Re: [PATCH] xfs: add regression test for DAX mount option usage

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On Fri, Sep 08, 2017 at 03:21:53PM -0600, Ross Zwisler wrote:
> This adds a regression test for the following kernel patch:
> 
>   xfs: always use DAX if mount option is used
> 
> This test will also pass with kernel v4.14-rc1 and beyond because the XFS
> DAX I/O mount option has been disabled (but not removed), so the
> "chattr -x" to turn off DAX doesn't actually do anything.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Suggested-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
.....
> +pgsize=`$here/src/feature -s`
> +
> +# disable tracing, clear the existing trace buffer and turn on dax tracepoints
> +echo 0 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/tracing_on
> +echo > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace
> +echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/fs_dax/enable
> +
> +# enable tracing for our one mmap I/O, then see if dax was used
> +echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/tracing_on
> +xfs_io  -t -c "truncate $pgsize" \
> +	-c "chattr -x" \
> +	-c "mmap -r 0 $pgsize" -c "mread 0 $pgsize" -c "munmap" \
> +	-f $SCRATCH_MNT/testfile >> $seqres.full
> +echo 0 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/tracing_on

So what happens when the user is already tracing the test to
find a bug and the test turns all their tracing off?

Regardless of this screwing up developer bug triage, do we really
want to add a dependency on kernel tracing into the test harness?

Cheers,

Dave.
-- 
Dave Chinner
david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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