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Date:   Wed, 31 Aug 2022 17:31:48 +0800
From:   Zorro Lang <zlang@...hat.com>
To:     Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Cc:     Yang Xu <xuyang2018.jy@...itsu.com>, fstests@...r.kernel.org,
        oliver.sang@...el.com, lkp@...el.com, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
        tytso@....edu, lczerner@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4/053: Remove nouser_xattr test

On Mon, Aug 29, 2022 at 12:06:57PM +0200, Jan Kara wrote:
> On Sun 28-08-22 10:48:58, Zorro Lang wrote:
> > On Wed, Aug 17, 2022 at 11:10:23AM +0800, Yang Xu wrote:
> > > Plan to remove noacl and nouser_xattr mount option in kernel because they
> > > are deprecated[1]. So remove nouser_xattr test in here.
> > 
> > What's the [1]?
> > 
> > We'd better to be careful when we want to remove a testing coverage. I'm not
> > sure if they've decided to removed this mount option, the ext4/053 is an
> > important test case for ext4, so I'd like to hear their opinion.
> 
> Yes, the option is long deprecated and we want to remove it from ext4. But
> I think you might want to see official ack from Ted as a maintainer on this
> :). Ted?

It's fine for me, if anyone stand for ext4 list to give this patch a RVB, due
to it's not a bug fix or new testing, it's a testing deduction, and only affect
ext4 testing.

Thanks,
Zorro

> 
> 								Honza
> 
> > > Reported-by: kernel test robot <oliver.sang@...el.com>
> > > Signed-off-by: Yang Xu <xuyang2018.jy@...itsu.com>
> > > ---
> > >  tests/ext4/053 | 1 -
> > >  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/tests/ext4/053 b/tests/ext4/053
> > > index 555e474e..5d2c478a 100755
> > > --- a/tests/ext4/053
> > > +++ b/tests/ext4/053
> > > @@ -439,7 +439,6 @@ for fstype in ext2 ext3 ext4; do
> > >  	mnt oldalloc removed
> > >  	mnt orlov removed
> > >  	mnt -t user_xattr
> > > -	mnt nouser_xattr
> > >  
> > >  	if _has_kernel_config CONFIG_EXT4_FS_POSIX_ACL; then
> > >  		mnt -t acl
> > > -- 
> > > 2.27.0
> > > 
> > 
> -- 
> Jan Kara <jack@...e.com>
> SUSE Labs, CR
>