linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ext4/053: Add support for testing mb_optimize

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Date:   Mon, 14 Mar 2022 19:50:46 +0530
From:   Ritesh Harjani <riteshh@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Ojaswin Mujoo <ojaswin@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc:     fstests@...r.kernel.org, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4/053: Add support for testing mb_optimize_scan

On 22/03/14 04:02PM, Ojaswin Mujoo wrote:
> Add support to test the mb_optimize_scan mount option.
> Since its value is not reflected in the "options" file in proc,
> use "mb_structs_summary" to verify its value.

Yes, I think we can do this. Thanks for identifying it.

>
> Signed-off-by: Ojaswin Mujoo <ojaswin@...ux.ibm.com>

Overall the patch looks good to me. Feel free to add
Reviewed-by: Ritesh Harjani <riteshh@...ux.ibm.com>

> ---
>  tests/ext4/053 | 21 ++++++++++++---------
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

<Some stats>

I ran this test of yours with and w/o your kernel fix for this mount option,
which is now sitting in ext4 dev tree [1].

<with kernel fix>
ext4/053 173s ...  147s
Ran: ext4/053
Passed all 1 tests

<w/o kernel fix>
ext4/053 173s ... [failed, exit status 2]- output mismatch (see /home/qemu/work/tools/xfstests-dev/results//ext4_4k/ext4/053.out.bad)
    --- tests/ext4/053.out      2022-01-03 11:50:08.671463501 +0530
    +++ /home/qemu/work/tools/xfstests-dev/results//ext4_4k/ext4/053.out.bad    2022-03-14 18:26:12.290610687 +0530
    @@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
     QA output created by 053
     Silence is golden.
    +mounting ext3 "mb_optimize_scan=1" checking "mb_optimize_scan=1" (not found) FAILED
    +mounting ext4 "mb_optimize_scan=1" checking "mb_optimize_scan=1" (not found) FAILED
    ...
    (Run 'diff -u /home/qemu/work/tools/xfstests-dev/tests/ext4/053.out /home/qemu/work/tools/xfstests-dev/results//ext4_4k/ext4/053.out.bad'  to see the entire diff)
Ran: ext4/053
Failures: ext4/053
Failed 1 of 1 tests

[1]: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4.git/commit/?h=dev&id=27b38686a3bb601db48901dbc4e2fc5d77ffa2c1