Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] Add copy_file_range() tests

Christoph Hellwig
2016-11-25T09:07:09Z

On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 01:26:38AM -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 07, 2016 at 03:56:15PM -0400, Anna Schumaker wrote:
> > These tests exercise the copy_file_range() system call, and check copying
> > data to both a new file and overwriting data inside an existing file. I use
> > the xfs_io "copy_range" command for the actual copies, so running these
> > tests requires an up-to-date version of xfsprogs.
>
> Hi Anna,
>
> what's the status of these tests? Did you get a chance to look
> into xfs_io copyfile support?

Another month, another ping - it would be really sad to not have any
real testing for copy_file_range. I've been holding a pending change
for it back for month now because I want to verify it more than cursory,
but I guess I'll just have to send it anyway.