Re: kern/60456: FFS_NO_SNAPSHOT option is not entirely effective

The following reply was made to PR kern/60456; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Jason Thorpe <[email protected]>
To: Taylor R Campbell <[email protected]>
Cc: "J. Hannken-Illjes" <[email protected]>,
 "[email protected]" <[email protected]>,
 "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: kern/60456: FFS_NO_SNAPSHOT option is not entirely effective
Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2026 14:53:08 -0700

 > On Jul 18, 2026, at 12:51=E2=80=AFPM, Taylor R Campbell =
 <[email protected]> wrote:
 >=20
 > Perhaps we should have an option that elides all of the file system
 > snapshot code, but adds a small check so that if you try to mount a
 > file system with any snapshots, it refuses to mount read/write -- only
 > allows mounting file systems with snapshots read-only, so that you
 > won't inadvertently corrupt the snapshots.
 
 Indeed, vfs_trans.c also contributes a non-trivial bit of .text on smol =
 machines.
 
 -- thorpej