linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] selftests: ublk: use tmpdir for scratch files and improve relative paths use

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Message-ID: <aXN4mFuoXhtJDKyF@fedora>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 21:33:12 +0800
From: Ming Lei <ming.lei@...hat.com>
To: Alexander Atanasov <alex@...olabs.com>
Cc: Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] selftests: ublk: use tmpdir for scratch files and
 improve relative paths use

On Fri, Jan 23, 2026 at 11:20:36AM +0000, Alexander Atanasov wrote:
> Create a temp dir for temporary files and use it instead of
> placing them inside source tree.

Many temporary files are backing files of file storage target, so far
the code requires O_DIRECT, or the size could be a bit big.

In case of ramfs/tmpfs of temp dir, it may cause problem for tests.


Thanks, 
Ming