> Another FYI: we can actually test any filesystem without a scratch > device configured: > > $ sudo TEST_DEV=/dev/vda TEST_DIR=/mnt/test ./check generic/120 > FSTYP -- xfs (non-debug) > PLATFORM -- Linux/x86_64 test2 3.18.0-rc2-dgc+ > > generic/120 16s ... [not run] this test requires a valid $SCRATCH_DEV > Not run: generic/120 > Passed all 0 tests > $ Please note that since commit 83ef157d, that is no longer true, because _require_test calls _is_block_dev with empty parameter, which prints usage: $ sudo TEST_DEV=/dev/sda TEST_DIR=/mnt/dev0 ./check generic/001 FSTYP -- ext4 PLATFORM -- Linux/x86_64 testvm 3.17.0 generic/001 7s ... - output mismatch (see /opt/xfstests/results//generic/001.out.bad) --- tests/generic/001.out 2014-09-10 11:04:44.249185592 +0300 +++ /opt/xfstests/results//generic/001.out.bad 2014-11-17 15:14:12.380061760 +0200 @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ QA output created by 001 +Usage: _is_block_dev dev cleanup setup .................................... iter 1 chain ... check .................................... ... (Run 'diff -u tests/generic/001.out /opt/xfstests/results//generic/001.out.bad' to see the entire diff) Ran: generic/001 Failures: generic/001 Failed 1 of 1 tests Here's a patch to fix that: ---- Subject: [PATCH] _required_test: removed unneeded test for scratch_dev testing for scratch_dev in _required_test is unnecessary, since it is not required for these tests. Furthermore, if a scratch_dev is not given, all tests which are supposed to pass on test_dev fail, because _is_block_dev is given an empty string as scratch_dev, and prints usage. Signed-off-by: Omer Zilberberg <omzg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- common/rc | 6 +----- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/common/rc b/common/rc index d5e3aff..b863808 100644 --- a/common/rc +++ b/common/rc @@ -1104,7 +1104,7 @@ _require_scratch() } -# this test needs a test partition - check we're ok & unmount it +# this test needs a test partition - check we're ok & mount if necessary # _require_test() { @@ -1138,10 +1138,6 @@ _require_test() then _notrun "this test requires a valid \$TEST_DEV" fi - if [ "`_is_block_dev $SCRATCH_DEV`" = "`_is_block_dev $TEST_DEV`" ] - then - _notrun "this test requires a valid \$TEST_DEV" - fi if [ ! -d "$TEST_DIR" ] then _notrun "this test requires a valid \$TEST_DIR" -- 1.9.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-cifs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html