linux-ext4 - Re: tests: remove unused temporary files for MMP tests

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Message-ID: <20120814153405.GA24577@thunk.org>
Date:	Tue, 14 Aug 2012 11:34:05 -0400
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Andreas Dilger <adilger@...ger.ca>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: tests: remove unused temporary files for MMP tests

On Wed, Aug 08, 2012 at 10:21:36AM -0000, Andreas Dilger wrote:
> The MMP tests need to be run on a real disk instead of tmpfs, since
> the MMP block access is using O_DIRECT.  As such, they create their
> own test files in the local testing directory instead of using the
> temporary file created in /tmp by the test_one script.  Delete the
> tempfs file before clobbering TMPFILE, otherwise it will leave the
> unused file in /tmp after the test is completed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andreas Dilger <adilger@...ger.ca>

Thanks, applied.

						- Ted
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