Re: [PATCH 8/9] check: run tests in a systemd scope for mandatory test cleanup

Christoph Hellwig
2020-10-28T21:52:33Z

On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 12:02:21PM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> From: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@oracle.com>
>
> If systemd is available, run each test in its own temporary systemd
> scope. This enables the test harness to forcibly clean up all of the
> test's child processes (if it does not do so itself) so that we can move
> into the post-test unmount and check cleanly.

Can you explain what this mean in more detail? Most importantly what
problems it fixes.