On Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 1:57 AM Gabriel Krisman Bertazi <krisman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, > > FAN_FS_ERROR was merged into Linus tree, and the PIDFD testcases reached > LTP. Therefore, I'm sending a new version of the FAN_FS_ERROR LTP > tests. This is the v4 of this patchset, and it applies the feedback of > the previous version. > > Thanks, > > --- > > Original cover letter: > > FAN_FS_ERROR is a new (still unmerged) fanotify event to monitor > fileystem errors. This patchset introduces a new LTP test for this > feature. > > Testing file system errors is slightly tricky, in particular because > they are mostly file system dependent. Since there are only patches for > ext4, I choose to make the test around it, since there wouldn't be much > to do with other file systems. The second challenge is how we cause the > file system errors, since there is no error injection for ext4 in Linux. > In this series, this is done by corrupting specific data in the > test device with the help of debugfs. > > The FAN_FS_ERROR feature is flying around linux-ext4 and fsdevel, and > the latest version is available on the branch below: > > https://gitlab.collabora.com/krisman/linux -b fanotify-notifications-v9 > > A proper manpage description is also available on the respective mailing > list, or in the branch below: > > https://gitlab.collabora.com/krisman/man-pages.git -b fan-fs-error > > Please, let me know your thoughts. > Gabriel, Can you please push these v4 patches to your gitlab tree? Thanks, Amir.
