dmu_sendarg_t *dsp = dbi->dbi_dsp;
dsl_dataset_t *ds = dmu_objset_ds(dsp->dsa_os);
ssize_t resid; /* have to get resid to get detailed errno */
+
+ /*
+ * The code does not rely on this (len being a multiple of 8). We keep
+ * this assertion because of the corresponding assertion in
+ * receive_read(). Keeping this assertion ensures that we do not
+ * inadvertently break backwards compatibility (causing the assertion
+ * in receive_read() to trigger on old software).
+ *
+ * Removing the assertions could be rolled into a new feature that uses
+ * data that isn't 8-byte aligned; if the assertions were removed, a
+ * feature flag would have to be added.
+ */
+
ASSERT0(dbi->dbi_len % 8);
dsp->dsa_err = vn_rdwr(UIO_WRITE, dsp->dsa_vp,
{
int done = 0;
- /* some things will require 8-byte alignment, so everything must */
+ /*
+ * The code doesn't rely on this (lengths being multiples of 8). See
+ * comment in dump_bytes.
+ */
ASSERT0(len % 8);
while (done < len) {