Re: one question about xfstests for ext4?

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On 2012年07月26日 16:01, Lukáš Czerner wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Jul 2012, Wang Sheng-Hui wrote:
> 
>> Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2012 10:27:28 +0800
>> From: Wang Sheng-Hui <shhuiw@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@xxxxxxxxx>, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx>,
>>     ext4 development <linux-ext4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: one question about xfstests for ext4?
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I want to run xfstests on ext4. 
>> I have tried the official xfstests git tree, but in my test, I got many 
>> 	"[not run] not suitable for this filesystem type: ext4".
>> -------------------------------------------------------------
>> 001	 6s
>> 002	 0s
>> 003	 [not run] not suitable for this filesystem type: ext4
>> 004	 [not run] not suitable for this filesystem type: ext4
>> 005	 0s
>> 006	 2s
>> 007	 3s
>> 008	 [not run] not suitable for this filesystem type: ext4
>> 009	 [not run] not suitable for this filesystem type: ext4
>> 010	 [not run] dbtest was not built for this platform
>> 011	 2s
>> 012	 [not run] not suitable for this filesystem type: ext4
>> ......
>>
>>
>> Is this expected? Or do I need to make some config changes?
>> I wonder if there is any xfstests for ex4 specific git tree?
> 
> Hi,
> 
> it actually is called XFStests for a reason :). Well historically it
> started off as a xfs test suite, but over time it got more and more
> generic tests and support for other file system. There are still lot
> of tests which are file system specific and if you look at the test
> itself, you'll see what it actually does.
> 
> There might be some tests which maybe could be changed to generic
> tests, or more file systems can be supported. That said, if you find
> a test which you think would make sense for other file systems as
> well, then please by all means feel free to send a patch.
> 
> So to answer your question, there is nothing wrong with your setup
> and there is no ext4 specific xfstests tree, we all share the same
> xfstests tree. Some tests simply makes sense only for some file
> systems, since they are supposed to be focused on certain
> functionality.
> 
> Hope it helps
> 

Got it. Thanks a lot, Lukas !

Regards,
Sheng-Hui

> Regards,
> -Lukas
> 
>>
>> Regards,
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