On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 10:16:11AM +0800, Xiong Zhou wrote:
> This test requires there is struct page backend for the
> testing dax device. But not all devices which support dax
> have that. So we give it a try, if it fails with EFAULT,
> which is the same errno with the wrong device situation,
> we skip this subtest.
>
> This is not perfect, but it's efficient. Many devices
> support dax, and there are more coming. It's nearly
> impossible to maintain an uniq way to detect struct page
> present for all kinds of devices modes.
>
> From testing perspectice, a testrun could cover this
> code path as a sanity check and avoid more unnecessary
> failires. If the device is compatible with the test, one
> more testrun will not hurt much.
>
> Signed-off-by: Xiong Zhou <xzhou@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> v7:
> split this patch from that unrelated series.
> minor comment fix.
>
> src/t_mmap_dio.c | 2 +-
> tests/generic/413 | 12 ++++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/src/t_mmap_dio.c b/src/t_mmap_dio.c
> index 6c8ca1a..73e7648 100644
> --- a/src/t_mmap_dio.c
> +++ b/src/t_mmap_dio.c
> @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ void err_exit(char *op, unsigned long len, char *s)
> {
> fprintf(stderr, "%s(%s) len %lu %s\n",
> op, strerror(errno), len, s);
> - exit(1);
> + exit(errno);
> }
>
> int main(int argc, char **argv)
> diff --git a/tests/generic/413 b/tests/generic/413
> index a1cc514..311bdc2 100755
> --- a/tests/generic/413
> +++ b/tests/generic/413
> @@ -88,6 +88,18 @@ t_nondax_to_dax()
> t_dax_to_nondax()
> {
> prep_files
> +
> + # dax to nondax dio needs struct page backend, which is
> + # not always available among various devices. Skip this
> + # subtest if EFAULT(14 Bad address) returned, which means
> + # probably the device is not compatible with this test.
> + #
> + src/t_mmap_dio $SCRATCH_MNT/tf_s $TEST_DIR/tf_d \
> + $1 "test" > /dev/null 2>&1
> + if [ $? -eq 14 ] ; then
> + return
> + fi
> +
> src/t_mmap_dio $SCRATCH_MNT/tf_s \
> $TEST_DIR/tf_d $1 "dio dax to nondax"
>
> --
> 1.8.3.1
I think you may have missed this feedback from Jeff & Eryu? (I can't find an
online archive of fstests, so just copy-n-pasting here:
Eryu Guan <eguan@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 04:40:46PM +0800, Xiong Zhou wrote:
>> Since not all devices support dax has struct page backend,
>> which will not support this test.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Xiong Zhou <xzhou@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> tests/generic/413 | 8 ++++++++
>> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/tests/generic/413 b/tests/generic/413
>> index a1cc514..b86c10f 100755
>> --- a/tests/generic/413
>> +++ b/tests/generic/413
>> @@ -88,6 +88,14 @@ t_nondax_to_dax()
>> t_dax_to_nondax()
>> {
>> prep_files
>> + # dax to nondax dio needs struct page backend, which is
>> + # not always avaiable among various devices. Skip this
>> + # subtest if not compatible.
>> + if ! src/t_mmap_dio $SCRATCH_MNT/tf_s \
>> + $TEST_DIR/tf_d $1 "test" > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
>> + return
>> + fi
>> +
>
> Then we will never get a failure from this case, even if it's a real
> bug.. We need better way to tell if there's struct page present :)
ndctl list will tell you the mode of the namespace. If it's 'raw', then
it doesn't have struct page backing. If it's 'memory', it should work
fine.
-Jeff
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