From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Subject: Re: [PATCH blktests 1/9] blktests: add hepler functions for new md tests To: Johannes Thumshirn , bingjingc Cc: linux-block@vger.kernel.org, cccheng@synology.com, linux-raid@vger.kernel.org References: <1528272400-7128-1-git-send-email-bingjingc@synology.com> <20180606084402.vmx4qi42bmj5tmb4@linux-x5ow.site> <8bda8c14-0d38-ca5a-3614-6cfdef099c21@kernel.dk> <20180606143307.p7puz56rdcgyk4se@linux-x5ow.site> <20180607065524.kohrpiskf4wfhl3t@linux-x5ow.site> From: Jens Axboe Message-ID: <40c842bf-0413-d385-2c24-5e28604609a1@kernel.dk> Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2018 06:59:21 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20180607065524.kohrpiskf4wfhl3t@linux-x5ow.site> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 List-ID: On 6/7/18 12:55 AM, Johannes Thumshirn wrote: > On Thu, Jun 07, 2018 at 10:45:02AM +0800, bingjingc wrote: >> Hi Johannes & Jens, >> >> Thank you for your information and positive feedbacks on this patch. >> >> I'm also inspired by xfstests, too. Most conventional filesystems >> have their test cases on it. I believe block layer can also have one. >> >> I felt sorry. It's first time I realized there is a test suite under >> mdadm project. Now, I am trying to find documentation to get >> it works. I can examine the efforts of migrating them or just >> triggering them from blktests. >> >> Any ideas from linux-block and linux-raid channels are welcome. :) > > Migrating them over would be the best thing since sliced bread. Having > to run only one test suite for the linux block device space is our > long term goal. Fully agree. And don't feel bad about not knowing there's an md test suite, I didn't either. Which is one of the reasons why having everything under the blktests umbrella is so important. -- Jens Axboe