linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 2/2] generic/009: fix test failure with overlay over ext4

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Message-ID: <20180901171239.GG3651@desktop>
Date:   Sun, 2 Sep 2018 01:12:39 +0800
From:   Eryu Guan <guaneryu@...il.com>
To:     Amir Goldstein <amir73il@...il.com>
Cc:     Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>, fstests@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-unionfs@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] generic/009: fix test failure with overlay over ext4

On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 09:29:26PM +0300, Amir Goldstein wrote:
> When running test with overlayfs and ext4 as base fs, we need to
> disable extent zeroout on the underlying base fs.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@...il.com>
> ---
> 
> Eryu,
> 
> Suggestions for a cleaner approach are welcome.

I thought about it too but came out with no better ideas, I think I'll
just take your patches as-is.


Thanks,
Eryu

> 
> Thanks,
> Amir.
> 
>  tests/generic/009 | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/tests/generic/009 b/tests/generic/009
> index fa6ef46..a4f56d0 100755
> --- a/tests/generic/009
> +++ b/tests/generic/009
> @@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ testfile=$TEST_DIR/009.$$
>  if [ "$FSTYP" = "ext4" ]; then
>  	_ext4_disable_extent_zeroout
>  fi
> +if [ "$FSTYP" = "overlay" -a "$OVL_BASE_FSTYP" = "ext4" ]; then
> +	_ext4_disable_extent_zeroout "$OVL_BASE_TEST_DEV"
> +fi
>  
>  # When PAGE_SIZE > 4096 some filesystems extent layout is different so
>  # it would not match the output.
> -- 
> 2.7.4
>