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-rw-r--r--cmd/zdb/zdb.c12
-rw-r--r--man/man8/zdb.85
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/cmd/zdb/zdb.c b/cmd/zdb/zdb.c
index 0740b5ca6..d0bebbe60 100644
--- a/cmd/zdb/zdb.c
+++ b/cmd/zdb/zdb.c
@@ -3572,6 +3572,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
int rewind = ZPOOL_NEVER_REWIND;
char *spa_config_path_env;
const char *opts = "bcdhilmMI:suCDRSAFLXevp:t:U:P";
+ boolean_t target_is_spa = B_TRUE;
(void) setrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE, &rl);
(void) enable_extended_FILE_stdio(-1, -1);
@@ -3740,8 +3741,17 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
}
}
+ if (strpbrk(target, "/@") != NULL) {
+ size_t targetlen;
+
+ target_is_spa = B_FALSE;
+ targetlen = strlen(target);
+ if (targetlen && target[targetlen - 1] == '/')
+ target[targetlen - 1] = '\0';
+ }
+
if (error == 0) {
- if (strpbrk(target, "/@") == NULL || dump_opt['R']) {
+ if (target_is_spa || dump_opt['R']) {
error = spa_open_rewind(target, &spa, FTAG, policy,
NULL);
if (error) {
diff --git a/man/man8/zdb.8 b/man/man8/zdb.8
index 2bfe9683b..d19e4a39f 100644
--- a/man/man8/zdb.8
+++ b/man/man8/zdb.8
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ pool, and is inherently unstable. The precise output of most invocations is
not documented, a knowledge of ZFS internals is assumed.
.P
+If the \fIdataset\fR argument does not contain any \fB/\fR or \fB@\fR
+characters, it is interpreted as a pool name. The root dataset can be
+specified as \fIpool\fB/\fR (pool name followed by a slash).
+
+.P
When operating on an imported and active pool it is possible, though unlikely,
that zdb may interpret inconsistent pool data and behave erratically.