[PATCH 12/12] block: test fallocate for block devices

Darrick J. Wong darrick.wong at oracle.com
Mon Mar 7 02:26:12 CST 2016


On Sat, Mar 05, 2016 at 10:25:08AM -0800, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> I'm not sure xfstests is the right fit, as it does not test a file
> system, but rather block devices.

I asked Dave if he'd take a fallocate-for-bdevs test, and he didn't
object.  After all, we're testing a semi-standard FS API, just with
block devices.

> If people think it should go into xfstests we should at least not
> add it to the default group, but just to a new bdev group.

Sure, I don't mind changing the group to 'bdev' or something.

--D



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