On 09/12/2012 04:01 PM, Eric Sandeen wrote: > Hi Brad - > > (cc: xfs list too) > > On 9/12/12 5:52 PM, Brad Figg wrote: >> >> The Ubuntu kernel team has been putting some automated testing >> infrastructure in place. We are very interested in engaging with >> the appropriate upstream developers. We have been running the >> xfstests that come as part of the autotest testing framework. >> Some of these tests fail or never complete when run against an >> Ext4 file-system. > > Which ones? Feel free to file bugs or send mail. Tests should pass. > Sometimes it's a test bug, though, of course ;) > >> Our initial questions are: >> >> 1. Is this an appropriate set of tests to be run as regression >> tests? > > Yes, that's what it's for! > >> 2. Is there a list of the xfstests that are appropriate for >> Ext4? > > Any test which says > > _supported_fs generic > or > _supported_fs ext4 > > can run on ext4, and should in theory pass. I think there are > about 100 of them by now. > > There is a "dangerous" group (see groups file) which contains test nrs that > might stop testing via a hang or panic. But don't skip those by > default; newer kernels with those bugs fixed _should_ pass them too. > >> 3. Are there additional regression tests that would be beneficial >> to the Linux community for us to be running? > > We've been encouraging new tests to be written for xfstests lately, > and it's gotten a good amount of traction. There certainly may be > other things out there, though. > > -Eric > > >> Test results can be found at: >> http://kernel.ubuntu.com/testing/index.html >> >> >> Thanks >> Brad >> > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > I'm going to be doing some new runs so anything I find will be reported. Thanks, Brad -- Brad Figg brad.figg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.canonical.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
