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Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2026 07:49:45 -0700
From: "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@kernel.org>
To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] generic/805: skip this test if we can't mount the
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On Thu, Sep 24, 2026 at 09:58:09PM -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> I think my version of this is better - we really should never
> use the scratch helpers unless using a real scratch fs.

<nod> I think your patch works too, though if we can't _mkfs the
synthesized device then there's no point in continuing the test.

--D