Re: [PATCH] generic: add a test that stresses metadata eviction

[Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>]

On Tue, May 19, 2026 at 10:37:58AM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Tue, May 19, 2026 at 03:03:37AM +0800, Zorro Lang wrote:
> > On Mon, May 18, 2026 at 02:27:42PM +0200, Carlos Maiolino wrote:
> > > On Mon, May 18, 2026 at 08:24:53AM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > > > The fsverity test generic/759 could be used to reproduce a regression in
> >                               ^^^
> >                               579
> 
> Yeah.
> 
> > Hmm... Generally, we state which case was copied/forked from in the introductory
> > comments of the case and in the commit log. If you want to specifically mention
> > the original author, I think we can add a dedicated line in the commit log, for
> > example:
> 
> If Eric is fine with that I can stick to the normal rule.
> 
> > What do you and others think?
> 
> I don't really care at all.  I just want to make sure I don't smub
> everyone involved with this the wrong way :)

The patch looks fine as-is (other than the typo already pointed out).
It already preserves the original copyright line and has a comment
"# Based on generic/579 with the fsverity bits stripped out".  I don't
need any additional credit.  Thanks,

- Eric