Re: [PATCH 1/2] common: add a _require_external_realtime_device helper

[Hans Holmberg <Hans.Holmberg@wdc.com>]

On 09/06/2026 10:04, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> Factor out the check for an RT device on an external section.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>

Nice,
Reviewed-by: Hans Holmberg <hans.holmberg@wdc.com>

> ---
>  common/rc | 18 ++++++++++++------
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/common/rc b/common/rc
> index 71d872881610..336441c7a522 100644
> --- a/common/rc
> +++ b/common/rc
> @@ -2405,6 +2405,17 @@ _require_no_large_scratch_dev()
>  	_notrun "Large filesystem testing in progress, skipped this test"
>  }
>  
> +# require an external realtime device (excludes the internal RT device)
> +_require_external_realtime_device()
> +{
> +	if [ "$USE_EXTERNAL" != "yes" ]; then
> +		_notrun "External volumes not in use, skipped this test"
> +	fi
> +	if [ "$SCRATCH_RTDEV" = "" ]; then
> +		_notrun "Realtime device required, skipped this test"
> +	fi
> +}
> +
>  # this test requires that a realtime subvolume is in use, and
>  # that the kernel supports realtime as well.
>  #
> @@ -2412,12 +2423,7 @@ _require_realtime()
>  {
>  	local zone_type=`_zone_type $SCRATCH_DEV`
>  	if [ "${zone_type}" = "none" ]; then
> -		if [ "$USE_EXTERNAL" != "yes" ]; then
> -			_notrun "External volumes not in use, skipped this test"
> -		fi
> -		if [ "$SCRATCH_RTDEV" = "" ]; then
> -			_notrun "Realtime device required, skipped this test"
> -		fi
> +		_require_external_realtime_device
>  	fi
>  }
>