linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] libext2fs: add new test: tst_inode

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Date:	Fri, 16 Mar 2012 21:07:34 -0600
From:	Andreas Dilger <adilger@...mcloud.com>
To:	Ted Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
Cc:	Ext4 Developers List <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] libext2fs: add new test: tst_inode_size

On 2011-09-14, at 4:15 PM, Ted Ts'o wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 02:47:08PM -0600, Andreas Dilger wrote:
>> One thing I noticed with this check_field() macro is that it doesn't
>> actually detect the case if the size of a field is changed.  This hit
>> me when I was making a cleanup to the large journal patch which renamed
>> s_jnl_blocks[15] to s_jnl_size_lo and s_jnl_blocks[16] to s_jnl_size_hi
>> for clarity.  The tst_super_size test passed just fine, but the e2fsck
>> test scripts failed in weird and wonderful ways.
>> 
>> A better solution might be to explicitly pass the expected field size
>> instead of getting both the size and offset from the structure itself.
>> Since these structures change very rarely it isn't much maintenance,
>> but it would be lousy if code was released that had some incorrect
>> field offset because someone increased or decreased an earlier field
>> without thinking enough, and those fields weren't used in normal tests.
>> 
>> I can submit a patch if you are interested.
> 
> Good point.  Yes, I agree it would be worth while to do this.

Finally had a few minutes to sit down and work on this.  Patch
attached, since I'm offline right now.

Cheers, Andreas
--
Andreas Dilger                       Whamcloud, Inc.
Principal Lustre Engineer            http://www.whamcloud.com/




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