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Date: Fri, 31 May 2013 10:10:23 +0200 From: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz> To: Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com> Cc: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, xfs@....sgi.com, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] 285: Fix test for ext4 in some configurations On Fri 31-05-13 08:30:00, Dave Chinner wrote: > On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 02:45:37PM +0200, Jan Kara wrote: > > In some configurations (e.g. 1 KB block size), ext4 can decide it is > > better to zero out several blocks rather than splitting unwritten > > extent. This changes results SEEK_HOLE / SEEK_DATA returns and thus the > > test fails. Fix the problem by disabling the feature for this test. > > > > Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz> > > --- > > tests/generic/285 | 6 ++++++ > > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) > > > > diff --git a/tests/generic/285 b/tests/generic/285 > > index b700a15..8078b1c 100755 > > --- a/tests/generic/285 > > +++ b/tests/generic/285 > > @@ -46,6 +46,12 @@ BASE_TEST_FILE=$TEST_DIR/seek_sanity_testfile > > > > [ -x $here/src/seek_sanity_test ] || _notrun "seek_sanitfy_tester not built" > > > > +# Disable extent zeroing for ext4 as that change where holes are created > > +if [ "$FSTYP" = "ext4" ]; then > > + DEV=`basename $TEST_DEV` > > + echo 0 >/sys/fs/ext4/$DEV/extent_max_zeroout_kb > > +fi > > would that be better going into _require_seek_data_hole so that 286 > also picks up this behaviour for ext4? Actually, thinking about it, test 286 doesn't need extent_max_zeroout_kb set. It just compares file sizes / used blocks are the same and they really should be regardless of extent_max_zeroout_kb setting. It is even desirable to test this with the default extent_max_zeroout_kb setting... Honza -- Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz> SUSE Labs, CR -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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