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

Anand Jain
2026-03-21T12:02:49Z

On 17/3/26 00:15, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> 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.

Agreed. Let's stick with SCRATCH_DEV compatibility for now.
v2 is in the ML.

Thanks.