[PATCH] xfstests: exit non-0 if fs check fails

Eric Sandeen sandeen at sandeen.net
Wed Mar 31 20:25:49 CDT 2010


Dave Chinner wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 06:38:23PM -0500, Eric Sandeen wrote:
>> Right now if any of the _check_scratch_fs tests etc fail,
>> the check script exits but with 0 status.
>>
>> This change will cause the status to be non-0 so we can detect
>> the error.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen at redhat.com>
> 
> Wouldn't it be better to do:
> 
> -   [ $ok -eq 0 ] && exit 1
> +    if [ $ok -eq 0 ]; then
> +	status=1
> +	exit 1
> +    fi
> 
> To catch all failures rather than just the fsck failure?

sure, that sounds better.  I'll check that version in w/ your SOB
unless I hear otherwise :)

Thanks,
-Eric

>> ---
>>
>> (aside - we could make it 2 instead of 1, so that a calling script
>> could fsck and continue ... thoughts?)
> 
> I think if a test corrupts a filesystem, the test run should stop
> so the failure can be analysed without needing to reproduce it
> again...
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Dave.




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