linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ext: EXT4_KUNIT_TESTS should depend on EXT4

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Message-ID: <CABVgOSmRbZqDw83f1Z14nSSVQTeFOvyehXhB=NnbaaANrwe=FQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 22 Oct 2020 05:29:49 +0800
From:   David Gow <davidgow@...gle.com>
To:     Brendan Higgins <brendanhiggins@...gle.com>
Cc:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>,
        Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>,
        Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Iurii Zaikin <yzaikin@...gle.com>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Matthieu Baerts <matthieu.baerts@...sares.net>,
        linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext: EXT4_KUNIT_TESTS should depend on EXT4_FS instead of
 selecting it

On Thu, Oct 22, 2020 at 5:15 AM Brendan Higgins
<brendanhiggins@...gle.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 12:37 AM Geert Uytterhoeven
> <geert@...ux-m68k.org> wrote:
> >
> > EXT4_KUNIT_TESTS selects EXT4_FS, thus enabling an optional feature the
> > user may not want to enable.  Fix this by making the test depend on
> > EXT4_FS instead.
> >
> > Fixes: 1cbeab1b242d16fd ("ext4: add kunit test for decoding extended timestamps")
> > Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
>
> If I remember correctly, having EXT4_KUNIT_TESTS select EXT4_FS was
> something that Ted specifically requested, but I don't have any strong
> feelings on it either way.

For what it's worth, the upcoming FAT filesystem tests[1] are also
select-ing FAT_FS at the moment, so if this changes here, I'll likely
update it there as well.

-- David

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kselftest/20201021061713.1545931-1-davidgow@google.com/T/#u