FreeBSD.org>:

> On 08.01.2024 18:34, Lev Serebryakov wrote:
> 
>    I've found that all my L2ARC problems (live-locks and crashes) are result of OpenZFS bug which can not support L2ARC with un-compressed ARC (vfs.zfs.compressed_arc_enabled=0).
> 
>    It is NOT hardware-depended (and my NVMe is perfectly Ok and healthy) and could be easily reproduced under VM with all-virtual disks.
> 
>    I've opened the ticket in OpenZFS project (https://github.com/openzfs/zfs/issues/15764).
> 
>    Maybe, FreeBSD need ERRATA entry?
> 
> 
>    Previous threads:
> 
>     [1] ZFS pool hangs (live-locks?) after adding L2ARC
>     [2] Crash on adding L2ARC to raidz1 pool
> 
> -- 
> // Lev Serebryakov