From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric Sandeen Subject: Re: Ubuntu Ext4 regression testing Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2012 18:01:01 -0500 Message-ID: <5051142D.1050603@redhat.com> References: <50511241.2090603@canonical.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, xfs-oss To: Brad Figg Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:39274 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750958Ab2ILXBG (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Sep 2012 19:01:06 -0400 In-Reply-To: <50511241.2090603@canonical.com> Sender: linux-ext4-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi Brad - (cc: xfs list too) On 9/12/12 5:52 PM, Brad Figg wrote: > > The Ubuntu kernel team has been putting some automated testing > infrastructure in place. We are very interested in engaging with > the appropriate upstream developers. We have been running the > xfstests that come as part of the autotest testing framework. > Some of these tests fail or never complete when run against an > Ext4 file-system. Which ones? Feel free to file bugs or send mail. Tests should pass. Sometimes it's a test bug, though, of course ;) > Our initial questions are: > > 1. Is this an appropriate set of tests to be run as regression > tests? Yes, that's what it's for! > 2. Is there a list of the xfstests that are appropriate for > Ext4? Any test which says _supported_fs generic or _supported_fs ext4 can run on ext4, and should in theory pass. I think there are about 100 of them by now. There is a "dangerous" group (see groups file) which contains test nrs that might stop testing via a hang or panic. But don't skip those by default; newer kernels with those bugs fixed _should_ pass them too. > 3. Are there additional regression tests that would be beneficial > to the Linux community for us to be running? We've been encouraging new tests to be written for xfstests lately, and it's gotten a good amount of traction. There certainly may be other things out there, though. -Eric > Test results can be found at: > http://kernel.ubuntu.com/testing/index.html > > > Thanks > Brad >