Using "yes | mkfs.ext4 ..." results in the error message results in the test failing, at least for some versions of e2fsprogs: +yes: standard output: Broken pipe +yes: write error It better to use the -F option, which will eliminate the questions. Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx> Cc: Xiaoguang Wang <wangxg.fnst@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Eryu Guan <eguan@xxxxxxxxxx> --- tests/ext4/003 | 2 +- tests/ext4/306 | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/tests/ext4/003 b/tests/ext4/003 index 572e685..a2e9d75 100755 --- a/tests/ext4/003 +++ b/tests/ext4/003 @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ _require_ext4_bigalloc rm -f $seqres.full -yes | mkfs.ext4 -O bigalloc -C 65536 -g 256 $SCRATCH_DEV 512m \ +mkfs.ext4 -F -O bigalloc -C 65536 -g 256 $SCRATCH_DEV 512m \ >> $seqres.full 2>&1 _scratch_mount || _fail "couldn't mount fs" diff --git a/tests/ext4/306 b/tests/ext4/306 index fd50b0e..fd5c3a2 100755 --- a/tests/ext4/306 +++ b/tests/ext4/306 @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ _require_scratch rm -f $seqres.full # Make a small ext4 fs with extents disabled & mount it -yes | mkfs.ext4 -O ^extents,^64bit $SCRATCH_DEV 512m >> $seqres.full 2>&1 +mkfs.ext4 -F -O ^extents,^64bit $SCRATCH_DEV 512m >> $seqres.full 2>&1 _scratch_mount || _fail "couldn't mount fs" # Create a small non-extent-based file -- 2.1.0 -- 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