Re: [PATCH 2/9] fstests: add _mkfs_scratch_clone() helper

Christoph Hellwig
2026-03-16T16:15:30Z

On Sun, Mar 15, 2026 at 01:04:22AM +0800, Zorro Lang wrote:
> I'm concerned that testers from other filesystems might not be familiar
> with SCRATCH_DEV_POOL, as it's typically not a requirement for their
> testing. I'm not sure if they would be willing to configure and switch
> to SCRATCH_DEV_POOL, just for these few test cases. If we can avoid making
> the pool to be a hard requirement, it might be more user-friendly for other
> fs list. Welcome feedback and review points from other filesystem mailing
> lists :)

Yes, doing this using loop devices or ramdisk is going to get us much
better coverage.