linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH]: e2fsprogs m_* self tests no longer pass

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Message-ID: <20110319202929.GA9875@thunk.org>
Date:	Sat, 19 Mar 2011 16:29:29 -0400
From:	Ted Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Andreas Dilger <adilger@...mcloud.com>
Cc:	Lukas Czerner <lczerner@...hat.com>,
	ext4 development <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>,
	Bruce Cassidy <bruce@...mcloud.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH]: e2fsprogs m_* self tests no longer pass

On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 01:50:48PM -0600, Andreas Dilger wrote:
> Only display the "Discarding device blocks:" status bar if discard
> is actually implemented in the IO manager and in the kernel.
> Otherwise, there is no correct test result that will work in all
> environments.  I'd prefer not to print an error message for the
> majority of devices that do not support discard, since this is
> confusing.

I believe this should be fixed already by commit aa07cb79b0, which is
in the e2fsprogs master and next branches.  Can you confirm?

	  	     	  	     	     - Ted
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