ZoL only breaks on kernel updates when the kernel changes the API/structures that it uses. ZFS 0.7.9 is released and fully supports all current kernels, and has some good bug fixes and feature upgrades.
- Bug#897568: zfs-dkms 0.7.6 fails to build on 4.16.0-1-amd6... Sohum Banerjea
- Bug#897568: zfs-dkms 0.7.6 fails to build on 4.16.0-1... John Allen
- Bug#897568: zfs-dkms 0.7.6 fails to build on 4.16.0-1... Felix Geyer
- Bug#897568: Stretch with backports kernel is also aff... Michael Wyraz
- Bug#897568: Stretch with backports kernel is also aff... Colm Buckley
- Bug#897568: 4.16 breakage Chris Zubrzycki
