Re: [PATCH v1 0/7] Add multi rtgroup grow and shrink tests

["Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@kernel.org>]

On Fri, Feb 20, 2026 at 04:50:15PM +0530, Nirjhar Roy (IBM) wrote:
> On Thu, 2026-02-19 at 15:55 +0100, Carlos Maiolino wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 19, 2026 at 08:10:50PM +0530, Nirjhar Roy (IBM) wrote:
> > > On 2/19/26 18:25, Carlos Maiolino wrote:
> > > > On Thu, Feb 19, 2026 at 06:10:48AM +0000, Nirjhar Roy (IBM) wrote:
> > > > > From: "Nirjhar Roy (IBM)" <nirjhar.roy.lists@gmail.com>
> > > > > 
> > > > > This series adds several tests to validate the XFS realtime fs growth and
> > > > > shrink functionality.
> > > > > It begins with the introduction of some preconditions and helper
> > > > > functions, then some tests that validate realtime group growth, followed
> > > > > by realtime group shrink/removal tests and ends with a test that
> > > > > validates both growth and shrink functionality together.
> > > > > Individual patches have the details.
> > > > Please don't send new versions in reply to the old one, it just make
> > > > hard to pull patches from the list. b4 usually doesn't handle it
> > > > gracefully.
> > > 
> > > This entire series is new i.e, the kernel changes, fstests and the xfsprogs
> > > changes. Can you please explain as to what do you mean by the old version?
> > > Which old are version are you referring to?
> > 
> > Sure, I said 'old version' but the same applies to sending them in reply
> > to other series/patches.
> > 
> > This series was sent:
> > 
> > In-Reply-To: <20260219055737.769860-1-nirjhar@linux.ibm.com>
> > 
> > which is:
> > 
> > Subject: xfs: Add support for multi rtgroup shrink+removal
> > 
> > 
> > In better wording, please don't nest series under other series/patches,
> > or things like that. It works in some point cases, but in general it
> > just makes my life difficult to pull them from the list.
> 
> Okay sure. Actually I have seen some patchbombs follow a similar style
> i.e, have a top level root email/cover, and under that have multiple
> patchsets with each patchset having multiple patches/commits - so
> overall a 3 level nesting. Since this work has patches in 3 different
> projects, I thought of having all of them under one roof. If that is
> inconvenient for you, I will send individual patchsets separately from
> the next revision.

Yeah, I do this too (combined kernel/xfsprogs/fstests patchsets under
one giant cover letter) because a manager wanted a one-keystroke way to
mark the entire megathread as read.

--D

>  --NR
> > 
> > 
> > > --NR
> > > 
> > > > > Nirjhar Roy (IBM) (7):
> > > > >    xfs: Introduce _require_realtime_xfs_{shrink,grow} pre-condition
> > > > >    xfs: Introduce helpers to count the number of bitmap and summary
> > > > >      inodes
> > > > >    xfs: Add realtime group grow tests
> > > > >    xfs: Add multi rt group grow + shutdown + recovery tests
> > > > >    xfs: Add realtime group shrink tests
> > > > >    xfs: Add multi rt group shrink + shutdown + recovery tests
> > > > >    xfs: Add parallel back to back grow/shrink tests
> > > > > 
> > > > >   common/xfs        |  65 +++++++++++++++-
> > > > >   tests/xfs/333     |  95 +++++++++++++++++++++++
> > > > >   tests/xfs/333.out |   5 ++
> > > > >   tests/xfs/539     | 190 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > > > >   tests/xfs/539.out |  19 +++++
> > > > >   tests/xfs/611     |  97 +++++++++++++++++++++++
> > > > >   tests/xfs/611.out |   5 ++
> > > > >   tests/xfs/654     |  90 ++++++++++++++++++++++
> > > > >   tests/xfs/654.out |   5 ++
> > > > >   tests/xfs/655     | 151 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > > > >   tests/xfs/655.out |  13 ++++
> > > > >   11 files changed, 734 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > > >   create mode 100755 tests/xfs/333
> > > > >   create mode 100644 tests/xfs/333.out
> > > > >   create mode 100755 tests/xfs/539
> > > > >   create mode 100644 tests/xfs/539.out
> > > > >   create mode 100755 tests/xfs/611
> > > > >   create mode 100644 tests/xfs/611.out
> > > > >   create mode 100755 tests/xfs/654
> > > > >   create mode 100644 tests/xfs/654.out
> > > > >   create mode 100755 tests/xfs/655
> > > > >   create mode 100644 tests/xfs/655.out
> > > > > 
> > > > > -- 
> > > > > 2.34.1
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > -- 
> > > Nirjhar Roy
> > > Linux Kernel Developer
> > > IBM, Bangalore
> > > 
> 
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