[PATCH] xfstests: coalesce contiguous extents in extent map output

[Dave Chinner]

On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 01:55:03PM -0500, Alex Elder wrote:
> The specific set of extent sizes allocated to a file is not always
> deterministic.  In particular, sometimes a range of unwritten blocks
> is covered by a single extent, while in other cases it might be
> represented by multiple consecutive unwritten extents.  This can
> result in spurious errors being reported in tests that check file
> extent maps.
> 
> Add a filter that finds adjacent extents in what gets produced for
> fiemap and bmap output and coalesces them as if all consective
> extents of the same time were really just one extent.  (Note that
> as implemented here this applies to all extent types, not just
> unwritten extents.)
> 
> Update the golden output for test 242 to reflect the change.

Looks sane. Does Josef's new test need the same golden output
treatment?

Cheers,

Dave.
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Dave Chinner
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