Re: [PATCH v12 00/24] nfs/nfsd: add support for localio

[Mike Snitzer <snitzer@kernel.org>]

On Mon, Aug 19, 2024 at 06:29:57PM +0000, Chuck Lever III wrote:
> 
> 
> > On Aug 19, 2024, at 2:17 PM, Mike Snitzer <snitzer@kernel.org> wrote:
> > 
> > Testing:
> > - Chuck's kdevops NFS testing has been operating against the
> >  nfs-localio-for-next branch for a while now (not sure if LOCALIO is
> >  enabled or if Chuck is just verifying the branch works with LOCALIO
> >  disabled).
> 
> LOCALIO is enabled, but the tests I run (except for pynfs, which
> uses a synthetic client) all target a remote NFS server .
> 
> There wasn't a convenient way to hack the workflows to run the
> NFS server locally. So, these tests act as a regression test with
> LOCALIO enabled and a remote NFS server -- ie, the traditional
> NFS deployment scenario. I thought this would be OK because
> Kent's rig is already handling LOCALIO-specific testing.

Makes sense, thanks for clarifying.  
 
> When I re-enable the ltp NFS suite, that does use a local NFS
> server. That suite hasn't ever been reliable for me, so I don't
> use it for now.

OK.