linux-kernel - [PATCH] tests/xfs/040: document purpose

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Message-Id: <20171215204118.17740-1-mcgrof@kernel.org>
Date:   Fri, 15 Dec 2017 12:41:18 -0800
From:   "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...nel.org>
To:     fstests@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] tests/xfs/040: document purpose

Getting xfs/040 to "pass" takes a bit of effort, however the effort
to require updating xfsprogs is purely an xfsprogs maintainer task
only. There no functional gain by users of xfs or a QA team to get
this test to pass. This is not trivial from the current description
so document this.

Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@...nel.org>
---
 tests/xfs/040 | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tests/xfs/040 b/tests/xfs/040
index fadb888cbfaf..a0abc42f3720 100755
--- a/tests/xfs/040
+++ b/tests/xfs/040
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
 #
 # compare-libxfs test
 #
+# The purpose of this test is only to nag the maintainer of xfsprogs to try to
+# keep xfsprogs's libxfs files in sync with the latest kernel's libxfs. There
+# is no functional need for anyone to actually run this test to confirm
+# proper XFS functionalilty, this is an xfsprogs maintainer test.
+#
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright (c) 2000-2001 Silicon Graphics, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
 #
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