linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] selftests: add OFD lock tests

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Message-ID: <187C3E49-A977-492E-99CB-97F032B24E5F@oracle.com>
Date:   Thu, 22 Jun 2023 17:12:37 +0000
From:   Chuck Lever III <chuck.lever@...cle.com>
To:     stsp <stsp2@...dex.ru>
CC:     Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>,
        "linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>,
        "linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-api@...r.kernel.org" <linux-api@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] selftests: add OFD lock tests



> On Jun 22, 2023, at 1:05 PM, stsp <stsp2@...dex.ru> wrote:
> 
> 
> 22.06.2023 21:58, Chuck Lever III пишет:
>> IMO that's not a reason not to do this properly.
>> 
>> You should work with Jeff and the maintainer of
>> xfstests to make it happen.
> But its not going to be in this patch-set
> anyway, as its a different source tree...

If others agree with me, then please drop the selftests
patch from this series. There is a considerably higher
probability that the new test will be run frequently
by CI if it's in xfstests.


> So I should prepare it when this is merged,
> or?

I don't have a strong preference. A good choice is to
push the test before the kernel changes are merged.


--
Chuck Lever