On Thu, 15 May 2014, Sankar P wrote: > Date: Thu, 15 May 2014 15:35:37 +0530 > From: Sankar P <sankar.curiosity@xxxxxxxxx> > To: linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Running xfstests on logical volumes > > Hi, > > I am trying to run the generic group of tests, on an out-of-tree > filesystem http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novell_Storage_Services > > I run as: > TEST_DEV=NSSVOL TEST_DIR=/media/nss/NSSVOL FSTYP=nssvol ./check -g dir 001 > > The volume NSSVOL is a logical device and not an actual device. When I > run the xfstests, I get an error: > > common/config: Error: $TEST_DEV (NSSVOL) is not a block device or a > NFS filesystem > > How do I resolve this ? Is it possible to test such logical devices ? I do not know of any other way other than modify xfstests sources, specifically common/rc helpers, common/config checks and possibly more and update mkfs and fsck routines. xfstests simply expects block device or NFS, so you'll have to teach it to understand your file system as well. > Also, the filesystem does not have a fsck too, if it matters. I could > not get any information about this from README. I am running xfstests > current git head. -Lukas -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
