From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Darrick J. Wong" Subject: Re: [PATCH 12/12] block: test fallocate for block devices Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2016 00:26:12 -0800 Message-ID: <20160307082612.GE22185@birch.djwong.org> References: <20160305003717.28738.98818.stgit@birch.djwong.org> <20160305003837.28738.49794.stgit@birch.djwong.org> <20160305182508.GA25528@infradead.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: david@fromorbit.com, linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org, fstests@vger.kernel.org, xfs@oss.sgi.com To: Christoph Hellwig Return-path: Received: from aserp1040.oracle.com ([141.146.126.69]:33193 "EHLO aserp1040.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752186AbcCGI0x (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Mar 2016 03:26:53 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20160305182508.GA25528@infradead.org> Sender: linux-ext4-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Sat, Mar 05, 2016 at 10:25:08AM -0800, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > I'm not sure xfstests is the right fit, as it does not test a file > system, but rather block devices. I asked Dave if he'd take a fallocate-for-bdevs test, and he didn't object. After all, we're testing a semi-standard FS API, just with block devices. > If people think it should go into xfstests we should at least not > add it to the default group, but just to a new bdev group. Sure, I don't mind changing the group to 'bdev' or something. --D