From: Cyril Hrubis <chrubis@suse.cz>
To: Jan Polensky <japo@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: ltp@lists.linux.it
Subject: Re: [LTP] [PATCH v1 1/1] swap: Add exfat to filesystems requiring tst_fill_file
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2026 11:19:19 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aifalyMdDVoFT3Tg@yuki.lan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260608155241.270875-1-japo@linux.ibm.com>
Hi!
> exfat, like XFS, requires actual data writes (not just fallocate) to
> fully allocate swap files. Without this, swapon(2) fails with EINVAL
> due to unallocated extents.
>
> This matches the kernel's requirement that swap files must be fully
> allocated before activation.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jan Polensky <japo@linux.ibm.com>
> ---
> libs/swap/tse_swap.c | 5 +++--
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/libs/swap/tse_swap.c b/libs/swap/tse_swap.c
> index ae3c193132e6..e321cb1dfe63 100644
> --- a/libs/swap/tse_swap.c
> +++ b/libs/swap/tse_swap.c
> @@ -177,8 +177,9 @@ int make_swapfile(const char *file, const int lineno,
> if (prealloc_contiguous_file(swapfile, blk_size, blocks) != 0)
> tst_brk_(file, lineno, TBROK, "Failed to create swapfile");
>
> - /* Fill the file if needed (specific to old xfs filesystems) */
> - if (tst_fs_type(swapfile) == TST_XFS_MAGIC) {
> + /* Fill the file if needed (specific to xfs and exfat filesystems) */
> + long fs_type = tst_fs_type(swapfile);
> + if (fs_type == TST_XFS_MAGIC || fs_type == TST_EXFAT_MAGIC) {
> if (tst_fill_file(swapfile, 0, blk_size, blocks) != 0)
> tst_brk_(file, lineno, TBROK, "Failed to fill swapfile");
> }
The swapon01 works for me for exfat without this change. Where does this
fail (arch, kernel, OS, is exfat in kernel or FUSE, etc.)?
--
Cyril Hrubis
chrubis@suse.cz
--
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-09 9:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-08 15:52 [LTP] [PATCH v1 1/1] swap: Add exfat to filesystems requiring tst_fill_file Jan Polensky
2026-06-08 16:29 ` [LTP] " linuxtestproject.agent
2026-06-09 9:19 ` Cyril Hrubis [this message]
2026-06-09 14:17 ` [LTP] [PATCH v1 1/1] " Jan Polensky
2026-06-12 9:06 ` Andrea Cervesato via ltp
2026-06-12 9:07 ` Cyril Hrubis
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