linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] ext4/002: make generic to support xfs

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Message-ID: <8ea4ef50-cfda-46f1-a78e-eaff411de6f2@wdc.com>
Date: Mon, 5 May 2025 09:20:28 +0000
From: Hans Holmberg <Hans.Holmberg@....com>
To: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
CC: "fstests@...r.kernel.org" <fstests@...r.kernel.org>, "zlang@...nel.org"
	<zlang@...nel.org>, "linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org" <linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org>,
	Carlos Maiolino <cem@...nel.org>, "djwong@...nel.org" <djwong@...nel.org>,
	hch <hch@....de>, "linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org" <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>,
	"adilger.kernel@...ger.ca" <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4/002: make generic to support xfs

On 02/05/2025 15:33, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> On Fri, May 02, 2025 at 11:35:01AM +0000, Hans Holmberg wrote:
>> xfs supports separate log devices and as this test now passes, share
>> it by turning it into a generic test.
> 
> Was this fixed by a kernel commit to the XFS tree?  If so, could you
> add a _fixed_by_kernel_commit pointing at the fix?  And while you're
> at it, could you add:
> 
> 
> [ $FSTYP == "ext4" ] && \
> 	_fixed_by_kernel_commit 273108fa5015 \
> 	"ext4: handle read only external journal device"
> 
> to the test?  This will make it easier for people using LTS kernels to
> know which commits they need to backport.
> 
> Many thanks!
> 
> 						- Ted

The patch has been picked up in xfs for-next branch but it's not in
linus tree yet, so no stable commit hash for that yet.

I can add it in a v2, along with the ext4 fixed-commit once the xfsfix
is merged upstream.

Thanks!