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6 nbdkit-release-notes-1.22 - release notes for nbdkit 1.22
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9 These are the release notes for nbdkit stable release 1.22. This
10 describes the major changes since 1.20.
11 nbdkit 1.22.0 was released on 27 August 2020.
13 Security
15 There were no security issues found. All past security issues and
16 information about how to report new ones can be found in
17 nbdkit-security(1).
18 Plugins
20 New nbdkit-cdi-plugin(1) (Containerized Data Importer) lets you export
21 a single layer from a container image, allowing you to access disk
22 images distributed using container registry infrastructure.
23 New nbdkit-ondemand-plugin(1) creates filesystems for clients on
25 demand.
26 New nbdkit-torrent-plugin(1) serves a BitTorrent file or magnet link
28 over NBD.
29 nbdkit-data-plugin(1) and nbdkit-memory-plugin(1) have a new
31 "allocator" parameter giving more fine-grained control over the
32 allocation strategy. Currently implemented strategies are: sparse
33 array, sparse array with zstd compression, malloc, and malloc with
34 mlock.
35 nbdkit-data-plugin(1) data format now supports strings and alignment.
37 The "disk2data.pl" script has been enhanced to detect repeated
38 sequences and produce a more compact output.
39 nbdkit-curl-plugin(1) adds support for arbitrary custom request
41 headers. Also it now supports scripts for generating cookies and
42 custom request headers. This is especially useful when accessing web
43 servers that require authentication which has to be renewed
44 periodically.
45 nbdkit-curl-plugin(1) now supports HTTP/2 servers (David Edmondson,
47 Pino Toscano, Zi Liu).
48 nbdkit-curl-plugin(1) adds support for the "User-Agent" header.
50 nbdkit-file-plugin(1) can export multiple files in a directory as
52 separate exports (Eric Blake).
53 nbdkit-file-plugin(1) supports new "cache=none" and
55 "fadvise=normal|random|sequential" parameters which can be used to
56 optimize access patterns and avoid filling the page cache.
57 nbdkit-nbd-plugin(1) supports proxying to another NBD server over
59 "AF_VSOCK" (Eric Blake).
60 nbdkit-nbd-plugin(1) supports new "command=" and "socket-fd="
62 parameters which allow you to run a subordinate NBD server as a command
63 directly from the plugin, or pass in an already connected NBD endpoint.
64 nbdkit-streaming-plugin(1) supports streaming to and from local pipes.
66 nbdkit-vddk-plugin(1) now has support for VDDK 7.0. A new and useless
68 "error" message printed by VDDK 7 has been suppressed (thanks Ming Xie,
69 Pino Toscano).
70 nbdkit-ext2-plugin has been removed. It was deprecated in
72 nbdkit 1.17.8. All existing uses can be replaced with
73 nbdkit-ext2-filter(1).
74 The "-" character is now permitted within plugin and filter names (Eric
76 Blake).
77 Filters
79 New nbdkit-ddrescue-filter(1) lets you test disk images recovered by
80 ddrescue(1) (François Revol).
81 New nbdkit-gzip-filter(1) can decompress a plugin that contains gzip-
83 compressed data. It replaces nbdkit-gzip-plugin(1) which is deprecated
84 and will be removed in nbdkit 1.26.
85 New nbdkit-pause-filter(1) can temporarily stop and later resume NBD
87 requests. This can be used when taking snapshots.
88 New nbdkit-swab-filter(1) swaps bytes in the underlying plugin, which
90 can be used to adjust images that have an incorrect byte order
91 (François Revol).
92 New nbdkit-tar-filter(1) reads and writes files inside a tar file in
94 the underlying plugin. It replaces nbdkit-tar-plugin(1) which is
95 deprecated and will be removed in nbdkit 1.26.
96 New nbdkit-tls-fallback-filter(1) provides alternate content when a
98 client connects without using TLS to a server that permits but does not
99 require TLS (Eric Blake).
100 nbdkit-fua-filter(1) has new option "fuamode=pass" to pass through FUA
102 and flush requests unchanged (disabling the filter). A new, unsafe
103 "fuamode=discard" mode was added which discards FUA and flush requests.
104 Language bindings
106 New nbdkit-cc-plugin(3) lets you write small nbdkit plugins as inline
107 C, C++ or OCaml "scripts" (and potentially other ahead-of-time compiled
108 programming languages).
109 nbdkit-rust-plugin(3) bindings have been replaced by higher level and
111 more idiomatic bindings. These also support a greater range of server
112 features (Alan Somers).
113 nbdkit-python-plugin(3) now supports parallel plugins. These cannot
115 run Python code in parallel (because of the Python GIL), but for Python
116 code that blocks, eg. calling out to external services, requests can
117 now be handled in parallel (thanks Nir Soffer).
118 nbdkit-python-plugin(3) has a greater range of examples (Nir Soffer).
120 nbdkit-python-plugin(3) adds support for getting the client export
122 name, calling "nbdkit_debug", and also for extents.
123 Server
125 "nbdkit --dump-config" has new fields: "version_major" and
126 "version_minor" to allow easier version parsing from scripts.
127 "host_cpu" and "host_os" so you can find out if nbdkit was cross-
128 compiled for another platform. "zstd=(yes|no)" so you can find out if
129 nbdkit was compiled with zstd compression support.
130 The -e/--exportname option (which never did anything useful previously)
132 is now used to pass the preferred exportname to the --run option. In
133 general you should never use this option except in very limited and
134 exceptional circumstances (Eric Blake).
135 API
137 New ".after_fork" callback which can be used for plugins which need to
138 create background threads, since those threads would otherwise be
139 stranded if the server forks into the background. The VDDK plugin now
140 defers VDDK library initialization til ".after_fork" because it is
141 thought that the library creates background threads especially when
142 accessing remote servers.
143 New API "nbdkit_extents_aligned" is a helper function for filters that
145 retrieves extents as needed until at least a certain range is covered
146 (Eric Blake).
147 New "nbdkit_is_tls" can be called to determine if TLS was negotiated on
149 the connection. Plugins could use this to hide certain exports from
150 non-authenticated/non-encrypted clients (Eric Blake).
151 "nbdkit_read_password" with "password=-" will now return an error if
153 the input is not a tty. Also "password=-FD" is disallowed if the file
154 descriptor is 0, 1 or 2.
155 Bug fixes
157 The VDDK plugin was extensively refactored to fix many bugs: Reading
158 passwords from a tty should work again. The plugin should now work
159 properly when daemonized or using the --run option. The threading
160 model has been relaxed to "SERIALIZE_REQUESTS" which should give small
161 performance improvements when using multiple connections.
162 The "base64" option of nbdkit-data-plugin(1) has been fixed so it sets
164 the implicit size correctly.
165 The "<FILE" formatter of nbdkit-data-plugin(1) now works if you use it
167 more than once.
168 Documentation
170 New nbdkit-client(1) manual page documents how to mount filesystems
171 from NBD exports on client machines, either directly or using systemd
172 mountpoints.
173 Examples now use "NBDKIT_API_VERSION 2" so that the examples match the
175 documentation.
176 Tests
178 The tests should now pass on OpenBSD ≥ 6.4.
179 tests/Makefile.am was refactored: There is now no longer a single
181 massive "EXTRA_DIST". Creation of test disks was refactored.
182 Some tests will now use new libnbd 1.4 tools nbdcopy(1) and nbdinfo(1)
184 if available, and skip the tests otherwise.
185 New test functions "requires_plugin" and "requires_filter" allows tests
187 to be skipped if the corresponding plugin/filter was not compiled on a
188 particular platform. So tests should now not fail when an optional
189 external library needed by a plugin/filter is not available.
190 Build
192 Honggfuzz may now be used for fuzz testing.
193 If nbdkit-python-plugin(3) is enabled, Python ≥ 3.6 must be used.
195 Internals
197 The export name is now passed down through filter ".open" callbacks,
198 allowing filters to modify the export name passed through to plugins.
199 The final thread model is passed to filter ".get_ready" callbacks.
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203 nbdkit(1).
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206 Authors of nbdkit 1.22:
207 Alan Somers
209 (7 commits)
210 Eric Blake
212 (53 commits)
213 François Revol
215 (2 commits)
216 Nir Soffer
218 (2 commits)
219 Richard W.M. Jones
221 (285 commits)
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