Re: [PATCH] Add test 257: Check proper FITRIM argument handling

[Alex Elder <aelder@sgi.com>]

On Mon, 2011-09-26 at 09:14 +0200, Lukas Czerner wrote:
> This test suppose to validate that file systems are using the fitrim
> arguments right. It checks that the fstrim returns EINVAl in case that
> the start of the range is beyond the end of the file system, and also
> that the fstrim works without an error if the length of the range is
> bigger than the file system (it should be truncated to the file system
> length automatically within the fitrim implementation).
> 
> This test should also catch common problem with overflow of start+len.
> Some file systems (ext4,xfs) had overflow problems in the past so there
> is a specific test for it (for ext4 and xfs) as well as generic test for
> other file systems, but it would be nice if other fs can add their
> specific checks if this problem does apply to them as well.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lukas Czerner <lczerner@redhat.com>

OK, I know I suggested it, and I do like the result, but
there could be a problem with the use of things like
"2^32 - 1" being passed to the _math() function.

The problem lies in the way _math() backs off to try
to use shell built-in arithmetic, which interprets the
'^' as a bitwise XOR operator.  (Note, _math() was
defined in an earlier patch.)

I think the use of "bc" to do certain math operations
has some value, and as such I think the right fix is
just to require "bc" in order for xfstests, or at least
for any that use the _math() function, and drop the
fall-back logic out of the definition of _math().

What do you think?

Assuming we resolve that, this test now looks fine to me.

Reviewed-by: Alex Elder <aelder@sgi.com>


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