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[PATCH 1/2] xfsdocs: document known testing procedures

To: david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, darrick.wong@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] xfsdocs: document known testing procedures
From: "Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2016 16:36:13 -0800
Cc: xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
Delivered-to: xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
User-agent: StGit/0.17.1-dirty
Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 design/XFS_Filesystem_Structure/docinfo.xml        |   14 ++++++++++++
 design/XFS_Filesystem_Structure/testing.asciidoc   |   23 ++++++++++++++++++++
 .../xfs_filesystem_structure.asciidoc              |    2 ++
 3 files changed, 39 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 design/XFS_Filesystem_Structure/testing.asciidoc


diff --git a/design/XFS_Filesystem_Structure/docinfo.xml 
b/design/XFS_Filesystem_Structure/docinfo.xml
index ba97809..cc5596d 100644
--- a/design/XFS_Filesystem_Structure/docinfo.xml
+++ b/design/XFS_Filesystem_Structure/docinfo.xml
@@ -108,4 +108,18 @@
                        </simplelist>
                </revdescription>
        </revision>
+       <revision>
+               <revnumber>3.14</revnumber>
+               <date>January 2016</date>
+               <author>
+                       <firstname>Darrick</firstname>
+                       <surname>Wong</surname>
+                       <email></email>
+               </author>
+               <revdescription>
+                       <simplelist>
+                               <member>Document disk format change 
testing.</member>
+                       </simplelist>
+               </revdescription>
+       </revision>
 </revhistory>
diff --git a/design/XFS_Filesystem_Structure/testing.asciidoc 
b/design/XFS_Filesystem_Structure/testing.asciidoc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f1c90bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/design/XFS_Filesystem_Structure/testing.asciidoc
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+[[Testing]]
+= Testing Filesystem Changes
+
+People put a lot of trust in filesystems to preserve their data in a reliable
+fashion.  To that end, it is very important that users and developers have
+access to a suite of regression tests that can be used to prove correct
+operation of any given filesystem code, or to analyze failures to fix problems
+found in the code.  The XFS regression test suite, +xfstests+, is hosted at
++git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/xfs/xfstests-dev.git+.  Most tests apply to
+filesystems in general, but the suite also contains tests for features specific
+to each filesystem.
+
+When fixing bugs, it is important to provide a testcase exposing the bug so
+that the developers can avoid a future re-occurrence of the regression.
+Furthermore, if you're developing a new user-visible feature for XFS, please
+help the rest of the development community to sustain and maintain the whole
+codebase by providing generous test coverage to check its behavior.
+
+When altering, adding, or removing an on-disk data structure, please remember
+to update both the in-kernel structure size checks in +xfs_ondisk.h+ and to
+ensure that your changes are reflected in xfstest xfs/122.  These regression
+tests enable us to detect compiler bugs, alignment problems, and anything
+else that might result in the creation of incompatible filesystem images.
diff --git a/design/XFS_Filesystem_Structure/xfs_filesystem_structure.asciidoc 
b/design/XFS_Filesystem_Structure/xfs_filesystem_structure.asciidoc
index 53262bf..f580aab 100644
--- a/design/XFS_Filesystem_Structure/xfs_filesystem_structure.asciidoc
+++ b/design/XFS_Filesystem_Structure/xfs_filesystem_structure.asciidoc
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ include::common_types.asciidoc[]
 
 include::magic.asciidoc[]
 
+include::testing.asciidoc[]
+
 // return titles to normal
 :leveloffset: 0
 

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