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From: Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@suse.de>
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On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 10:39:05AM -0700, Dan Williams wrote:
> Yes, but what we're worried about in the libnvdimm/nfit_test case is
> internals behind sysfs interfaces. But point taken, we can at least
> use the presence of certain attributes to gate tests. However, it does
> mean we lose the tests for when an attribute is missing due to an
> incomplete backport.

Of cause, but all we loose is a group of testcases to be run and this can=
 be
an indication of a bad backport as well, so I think this is quite helpful.

Byte,
	Johannes
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