diff --git a/snapshot/btrfs/btrfs.go b/snapshot/btrfs/btrfs.go
index 5958d88..c95128b 100644
--- a/snapshot/btrfs/btrfs.go
+++ b/snapshot/btrfs/btrfs.go
@@ -3,29 +3,54 @@ package btrfs
 import (
 	"crypto/sha256"
 	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 
 	"github.com/docker/containerd"
+	"github.com/docker/containerd/log"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/stevvooe/go-btrfs"
 )
 
-type Btrfs struct {
+type Driver struct {
 	device string // maybe we can resolve it with path?
 	root   string // root provides paths for internal storage.
 }
 
-func NewBtrfs(device, root string) (*Btrfs, error) {
-	return &Btrfs{device: device, root: root}, nil
+func NewDriver(device, root string) (*Driver, error) {
+	return &Driver{device: device, root: root}, nil
 }
 
-func (b *Btrfs) Prepare(key, parent string) ([]containerd.Mount, error) {
-	active := filepath.Join(b.root, "active")
-	if err := os.MkdirAll(active, 0755); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
+func (b *Driver) Prepare(key, parent string) ([]containerd.Mount, error) {
+	return b.makeActive(key, parent, false)
+}
 
-	dir := filepath.Join(active, hash(key))
+func (b *Driver) View(key, parent string) ([]containerd.Mount, error) {
+	return b.makeActive(key, parent, true)
+}
+
+func (b *Driver) makeActive(key, parent string, readonly bool) ([]containerd.Mount, error) {
+	var (
+		active     = filepath.Join(b.root, "active")
+		parents    = filepath.Join(b.root, "parents")
+		snapshots  = filepath.Join(b.root, "snapshots")
+		names      = filepath.Join(b.root, "names")
+		dir        = filepath.Join(active, hash(key))
+		namep      = filepath.Join(names, hash(key))
+		parentlink = filepath.Join(parents, hash(key))
+		parentp    = filepath.Join(snapshots, hash(parent))
+	)
+
+	for _, path := range []string{
+		active,
+		parents,
+		names,
+	} {
+		if err := os.MkdirAll(path, 0755); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
 
 	if parent == "" {
 		// create new subvolume
@@ -35,37 +60,198 @@ func (b *Btrfs) Prepare(key, parent string) ([]containerd.Mount, error) {
 		}
 	} else {
 		// btrfs subvolume snapshot /parent /subvol
-		if err := btrfs.SubvolSnapshot(dir, parent, false); err != nil {
+		if err := btrfs.SubvolSnapshot(dir, parentp, readonly); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		if err := os.Symlink(parentp, parentlink); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 	}
 
+	if err := ioutil.WriteFile(namep, []byte(key), 0644); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return b.mounts(dir)
+}
+
+func (b *Driver) mounts(dir string) ([]containerd.Mount, error) {
+	var options []string
+
 	// get the subvolume id back out for the mount
 	info, err := btrfs.SubvolInfo(dir)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	options = append(options, fmt.Sprintf("subvolid=%d", info.ID))
+
+	if info.Readonly {
+		options = append(options, "ro")
+	}
+
 	return []containerd.Mount{
 		{
 			Type:   "btrfs",
 			Source: b.device, // device?
 			// NOTE(stevvooe): While it would be nice to use to uuids for
 			// mounts, they don't work reliably if the uuids are missing.
-			Options: []string{fmt.Sprintf("subvolid=%d", info.ID)},
+			Options: options,
 		},
 	}, nil
 }
 
-func (b *Btrfs) Commit(name, key string) error {
-	dir := filepath.Join(b.root, "active", hash(key))
+func (b *Driver) Commit(name, key string) error {
+	var (
+		active        = filepath.Join(b.root, "active")
+		snapshots     = filepath.Join(b.root, "snapshots")
+		names         = filepath.Join(b.root, "names")
+		parents       = filepath.Join(b.root, "parents")
+		dir           = filepath.Join(active, hash(key))
+		target        = filepath.Join(snapshots, hash(name))
+		keynamep      = filepath.Join(names, hash(key))
+		namep         = filepath.Join(names, hash(name))
+		keyparentlink = filepath.Join(parents, hash(key))
+		parentlink    = filepath.Join(parents, hash(name))
+	)
 
-	fmt.Println("commit to", name)
-	if err := btrfs.SubvolSnapshot(name, dir, true); err != nil {
+	info, err := btrfs.SubvolInfo(dir)
+	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	return btrfs.SubvolDelete(dir)
+	if info.Readonly {
+		return fmt.Errorf("may not commit view snapshot %q", dir)
+	}
+
+	// look up the parent information to make sure we have the right parent link.
+	parentp, err := os.Readlink(keyparentlink)
+	if err != nil {
+		if !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		// we have no parent!
+	}
+
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(snapshots, 0755); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	fmt.Println("commit snapshot", target)
+	if err := btrfs.SubvolSnapshot(target, dir, true); err != nil {
+		fmt.Println("snapshot error")
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// remove the key name path as we no longer need it.
+	if err := os.Remove(keynamep); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if err := ioutil.WriteFile(namep, []byte(name), 0755); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if parentp != "" {
+		// move over the parent link into the commit name.
+		if err := os.Rename(keyparentlink, parentlink); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		// TODO(stevvooe): For this to not break horribly, we should really
+		// start taking a full lock. We are going to move all this metadata
+		// into common storage, so let's not fret over it for now.
+	}
+
+	if err := btrfs.SubvolDelete(dir); err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrapf(err, "delete subvol failed on %v", dir)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Mounts returns the mounts for the transaction identified by key. Can be
+// called on an read-write or readonly transaction.
+//
+// This can be used to recover mounts after calling View or Prepare.
+func (b *Driver) Mounts(key string) ([]containerd.Mount, error) {
+	dir := filepath.Join(b.root, "active", hash(key))
+	return b.mounts(dir)
+}
+
+// Remove abandons the transaction identified by key. All resources
+// associated with the key will be removed.
+func (b *Driver) Remove(key string) error {
+	panic("not implemented")
+}
+
+// Parent returns the parent of snapshot identified by name.
+func (b *Driver) Parent(name string) (string, error) {
+	var (
+		parents    = filepath.Join(b.root, "parents")
+		names      = filepath.Join(b.root, "names")
+		parentlink = filepath.Join(parents, hash(name))
+	)
+
+	parentp, err := os.Readlink(parentlink)
+	if err != nil {
+		if !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			return "", err
+		}
+
+		return "", nil // no parent!
+	}
+
+	// okay, grab the basename of the parent and look up its name!
+	parentnamep := filepath.Join(names, filepath.Base(parentp))
+
+	p, err := ioutil.ReadFile(parentnamep)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	return string(p), nil
+}
+
+// Exists returns true if the snapshot with name exists.
+func (b *Driver) Exists(name string) bool {
+	target := filepath.Join(b.root, "snapshots", hash(name))
+
+	if _, err := os.Stat(target); err != nil {
+		if !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			// TODO(stevvooe): Very rare condition when this fails horribly,
+			// such as an access error. Ideally, Exists is simple, but we may
+			// consider returning an error.
+			log.L.WithError(err).Fatal("error encountered checking for snapshot existence")
+		}
+
+		return false
+	}
+
+	return true
+}
+
+// Delete the snapshot idenfitied by name.
+//
+// If name has children, the operation will fail.
+func (b *Driver) Delete(name string) error {
+	panic("not implemented")
+}
+
+// TODO(stevvooe): The methods below are still in flux. We'll need to work
+// out the roles of active and committed snapshots for this to become more
+// clear.
+
+// Walk the committed snapshots.
+func (b *Driver) Walk(fn func(name string) error) error {
+	panic("not implemented")
+}
+
+// Active will call fn for each active transaction.
+func (b *Driver) Active(fn func(key string) error) error {
+	panic("not implemented")
 }
 
 func hash(k string) string {
diff --git a/snapshot/btrfs/btrfs_test.go b/snapshot/btrfs/btrfs_test.go
index 6f15efc..8dafb13 100644
--- a/snapshot/btrfs/btrfs_test.go
+++ b/snapshot/btrfs/btrfs_test.go
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/docker/containerd"
+	"github.com/docker/containerd/snapshot"
 	"github.com/docker/containerd/testutil"
-	btrfs "github.com/stevvooe/go-btrfs"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -20,8 +20,32 @@ const (
 
 func TestBtrfs(t *testing.T) {
 	testutil.RequiresRoot(t)
-	device := setupBtrfsLoopbackDevice(t)
-	defer removeBtrfsLoopbackDevice(t, device)
+	snapshot.DriverSuite(t, "Btrfs", func(root string) (snapshot.Driver, func(), error) {
+		device := setupBtrfsLoopbackDevice(t, root)
+		driver, err := NewDriver(device.deviceName, root)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		return driver, func() {
+			device.remove(t)
+		}, nil
+	})
+}
+
+func TestBtrfsMounts(t *testing.T) {
+	testutil.RequiresRoot(t)
+
+	// create temporary directory for mount point
+	mountPoint, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "containerd-btrfs-test")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("could not create mount point for btrfs test", err)
+	}
+	t.Log("temporary mount point created", mountPoint)
+
+	device := setupBtrfsLoopbackDevice(t, mountPoint)
+	defer device.remove(t)
+
 	root, err := ioutil.TempDir(device.mountPoint, "TestBtrfsPrepare-")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
@@ -29,7 +53,7 @@ func TestBtrfs(t *testing.T) {
 	defer os.RemoveAll(root)
 
 	target := filepath.Join(root, "test")
-	b, err := NewBtrfs(device.deviceName, root)
+	b, err := NewDriver(device.deviceName, root)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -72,13 +96,6 @@ func TestBtrfs(t *testing.T) {
 	if err := b.Commit(filepath.Join(root, "snapshots/committed"), filepath.Join(root, "test")); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
-	defer func() {
-		t.Log("Delete snapshot 1")
-		err := btrfs.SubvolDelete(filepath.Join(root, "snapshots/committed"))
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Error("snapshot delete failed", err)
-		}
-	}()
 
 	target = filepath.Join(root, "test2")
 	mounts, err = b.Prepare(target, filepath.Join(root, "snapshots/committed"))
@@ -103,13 +120,6 @@ func TestBtrfs(t *testing.T) {
 	if err := b.Commit(filepath.Join(root, "snapshots/committed2"), target); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
-	defer func() {
-		t.Log("Delete snapshot 2")
-		err := btrfs.SubvolDelete(filepath.Join(root, "snapshots/committed2"))
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Error("snapshot delete failed", err)
-		}
-	}()
 }
 
 type testDevice struct {
@@ -121,13 +131,7 @@ type testDevice struct {
 // setupBtrfsLoopbackDevice creates a file, mounts it as a loopback device, and
 // formats it as btrfs.  The device should be cleaned up by calling
 // removeBtrfsLoopbackDevice.
-func setupBtrfsLoopbackDevice(t *testing.T) *testDevice {
-	// create temporary directory for mount point
-	mountPoint, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "containerd-btrfs-test")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal("Could not create mount point for btrfs test", err)
-	}
-	t.Log("Temporary mount point created", mountPoint)
+func setupBtrfsLoopbackDevice(t *testing.T, mountPoint string) *testDevice {
 
 	// create temporary file for the disk image
 	file, err := ioutil.TempFile("", "containerd-btrfs-test")
@@ -182,9 +186,9 @@ func setupBtrfsLoopbackDevice(t *testing.T) *testDevice {
 	}
 }
 
-// removeBtrfsLoopbackDevice unmounts the loopback device and deletes the
-// file holding the disk image.
-func removeBtrfsLoopbackDevice(t *testing.T, device *testDevice) {
+// remove cleans up the test device, unmounting the loopback and disk image
+// file.
+func (device *testDevice) remove(t *testing.T) {
 	// unmount
 	testutil.Unmount(t, device.mountPoint)
 
diff --git a/snapshot/driver.go b/snapshot/driver.go
index 7d3fde7..e195511 100644
--- a/snapshot/driver.go
+++ b/snapshot/driver.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/docker/containerd"
 	"github.com/docker/containerd/testutil"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
 // Driver defines the methods required to implement a snapshot driver for
@@ -258,9 +259,7 @@ func checkDriverBasic(t *testing.T, driver Driver, work string) {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	if parent != "" {
-		t.Fatalf("parent of new layer should be empty, got driver.Parent(%q) == %q", committed, parent)
-	}
+	assert.Equal(t, parent, "")
 
 	next := filepath.Join(work, "nextlayer")
 	if err := os.MkdirAll(next, 0777); err != nil {
@@ -295,7 +294,9 @@ func checkDriverBasic(t *testing.T, driver Driver, work string) {
 	}
 
 	parent, err = driver.Parent(nextCommitted)
-	if parent != committed {
-		t.Fatalf("parent of new layer should be %q, got driver.Parent(%q) == %q", committed, next, parent)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
+
+	assert.Equal(t, parent, committed)
 }
diff --git a/snapshot/overlay/overlay.go b/snapshot/overlay/overlay.go
index afcf67d..f065777 100644
--- a/snapshot/overlay/overlay.go
+++ b/snapshot/overlay/overlay.go
@@ -12,7 +12,12 @@ import (
 	digest "github.com/opencontainers/go-digest"
 )
 
-func NewDriver(root string) (*Overlay, error) {
+type Driver struct {
+	root  string
+	cache *cache
+}
+
+func NewDriver(root string) (*Driver, error) {
 	if err := os.MkdirAll(root, 0700); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -24,18 +29,13 @@ func NewDriver(root string) (*Overlay, error) {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 	}
-	return &Overlay{
+	return &Driver{
 		root:  root,
 		cache: newCache(),
 	}, nil
 }
 
-type Overlay struct {
-	root  string
-	cache *cache
-}
-
-func (o *Overlay) Prepare(key, parent string) ([]containerd.Mount, error) {
+func (o *Driver) Prepare(key, parent string) ([]containerd.Mount, error) {
 	active, err := o.newActiveDir(key)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func (o *Overlay) Prepare(key, parent string) ([]containerd.Mount, error) {
 	return o.Mounts(key)
 }
 
-func (o *Overlay) View(key, parent string) ([]containerd.Mount, error) {
+func (o *Driver) View(key, parent string) ([]containerd.Mount, error) {
 	panic("not implemented")
 }
 
@@ -56,24 +56,24 @@ func (o *Overlay) View(key, parent string) ([]containerd.Mount, error) {
 // called on an read-write or readonly transaction.
 //
 // This can be used to recover mounts after calling View or Prepare.
-func (o *Overlay) Mounts(key string) ([]containerd.Mount, error) {
+func (o *Driver) Mounts(key string) ([]containerd.Mount, error) {
 	active := o.getActive(key)
 	return active.mounts(o.cache)
 }
 
-func (o *Overlay) Commit(name, key string) error {
+func (o *Driver) Commit(name, key string) error {
 	active := o.getActive(key)
 	return active.commit(name, o.cache)
 }
 
 // Remove abandons the transaction identified by key. All resources
 // associated with the key will be removed.
-func (o *Overlay) Remove(key string) error {
+func (o *Driver) Remove(key string) error {
 	panic("not implemented")
 }
 
 // Parent returns the parent of snapshot identified by name.
-func (o *Overlay) Parent(name string) (string, error) {
+func (o *Driver) Parent(name string) (string, error) {
 	ppath, err := o.cache.get(filepath.Join(o.root, "snapshots", hash(name)))
 	if err != nil {
 		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
@@ -92,28 +92,28 @@ func (o *Overlay) Parent(name string) (string, error) {
 }
 
 // Exists returns true if the snapshot with name exists.
-func (o *Overlay) Exists(name string) bool {
+func (o *Driver) Exists(name string) bool {
 	panic("not implemented")
 }
 
 // Delete the snapshot idenfitied by name.
 //
 // If name has children, the operation will fail.
-func (o *Overlay) Delete(name string) error {
+func (o *Driver) Delete(name string) error {
 	panic("not implemented")
 }
 
 // Walk the committed snapshots.
-func (o *Overlay) Walk(fn func(name string) error) error {
+func (o *Driver) Walk(fn func(name string) error) error {
 	panic("not implemented")
 }
 
 // Active will call fn for each active transaction.
-func (o *Overlay) Active(fn func(key string) error) error {
+func (o *Driver) Active(fn func(key string) error) error {
 	panic("not implemented")
 }
 
-func (o *Overlay) newActiveDir(key string) (*activeDir, error) {
+func (o *Driver) newActiveDir(key string) (*activeDir, error) {
 	var (
 		path = filepath.Join(o.root, "active", hash(key))
 	)
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ func (o *Overlay) newActiveDir(key string) (*activeDir, error) {
 	return a, nil
 }
 
-func (o *Overlay) getActive(key string) *activeDir {
+func (o *Driver) getActive(key string) *activeDir {
 	return &activeDir{
 		path:         filepath.Join(o.root, "active", hash(key)),
 		snapshotsDir: filepath.Join(o.root, "snapshots"),
diff --git a/testutil/helpers.go b/testutil/helpers.go
index 9bf543a..9e18afb 100644
--- a/testutil/helpers.go
+++ b/testutil/helpers.go
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@ package testutil
 
 import (
 	"flag"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"strconv"
 	"syscall"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -55,6 +57,18 @@ func DumpDir(t *testing.T, root string) {
 				return err
 			}
 			t.Log(fi.Mode(), path, "->", target)
+		} else if fi.Mode().IsRegular() {
+			p, err := ioutil.ReadFile(path)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Log("error reading file: %v", err)
+				return nil
+			}
+
+			if len(p) > 64 { // just display a little bit.
+				p = p[:64]
+			}
+
+			t.Log(fi.Mode(), path, "[", strconv.Quote(string(p)), "...]")
 		} else {
 			t.Log(fi.Mode(), path)
 		}
diff --git a/vendor.conf b/vendor.conf
index bc8a5cb..a9f14d1 100644
--- a/vendor.conf
+++ b/vendor.conf
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec v1.0.0-rc3
 # logrus, latest release as of 12/16/2016
 github.com/Sirupsen/logrus v0.11.0
 # go-btrfs from stevvooe; master as of 1/11/2017
-github.com/stevvooe/go-btrfs 029908fedf190147f3f673b0db7c836f83a6a6be
+github.com/stevvooe/go-btrfs 8539a1d04898663b8eda14982e24b74e7a12388e
 # testify go testing support; latest release as of 12/16/2016
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.1.4
 # go-spew (required by testify, and also by ctr); latest release as of 1/12/2017
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/stevvooe/go-btrfs/btrfs.go b/vendor/github.com/stevvooe/go-btrfs/btrfs.go
index 8958605..81269ca 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/stevvooe/go-btrfs/btrfs.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/stevvooe/go-btrfs/btrfs.go
@@ -328,11 +328,11 @@ func SubvolDelete(path string) error {
 		}
 
 		if err := isFileInfoSubvol(fi); err != nil {
-			return err
+			return nil
 		}
 
 		if err := SubvolDelete(p); err != nil {
-			return err
+			return errors.Wrapf(err, "recursive delete of %v failed", p)
 		}
 
 		return filepath.SkipDir // children get walked by call above.