linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 1/2] test: add f_mke2fs

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Message-ID: <87fulz3ias.fsf@dmlp.sw.ru>
Date:   Wed, 07 Dec 2016 17:50:03 +0300
From:   Dmitry Monakhov <dmonakhov@...nvz.org>
To:     Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
Cc:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] test: add f_mke2fs_baddisk

Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu> writes:

> On Wed, Dec 07, 2016 at 05:14:18PM +0400, Dmitry Monakhov wrote:
>> Check what mke2fs will return non zero error on broken device.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Monakhov <dmonakhov@...nvz.org>
>
> Most developers don't run "make check" as root.  So at minimum the
> test should check to see if it is running as root, or be able to deal
> with dmsetup failing due to permissions check.
You right. There are number of reasons why dmsetup may fail (kernel
is too old, no kernel compiled w/o DM). I'll send updated version.
>
> I wouldn't object if there was some environment variable, say SUDO or
> DOROOT, which, if set, would prefix the commands which require root
> with $DOROOT such that if the developer is willing to enable running
> specific commands as root, that was allowed for the regression test.
>
> Alternatively the long-term plan that I have is to allow pathnames to
> be specified using a URL-like scheme, e.g.;
>
>    unix://path/to/filename
>    test://unix/path/to/filename
>
> Which would allow us to define a proper test mock I/O manager that
> would allow for these sorts of tests without requiring root.
>
> Cheers,
>
> 					- Ted
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