[Announce] ploop 1.12

[Kir Kolyshkin]

OpenVZ project has released a new ploop version. Read below for more
information. Everybody is advised to upgrade.


Changes
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(since 1.11)

New functionality and important changes:
* ploop copy: implement two-way protocol
* ploop copy send: implement async read/send
* ploop copy send: add profiling
* delete_snapshot(): handle snapshots with multiple refs
* tune_fs(): use EXT4_IOC_SET_RSV_BLOCKS if available
* Introduce ploop_get_max_size()
* Introduce ploop_copy_{send,receive}, obsoleting ploop_{send,receive}
* Introduce ploop_create_dd()
* ploop info: add -d to show ploop device
* ploop_check(): open image RO, reopen RW later
* check_and_repair_sparse(): reopen image rw if needed

Fixes:
* ploop copy: fix open_mount_point err handling
* ploop copy: improve fd checks
* ploop_store_diskdescriptor: fsync DiskDescriptor.xml upon writing
* ploop_resize_image(): handle get_mount_dir() error
* ploop_resize_image: auto-mount fs
* do_delete_snapshot: fix wrt temp snapshot uuid
* ploop_switch_snapshot_ex(): don't return 0 if guid_old is bad
* do_delete_snapshot: deny delete top delta in case parent snapshot is temp
* merge_temporary_snapshots: fix infinite loop
* ploop_switch_snapshot_ex: fixed case with PLOOP_SNAP_SKIP_TOPDELTA_CREATE
* ploop_delete_snapshot: fix for temp snapshot
* create_snapshot: clear stale top delta inuse flag
* e2fsck: make it quiet

See detailed changelog here:
http://git.openvz.org/?p=ploop;a=shortlog;h=ploop-1.12


Download
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http://wiki.openvz.org/Download/ploop/1.12


Bug reporting
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Please report all bugs found to http://bugzilla.openvz.org/


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  OpenVZ team