* [PATCH] tests/xfs/040: document purpose
@ 2017-12-15 20:41 Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-12-18 14:47 ` Bill O'Donnell
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Luis R. Rodriguez @ 2017-12-15 20:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: fstests; +Cc: linux-xfs, linux-kernel, Luis R. Rodriguez
Getting xfs/040 to "pass" takes a bit of effort, however the effort
to require updating xfsprogs is purely an xfsprogs maintainer task
only. There no functional gain by users of xfs or a QA team to get
this test to pass. This is not trivial from the current description
so document this.
Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@kernel.org>
---
tests/xfs/040 | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tests/xfs/040 b/tests/xfs/040
index fadb888cbfaf..a0abc42f3720 100755
--- a/tests/xfs/040
+++ b/tests/xfs/040
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
#
# compare-libxfs test
#
+# The purpose of this test is only to nag the maintainer of xfsprogs to try to
+# keep xfsprogs's libxfs files in sync with the latest kernel's libxfs. There
+# is no functional need for anyone to actually run this test to confirm
+# proper XFS functionalilty, this is an xfsprogs maintainer test.
+#
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
# Copyright (c) 2000-2001 Silicon Graphics, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
#
--
2.15.0
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* Re: [PATCH] tests/xfs/040: document purpose
2017-12-15 20:41 [PATCH] tests/xfs/040: document purpose Luis R. Rodriguez
@ 2017-12-18 14:47 ` Bill O'Donnell
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Bill O'Donnell @ 2017-12-18 14:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Luis R. Rodriguez; +Cc: fstests, linux-xfs, linux-kernel
On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 12:41:18PM -0800, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> Getting xfs/040 to "pass" takes a bit of effort, however the effort
> to require updating xfsprogs is purely an xfsprogs maintainer task
> only. There no functional gain by users of xfs or a QA team to get
> this test to pass. This is not trivial from the current description
> so document this.
>
> Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@kernel.org>
Looks good...
Reviewed-by: Bill O'Donnell <billodo@redhat.com>
> ---
> tests/xfs/040 | 5 +++++
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/tests/xfs/040 b/tests/xfs/040
> index fadb888cbfaf..a0abc42f3720 100755
> --- a/tests/xfs/040
> +++ b/tests/xfs/040
> @@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
> #
> # compare-libxfs test
> #
> +# The purpose of this test is only to nag the maintainer of xfsprogs to try to
> +# keep xfsprogs's libxfs files in sync with the latest kernel's libxfs. There
> +# is no functional need for anyone to actually run this test to confirm
> +# proper XFS functionalilty, this is an xfsprogs maintainer test.
> +#
> #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
> # Copyright (c) 2000-2001 Silicon Graphics, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
> #
> --
> 2.15.0
>
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