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

Eryu Guan
2017-02-10T07:15:25Z

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?

Thanks,
Eryu