linux-ext4.vger.kernel.org archive mirror
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
* [PATCH 1/3 v2] 285: Fix test for ext4 in some configurations
@ 2013-05-30 21:21 Jan Kara
  2013-05-30 21:21 ` [PATCH 2/3 v2] 285: Fix indentation of do_pwrite Jan Kara
                   ` (2 more replies)
  0 siblings, 3 replies; 8+ messages in thread
From: Jan Kara @ 2013-05-30 21:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: xfs; +Cc: linux-ext4, Jan Kara

In some configurations (e.g. 1 KB block size), ext4 can decide it is
better to zero out several blocks rather than splitting unwritten
extent. This changes results SEEK_HOLE / SEEK_DATA returns and thus the
test fails. Fix the problem by disabling the feature for this test.

Reviewed-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
---
 tests/generic/285 | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tests/generic/285 b/tests/generic/285
index b700a15..8078b1c 100755
--- a/tests/generic/285
+++ b/tests/generic/285
@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@ BASE_TEST_FILE=$TEST_DIR/seek_sanity_testfile
 
 [ -x $here/src/seek_sanity_test ] || _notrun "seek_sanitfy_tester not built"
 
+# Disable extent zeroing for ext4 as that change where holes are created
+if [ "$FSTYP" = "ext4" ]; then
+	DEV=`basename $TEST_DEV`
+	echo 0 >/sys/fs/ext4/$DEV/extent_max_zeroout_kb
+fi
+
 _cleanup()
 {
 	eval "rm -f $BASE_TEST_FILE.*"
-- 
1.8.1.4


^ permalink raw reply related	[flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread

end of thread, other threads:[~2013-06-03 19:10 UTC | newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages (download: mbox.gz follow: Atom feed
-- links below jump to the message on this page --
2013-05-30 21:21 [PATCH 1/3 v2] 285: Fix test for ext4 in some configurations Jan Kara
2013-05-30 21:21 ` [PATCH 2/3 v2] 285: Fix indentation of do_pwrite Jan Kara
2013-05-30 21:25   ` Eric Sandeen
2013-05-31 12:30   ` Rich Johnston
2013-05-30 21:21 ` [PATCH 3/3 v2] 285: Test offsets over 4GB Jan Kara
2013-05-31 15:41   ` Eric Sandeen
2013-06-03 19:10   ` Rich Johnston
2013-06-03 19:08 ` [PATCH 1/3 v2] 285: Fix test for ext4 in some configurations Rich Johnston

This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox;
as well as URLs for NNTP newsgroup(s).