Re: [PATCH fstests 2/2] generic/732: don't run it on NFS

Zorro Lang
2024-01-12T13:35:53Z

On Thu, Jan 11, 2024 at 04:13:11PM -0500, Jeff Layton wrote:
> On Fri, 2024-01-12 at 04:49 +0800, Zorro Lang wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 10, 2024 at 01:27:28PM -0500, Jeff Layton wrote:
> > > This test sets up two independent superblocks with the same backend
> > > server, and then does RENAMES of the same files in the two servers. This
> > > is basically trying to simulate the case where two clients are competing
> > > to rename files in the same directory on the same server.
> > >
> > > This test would usually pass vs. an NFSv4 server that doesn't have
> > > dfdd2630a7398 ("nfsd: fix change_info in NFSv4 RENAME replies"), because
> > > the client would end up improperly invalidating the dcache for the whole
> > > dir after most RENAMEs.
> > >
> > > However, this test doesn't (and shouldn't) pass on NFS, because the
> > > client has no idea that a rename has happened on the second mount. The
> > > expected behavior for the NFS client is for it to use the cache timeouts
> > > in this case, which is what it now does with the above server bug fixed.
> > >
> > > Exempt NFS from running this test, since we don't expect it to pass.
> > >
> > > Cc: Yongcheng Yang <yoyang@redhat.com>
> > > Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
> > > ---
> >
> > This case is written for a nfs fix at first. If nfs would like to skip this
> > test, I don't know if it makes sense to keep it in fstests?
> >
> >
>
> It might make sense to keep this test in place for stuff like cephfs,
> but if dropping it altogether is best, then that's fine with me.

OK, thanks for this feedback, if it still makes sense for any one fs,
we can keep it.

Thanks,
Zorro

>
> >
> > > tests/generic/732 | 4 +---
> > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/tests/generic/732 b/tests/generic/732
> > > index 785aac58f361..5b5087d5accd 100755
> > > --- a/tests/generic/732
> > > +++ b/tests/generic/732
> > > @@ -22,9 +22,7 @@ _cleanup()
> > > }
> > >
> > > # real QA test starts here
> > > -_supported_fs generic
> > > -[ "$FSTYP" = "nfs" ] && _fixed_by_kernel_commit fdd2630a739819 \
> > > - "nfsd: fix change_info in NFSv4 RENAME replies"
> > > +_supported_fs ^nfs
> > >
> > > _require_test
> > > _require_scratch
> > >
> > > --
> > > 2.43.0
> > >
> > >
> >
>
> --
> Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
>