linux-kernel - Re: [btrfs/i_size] xfstests generic/299 TFAIL

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Message-ID: <52EAC999.7070609@fb.com>
Date:	Thu, 30 Jan 2014 16:52:25 -0500
From:	Josef Bacik <jbacik@...com>
To:	Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@...el.com>,
	Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@...hat.com>
CC:	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org" <linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [btrfs/i_size] xfstests generic/299 TFAIL


On 01/29/2014 10:54 PM, Fengguang Wu wrote:
> Hi Steven,
>
> We noticed xfstests generic/299 TFAIL on btrfs since
>
> commit 9fe55eea7e4b444bafc42fa0000cc2d1d2847275
> Author:     Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@...hat.com>
> AuthorDate: Fri Jan 24 14:42:22 2014 +0000
> Commit:     Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
> CommitDate: Sun Jan 26 08:26:42 2014 -0500
>
>      Fix race when checking i_size on direct i/o read
>      
Ok this took a bit but it's because truncate() can fail on btrfs and the 
test didn't take this into account.  I'll send a patch for the test.  
Thanks,

Josef
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