Re: [PATCH] xfstests: test 194, test tricky mapping/conversion around holes

Eric Sandeen
2008-12-29T14:18:20Z

Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 02:17:38PM -0600, Eric Sandeen wrote:
>> Related to
>> http://oss.sgi.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=801
>>
>> Latest patch posted on that bug makes this testcase pass...
>>
>> (are we at 194 now?)
>>
>> first 2 tests are simple buffred writ tests making sure stale
>> data isn't exposed, and hole-blocks aren't mapped.
>>
>> 2nd 2 tests are more related to the above bug, tricky testcase
>> uncovered by fsx on ppc64 which actually re-maps a block
>> which should be a hole, bringing stale data back into existence.
>
> The testcase requires awk --asign, which my debian lenny testbox
> (mawk 1.3.3-11.1) doesn't have. Any chance you could rework it
> to work with the posix awk features?
>

grumble grumble debian grumble :)

Ok, I'll see what I can do.

-Eric