Re: [WIP PATCH V2] Buffer resubmittion test

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On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 07:13:41AM -0400, Brian Foster wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 10:39:55AM +0200, Carlos Maiolino wrote:
> > Hi Brian,
> > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > The test is still under xfs (rather than generic).
> > > > > > 
> > 
> > I'm still not really convinced this test should be added to generic, this tests
> > a very specific behavior of XFS journal, the journal behavior on XFS and ext4
> > for example, are very different,
> > 
> 
> Sure, but this generally isn't how we determine whether a test is
> generic or fs-specific. IME, a test is made specific iff it depends on
> some fs-specific feature/option to run, regardless of whether the
> underlying problem is generic or not.
> 

Sounds reasonable

> Granted, if there is a major behavior discrepency between filesystems
> such that making this test generic would complicate the test or require
> a different implementation, I think that is reasonable enough for an
> exception.
> 
> > either ext4 or btrfs for example, will remount the filesystem as RO during the
> > xfs_io process to fill the filesystem, so, even though the filesystem can keep
> > consistency, the test shows it as a failure.
> > 
> > What do you think? I honestly believe it would be better to keep this test as a
> > XFS test, the behavior here is XFS specific.
> > 
> 
> Ok, so to me the question here is: can we make this test function
> normally on both XFS and other fs' that exhibit the behavior above
> without major changes and disrupting the original intent? For example,
> can the test be updated to accommodate the fact that some filesystems
> may go inactive after the overprovisioned write?
> 
> It seems to me that it can with something as simple as the appended
> diff. Of course, this probably should be enhanced further to verify that
> the fs went read-only or to simply not ignore a freeze failure if [
> $FSTYP == xfs ], etc.
> 
Yup, I think it is doable, I don't 100% agree with keeping it as a generic test,
but whatever, I'll make it generic and send it

> Brian
> 
> --- 8< ---
> 
> diff --git a/tests/xfs/999 b/tests/xfs/999
> old mode 100644
> new mode 100755
> index b46f1cc8..5ee7521b
> --- a/tests/xfs/999
> +++ b/tests/xfs/999
> @@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ _cleanup()
>  # real QA test starts here
>  
>  # Modify as appropriate.
> -_supported_fs xfs
>  _supported_os Linux
>  _require_scratch_nocheck
>  _require_dm_target thin-pool
> @@ -102,7 +101,8 @@ xfs_io -f -d -c 'pwrite -b 1m 0 120m' $SCRATCH_MNT/f1 >>$seqres.full 2>&1
>  
>  # This freeze will never complete until the dm-thin POOL device is extended.
>  # This is expected, it is only used so xfsaild is triggered to flush AIL items.
> -fsfreeze -f $SCRATCH_MNT &
> +fsfreeze -f $SCRATCH_MNT >>$seqres.full 2>&1 &
> +freezepid=$!
>  
>  # Wait enough so xfsaild can run
>  sleep 10
> @@ -110,9 +110,12 @@ sleep 10
>  # Make some extra space available so the freeze above can proceed
>  lvextend -L $newpsize $vgname/$poolname >>$seqres.full 2>&1
>  
> +wait -n $freezepid
> +ret=$?
> +
>  # Try to thaw the filesystem, and complete test if if succeed.
>  # NOTE: This will hang on affected XFS filesystems.
> -fsfreeze -u $SCRATCH_MNT
> +[ $ret == 0 ] && fsfreeze -u $SCRATCH_MNT
>  echo "Test OK"
>  
>  status=0
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