fstest_dir is set after _cleanup() is defined and _require_test is called. If _require_test fails (due to some unrelated bug in tested FS), _cleanup will attempt to remove $fstest_dir.*, which expands to .* This has the unfortunate effect of removing xfstests' .git and .gitignore. Here is the 074.out.bad file for this case: QA output created by 074 mount: permission denied common/rc: retrying test device mount with external set mount: permission denied common/rc: could not mount /dev/pmem0 on /mnt rm: refusing to remove '.' or '..' directory: skipping '.' rm: refusing to remove '.' or '..' directory: skipping '..' ---- The only other test which could face the same problem is generic/285. However, that test defines _cleanup after the _require* calls, and so on _require_test failure, 285.out.bad contains the harmless: ./common/rc: line 1: _cleanup: command not found Signed-off-by: Omer Zilberberg <omzg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- tests/generic/074 | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/tests/generic/074 b/tests/generic/074 index 55264bd..ef84263 100755 --- a/tests/generic/074 +++ b/tests/generic/074 @@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ trap "_cleanup; exit \$status" 0 1 2 3 15 _cleanup() { - rm -rf $fstest_dir.* $tmp.* + [ -n "$fstest_dir" ] && rm -rf $fstest_dir.* + rm -rf $tmp.* } # get standard environment, filters and checks -- 2.9.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe fstests" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html