linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 12/12] block: test fallocate for block devices

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Message-ID: <20160315034148.GF30721@dastard>
Date:	Tue, 15 Mar 2016 14:41:48 +1100
From:	Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>
To:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:	"Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>,
	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org,
	fstests@...r.kernel.org, xfs@....sgi.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 12/12] block: test fallocate for block devices

On Sat, Mar 05, 2016 at 10:25:08AM -0800, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> I'm not sure xfstests is the right fit, as it does not test a file
> system, but rather block devices.
> 
> If people think it should go into xfstests we should at least not
> add it to the default group, but just to a new bdev group.

I think it's the right place to test it - we have all the
infrastructure available to do it (i.e. xfs_io and various block
devices) and we really need to make sure this stuff works,
especially if we start to write filesystem code that depends on
correct behaviour...

Cheers,

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