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Petersen" , "linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org" , =?UTF-8?Q?Javier_Gonz=C3=A1lez?= , "willy@infradead.org" , Jan Kara , "amir73il@gmail.com" , "vbabka@suse.cz" , Damien Le Moal References: <31a2a4c2-8c33-429a-a2b1-e1f3a0e90d72@nvidia.com> <459953fa-5330-4eb1-a1b4-7683b04e3d45@flourine.local> Content-Language: en-US From: Bart Van Assche In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.8.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20260223_090835_735277_DD0D1F8E X-CRM114-Status: UNSURE ( 6.79 ) X-CRM114-Notice: Please train this message. X-BeenThere: linux-nvme@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: "Linux-nvme" Errors-To: linux-nvme-bounces+linux-nvme=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org On 2/15/26 1:18 PM, Haris Iqbal wrote: > A possible feature for blktest could be integration with something > like virtme-ng. > Running on VM can be versatile and fast. The run can be made parallel > too, by spawning multiple VMs simultaneously. Hmm ... this probably would break tests that measure performance and also tests that modify data or reservations of a physical storage device. Bart.