Re: [LTP] [PATCH] tst_ncpus_max: use kernel_max if available

chrubis
2014-08-27T07:43:03Z

Hi!
> > And looking at my set of results there is last unexpected failure for
> > read02 with /tmp on btrfs that fails to fail with O_DIRECT and unaligned
> > buffers/lengths. But that may be a btrfs bug. I will look into this
> > shortly and if no fix is found I would like to proceed with the release.
>
> And I've got an answer from David Sterba that btrfs fallbacks to regular
> I/O in this case. I will patch the testcase to take that into an account
> on btrfs and after that the release would get a green light from me as
> well.

Hmm I seem to start a debate whether this behavior is a bug or not. I
guess that we can wait and see if it's settled by today and if not we
can proceed with the release leaving the testcase as it is.