Re: [PATCH 5/7] zbd: Check for direct flag only if its block device

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On Wed, May 25, 2022 at 10:07:56AM +0000, Shinichiro Kawasaki wrote:
> On May 23, 2022 / 18:40, Ankit Kumar wrote:
> > nvme-ns generic character devices currently do not support
> > O_DIRECT flag. Check for fio option direct flag only if
> > filetype is a block device.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Ankit Kumar <ankit.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Hi Ankit,
> 
> This change skips the direct option check not only for the nvme-ns generic
> character devices but also SCSI generic character devices. And it triggers
> failure of the test case #1 in t/zbd/test-zbd-support script. The failure
> happens when the script is run for a SCSI generic device with libzbc I/O engine
> (-l option). The test case confirms that direct=0 reports an error, but test
> test will not be required after applying this patch. Could you care to fix the
> test case to skip for character devices?
> 
> -- 
> Best Regards,
> Shin'ichiro Kawasaki

Hi Shin'ichiro,

Thanks for pointing this out. Sure will fix that particular test case not to run
for character device when we submit v2.






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