linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 1/8] xfstests: add --largefs check option

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Message-ID: <20111204211454.GA13000@infradead.org>
Date:	Sun, 4 Dec 2011 16:14:54 -0500
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>
Cc:	xfs@....sgi.com, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/8] xfstests: add --largefs check option

On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 10:31:21PM +1100, Dave Chinner wrote:
> From: Dave Chinner <dchinner@...hat.com>
> 
> Make it easier to check large filesystems quickly by adding a
> --large-fs option to check to turn on shortcuts for large scratch
> device filesystem testing.
> 
> Also, reject invalid command line options with a usage message.

Looks good, except that the help text for it doesn't look overly useful.
I don't think we "optimise" for large filesystems, we simply fill most
of it, which is what the documentation should mention.

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