Re: [PATCH 5.10 000/122] 5.10.245-rc1 review

Arnd Bergmann
2025-10-01T10:33:49Z

On Tue, Sep 30, 2025, at 21:27, Naresh Kamboju wrote:
> We are investigating and running bisections.
>
> ### Test log
> tst_test.c:1888: TINFO: === Testing on vfat ===
> tst_test.c:1217: TINFO: Formatting /dev/loop0 with vfat opts='' extra
> opts=''
> mkfs.vfat: Partitions or virtual mappings on device '/dev/loop0', not
> making filesystem (use -I to override)
> tst_test.c:1217: TBROK: mkfs.vfat failed with exit code 1

The error message indicates that the loop device contains
existing data and mkfs.vfat refuses to overwrite it, which
would be part of your test environment.

Can you try adding the suggested '-I' flag to the mkfs.vfat
invocation so it overrides the warning?

Arnd