linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH linux-kselftest/test v5] ext4: add kunit test for decoding extended timestamps

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Date:   Thu, 17 Oct 2019 09:03:04 -0400
From:   "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To:     Iurii Zaikin <yzaikin@...gle.com>
Cc:     linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
        skhan@...uxfoundation.org, adilger.kernel@...ger.ca,
        Tim.Bird@...y.com, kunit-dev@...glegroups.com,
        brendanhiggins@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH linux-kselftest/test v5] ext4: add kunit test for
 decoding extended timestamps

On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 08:55:53AM -0400, Theodore Y. Ts'o wrote:
> Minor nit.  The above commit description would look nicer when looked
> at in "git log" when formatted as follows:
> 
> --- cut here ---
> 
> KUnit tests for decoding extended 64 bit timestamps that verify the
> seconds part of [a/c/m] timestamps in ext4 inode structs are decoded
> correctly.
> 
> KUnit tests, which run on boot and output the results to the debug log
> in TAP format (http://testanything.org/) are only useful for kernel
> devs running KUnit test harness and are not for inclusion into a
> production build.
> 
> Test data is derived from the table in the Inode Timestamps section of
> Documentation/filesystems/ext4/inodes.rst.
> 
> --- cut here ---

Upon rereading, swapping the 2nd and 3rd paragraphis would read
better, I think.

      	   	    	     	 - Ted