Re: [PATCH 0/3] xfs: restore and enhance xfs indlen test

[Brian Foster <bfoster@redhat.com>]

On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 03:15:19PM +0800, Eryu Guan wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 09, 2017 at 02:43:41PM -0500, Brian Foster wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > This series is associated with the "buffered write and indlen fixes"
> > series recently posted to the XFS list. These patches move the original
> > test to the XFS directory as it now depends on an XFS-specific
> > mechanism, restore the effectiveness of the original test, and finally
> > enhance the test to reproduce the newly identified problems fixed by the
> > kernel patches. Thoughts, reviews, flames appreciated.
> 
> I think it's still worth keeping the original fzero tests in generic, as
> a generic function/regression test, though it's not effective to
> reproduce the original bug. And maybe it's still working and effective
> on some distro kernels? How about just adding a new test for XFS?
> 

Sure, in that case I guess I can just copy generic/033 rather than move
it and then squash these down into a single patch. Any other comments on
the resulting test before I post an update?

Brian

> Thanks,
> Eryu
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