siv0 7f65e04abd libzfs: scrub: only include start and end nv pairs if needed for scrub
This patch addresses running `zpool scrub <pool>` with ZFS 2.4 userspace
while the loaded kernel module is still 2.3, failing with:
```
cannot scrub <pool>: the loaded zfs module does not support an option
for this operation. A reboot may be required to enable this option.
```

Checking for the source of the message via `strace` showed the scrub
ioctl failing and setting errno to ZFS_ERR_IOC_ARG_UNAVAIL[0]. With
that and the comments in `module/zfs/zfs_ioctl.c`[1] commit: 894edd084
seemed like a likely cause for the backward incompatibility.

The corresponding kernelspace code in `module/zfs/zfs_ioctl.c` defaults
to a setting of 0 if either parameter is not set, so not providing the
nvpairs in case both are 0 should not make a semantic difference.

Tested by:
* loading zfs.ko in version 2.3.6
* running `zpool scrub testpool` with zpool from master (error occurs)
* running `zpool scrub testpool` with this patch applied (scrub is
  started)

This should help users who are still stuck on an older kernel module,
while their distribution ships newer ZFS userspace.

This was observed in the Proxmox community forum:
https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/.180467/

[0] https://github.com/openzfs/zfs/blob/d35951b18d6e12afeb0d5b0539ff2467ab4bfbcf/include/sys/fs/zfs.h#L1762
[1] https://github.com/openzfs/zfs/blob/d35951b18d6e12afeb0d5b0539ff2467ab4bfbcf/module/zfs/zfs_ioctl.c#L7799
Fixes: 894edd084 ("Add TXG timestamp database")

Reviewed-by: Alexander Motin <alexander.motin@TrueNAS.com>
Reviewed-by: Brian Behlendorf <behlendorf1@llnl.gov>
Signed-off-by: Stoiko Ivanov <s.ivanov@proxmox.com>
Co-authored-by: Stoiko Ivanov <s.ivanov@proxmox.com>
Closes #18314
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OpenZFS is an advanced file system and volume manager which was originally developed for Solaris and is now maintained by the OpenZFS community. This repository contains the code for running OpenZFS on Linux and FreeBSD.

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Official Resources

Installation

Full documentation for installing OpenZFS on your favorite operating system can be found at the Getting Started Page.

Contribute & Develop

We have a separate document with contribution guidelines.

We have a Code of Conduct.

Release

OpenZFS is released under a CDDL license. For more details see the NOTICE, LICENSE and COPYRIGHT files; UCRL-CODE-235197

Supported Kernels and Distributions

Linux

Given the wide variety of Linux environments, we prioritize development and testing on stable, supported kernels and distributions.

Kernel (kernel.org)

All longterm kernels from kernel.org are supported. stable kernels are usually supported in the next OpenZFS release.

Supported longterm kernels: 6.18, 6.12, 6.6, 6.1, 5.15, 5.10.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

All RHEL (and compatible systems: AlmaLinux OS, Rocky Linux, etc) on the full or maintenance support tracks are supported.

Supported RHEL releases: 8.10, 9.7, 10.1.

Ubuntu

All Ubuntu LTS releases are supported.

Supported Ubuntu releases: 24.04 “Noble”, 22.04 “Jammy”.

Debian

All Debian stable and LTS releases are supported.

Supported Debian releases: 13 “Trixie”, 12 “Bookworm”, 11 “Bullseye”.

Other Distributions

Generally, if a distribution is following an LTS kernel, it should work well with OpenZFS.

FreeBSD

All FreeBSD releases receiving security support are supported by OpenZFS.

Supported FreeBSD releases: 15.0, 14.3, 13.5.

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