linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 07/12] xfs/185: don't use SCRATCH

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Message-ID: <20251211050008.GF26257@lst.de>
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2025 06:00:08 +0100
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To: "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@...nel.org>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, Zorro Lang <zlang@...nel.org>,
	Anand Jain <anand.jain@...cle.com>,
	Filipe Manana <fdmanana@...e.com>, fstests@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/12] xfs/185: don't use SCRATCH_{,RT}DEV helpers

On Wed, Dec 10, 2025 at 12:02:48PM -0800, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> > -_scratch_mkfs >> $seqres.full
> > -_try_scratch_mount >> $seqres.full || \
> > +$MKFS_XFS_PROG -r rtdev=$rtloop $ddloop  >> $seqres.full
> > +mount -o rtdev=$rtloop $ddloop $SCRATCH_MNT >> $seqres.full || \
> >  	_notrun "mount with injected rt device failed"
> 
> What happens if SCRATCH_LOGDEV is set?  I guess we ignore it, and
> everything is good?  I suppose the logdev configuration isn't really
> relevant here anyway.
> 
> If the answers are 'nothing' and 'yes' then

Yes, this now ignores the SCRATCH_* config entirely.