On Wed, Jul 20, 2022 at 06:09:49PM +0800, Zorro Lang wrote: > On Tue, Jul 19, 2022 at 05:02:56PM -0700, Jeremy Bongio wrote: > > +# Override the default cleanup function. > > +_cleanup() > > +{ > > + cd / > > + rm -r -f $tmp.* > > + kill -9 $fsstress_pid 2>/dev/null; > > + wait $fsstress_pid > /dev/null 2>&1 > > I think "wait" is enough. With this change, it's good to me. The kill -9 is needed, because otherwise the test will run for a **very** long time. The reason for it is because of the -n 999999 in fstress_args: > > +# Begin fsstress while modifying UUID > > +fsstress_args=$(_scale_fsstress_args -d $SCRATCH_MNT -p 15 -n 999999) > > +$FSSTRESS_PROG $fsstress_args > /dev/null 2>&1 & > > +fsstress_pid=$! We could adjust the number of loops to a more reasonable number, but then test becomes less reliable, since depending on the storage device (e.g., cheap USB thumb drive found in the checkout counter at a convenience store, vs. a high-end NVMe SSD) and the overall speed of the system, a different number of loops will be needed. Given that we're *only* using the fsstress as an antogonist while we are changing the UUID of the file system 20 times, killing the fsstress once we're done with the UUID runs is sufficient, I would argue. Also, Jeremy, it looks like you haven't updated your xfstests-dev repository in a few weeks. Since you started this project, ext4/056 has been assigned, and there has been some new helper programs added which caused patch conflicts in src/Makefile and in .gitignore. They were pretty trivial to fix up the patch conflicts (which I've done in my xfstests-dev tree), but it's best practice to rebase on top of origin/for-next and re-test just to make sure there haven't been some major change in the fstests common scripts that might catch your test out. Also, feel free to add my: Reviewed-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx> Cheers, - Ted