linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] ext4/002: remove EXT4_EOFBLOCKS

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Message-ID: <20200214164755.GB439135@mit.edu>
Date:   Fri, 14 Feb 2020 11:47:55 -0500
From:   "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To:     Eric Whitney <enwlinux@...il.com>
Cc:     fstests@...r.kernel.org, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4/002: remove EXT4_EOFBLOCKS_FL test

On Fri, Feb 14, 2020 at 11:42:49AM -0500, Eric Whitney wrote:
> This test exercises obsolete ext4-specific functionality that will be
> removed in the kernel's 5.7 release.  Once that happens, ext4/002 will
> always fail, so remove the test to avoid the noise.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Whitney <enwlinux@...il.com>

Reviewed-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>