linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH v6.1 04/33] common/rc: skip test if swapon doesn't work

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Message-ID: <20251113155218.GP2988753@mit.edu>
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2025 10:52:18 -0500
From: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To: "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@...nel.org>
Cc: Baokun Li <libaokun1@...wei.com>, zlang@...hat.com, neal@...pa.dev,
        fstests@...r.kernel.org, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, joannelkoong@...il.com,
        bernd@...ernd.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6.1 04/33] common/rc: skip test if swapon doesn't work

On Wed, Nov 12, 2025 at 02:29:20PM -0800, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> From: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@...nel.org>
> 
> In _require_scratch_swapfile, skip the test if swapon fails for whatever
> reason, just like all the other filesystems.  There are certain ext4
> configurations where swapon isn't supported, such as S_DAX files on
> pmem, and (for now) blocksize > pagesize filesystems.
> 
> Signed-off-by: "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@...nel.org>

Thanks!!

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