Re: [PATCH 3/3] erofs-utils: tests: check that the xattr layout is order-independent

[Martin Pitt <martin@amutable.com>]

Hello again,

Martin Pitt [2026-08-04  5:32 +0200]:
> b260119b8edb ("erofs-utils: mkfs: emit an inode's xattrs in a canonical
> order") made the layout independent of the order listxattr(2) reports an
> inode's attributes in. Cover it: stage the same tree twice with the same
> attributes set in opposite order, and compare the two images. The names
> differ in length and share prefixes, so a subtly wrong comparison cannot
> order them correctly by accident.

I see my first [1] and second [2] preparatory patch made it into the tree
[3][4], but not this third one (and the main test).

Do you want me to explain or change anything, or did it simply fell through the
cracks?

Thank you!

Martin

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-erofs/20260804033214.211267-2-martin@amutable.com/
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-erofs/20260804033214.211267-3-martin@amutable.com/
[3] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/xiang/erofs-utils.git/commit/?h=experimental-tests&id=4b02ea1792c14cb9f250bd55aced5614e699397a
[4] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/xiang/erofs-utils.git/commit/?h=experimental-tests&id=887ce207bc8b068de9771b736333a8da6d939670