Re: [PATCH v5] overlay: test for whiteout inode sharing

[Eryu Guan <guan@eryu.me>]

On Sun, May 17, 2020 at 07:42:32PM +0300, Amir Goldstein wrote:
> On Sun, May 17, 2020 at 7:24 PM Eryu Guan <guan@eryu.me> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 10:23:38PM +0300, Amir Goldstein wrote:
> > > From: Chengguang Xu <cgxu519@mykernel.net>
> > >
> > > This is a test for whiteout inode sharing feature.
> > >
> > > [Amir] added check for whiteout sharing support
> > >        and whiteout of lower dir.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Chengguang Xu <cgxu519@mykernel.net>
> > > Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>
> > > ---
> > >
> > > Chengguang,
> > >
> > > I decided to take a stab at Eryu's challenge ;-)
> >
> > Great! Thanks for the update!
> >
> 
> FYI, not sure if and when that was mentioned.
> inode sharing feature is now on overlayfs-next.
> 
> So are the two file handle fixes for which I posted the test:
> "overlay: regression test for two file handle bugs"
> (will re-post when I have the final kernel commits)

Thanks! I noticed this test would oops kernel, so I didn't take it this
time and will wait until the fix goes to mainline kernel.

Thanks,
Eryu