linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 1/3] xfstests: add helper for zero range support check

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Date:	Tue, 22 Apr 2014 19:14:43 +1000
From:	Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>
To:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:	Eric Whitney <enwlinux@...il.com>, xfs@....sgi.com,
	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] xfstests: add helper for zero range support check

On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 11:28:16PM -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > +# check that xfs_io, kernel, and filesystem all support fallocate with zero
> > +# range
> > +_require_xfs_io_falloc_zero()
> > +{
> > +	_require_xfs_io_command "fzero"
> > +}
> 
> I'd rather remove all the wrappers around _require_xfs_io_command, they
> don't actually add any value.

I don't really care either way, as long as all the checks are done
consistently. Send a patch to change them all... :)

Cheers,

Dave.
-- 
Dave Chinner
david@...morbit.com
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