From: Christoph Hellwig <hch-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org>
To: Steve French <smfrench-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org>,
Pavel Shilovsky
<pshilovsky-eUNUBHrolfbYtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org>,
fstests-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
"linux-cifs-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org"
<linux-cifs-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>,
samba-technical-eUNUBHrolfbYtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org,
David Disseldorp <ddiss-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] cifs: skip tests that need POSIX support for nounix mounts
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 10:13:16 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140827171316.GA6807@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAH2r5mtOF3HgsDiuZSTfu62p8do35S6a9Sy74bVOAD9CXphVQQ-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 11:17:25AM -0500, Steve French wrote:
> Do you know a more standardized way to test if symlink support is available?
> We don't really have the same thing as the FS and Device capability ioctls
> that Microsoft offers, but even for them, they don't export whether symlink
> support is enabled as a volume or export property.
> Presumably we could try to create one and look for the rc EOPNOTSUPP), but
> it seems simple enough for now to check on mount looking for
> fs-specific features
> as Pavel has done, or to always enable the symlink tests for cifs (and
> smb3 after
> we have added it).
There's not good way to check for it except for trying. So a simple
routine that creates a symlink on $TEST_DIR and checks if that works
would be the way to go.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-08-27 17:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-08-26 20:28 [PATCH v2 0/3] CIFS support for XFS test suite Pavel Shilovsky
[not found] ` <1409084918-17764-1-git-send-email-pshilovsky-eUNUBHrolfbYtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org>
2014-08-26 20:28 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] generic/013: encapsulate remount during cleanup Pavel Shilovsky
[not found] ` <1409084918-17764-2-git-send-email-pshilovsky-eUNUBHrolfbYtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org>
2014-08-28 17:08 ` Christoph Hellwig
2014-08-28 18:50 ` Pavel Shilovsky
2014-08-26 20:28 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] common: add cifs support Pavel Shilovsky
[not found] ` <1409084918-17764-3-git-send-email-pshilovsky-eUNUBHrolfbYtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org>
2014-08-28 17:18 ` Christoph Hellwig
2014-08-28 19:08 ` Pavel Shilovsky
2014-08-26 20:28 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] cifs: skip tests that need POSIX support for nounix mounts Pavel Shilovsky
[not found] ` <1409084918-17764-4-git-send-email-pshilovsky-eUNUBHrolfbYtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org>
2014-08-27 15:58 ` Christoph Hellwig
[not found] ` <20140827155832.GA3103-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org>
2014-08-27 16:17 ` Steve French
[not found] ` <CAH2r5mtOF3HgsDiuZSTfu62p8do35S6a9Sy74bVOAD9CXphVQQ-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2014-08-27 17:13 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2014-08-27 19:49 ` Pavel Shilovsky
[not found] ` <2DA51A6D-2D91-4582-831B-23C997C37543-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2014-08-27 22:50 ` Christoph Hellwig
2014-08-28 7:25 ` Pavel Shilovsky
2014-08-27 6:59 ` [PATCH v2 0/3] CIFS support for XFS test suite Pavel Shilovsky
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