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Improve misleading error messages for ZPOOL_STATUS_CORRUPT_POOL

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When devices are missing or claimed by another subsystem (e.g.
mdadm, LVM), zpool import reports "The pool metadata is corrupted"
and suggests destroying the pool. This is misleading because the
metadata is not necessarily corrupted -- it may simply be incomplete
due to inaccessible devices.

Update the status, action, and recovery messages to acknowledge
that missing devices can trigger this status, and suggest checking
device availability before resorting to pool destruction.

Reviewed-by: Brian Behlendorf <behlendorf1@llnl.gov>
Signed-off-by: Chris Longros <chris.longros@gmail.com>
Closes #18251
Closes #8236
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Christos Longros
2026-02-23 18:41:24 +01:00
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@@ -2053,7 +2053,9 @@ zpool_explain_recover(libzfs_handle_t *hdl, const char *name, int reason,
no_info:
(void) strlcat(buf, dgettext(TEXT_DOMAIN,
"Destroy and re-create the pool from\n\ta backup source.\n"), size);
"Ensure all pool devices are present and accessible, then "
"retry the import.\n\tIf the problem persists, destroy and "
"re-create the pool from a backup source.\n"), size);
}
/*