linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 3/3] ext4: test for inline data + DAX corruption

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Message-ID: <20170913071635.GB8034@eguan.usersys.redhat.com>
Date:   Wed, 13 Sep 2017 15:16:35 +0800
From:   Eryu Guan <eguan@...hat.com>
To:     Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     fstests@...r.kernel.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>,
        Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
        linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org,
        linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org, Andreas Dilger <adilger@...ger.ca>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] ext4: test for inline data + DAX corruption

On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 10:45:21PM -0600, Ross Zwisler wrote:
> Add a regression test for the following kernel commit:
> 
>   ext4: prevent data corruption with inline data + DAX
> 
> The test passes either if we don't encounter corruption, or if mounting
> with DAX + inline data fails.  The latter is the way that we prevent this
> issue in the kernel.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com>

Besides the gitignore entry order issue and call the test program from
$here/src/... issue, need another require rule:

_require_ext4_mkfs_feature "inline_data"

Otherwise this looks fine to me.

Thanks,
Eryu