Re: [PATCH 1/5] src/copy_file_range: Add a program for testing vfs_copy_file_range()

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On 05/16/2016 07:20 PM, Dave Chinner wrote:
> On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 04:50:48PM -0400, Anna Schumaker wrote:
>> This will be used by the various copy tests to call the Linux
>> copy_file_range() system call.  I used src/cloner.c as a reference while
>> writing this tool.
> 
> Hmmm - I'd much prefer to see this added to xfs_io as it's a kernel
> syscall that lots of filesystems will eventually implement. A
> one-off binary for xfstests is fine for non-standard or deeply
> filesysetm specific stuff, but if it's generic we try to put it into
> xfs_io so that it's available to everyone writing scripts, not just
> xfstests....

Ah, that makes sense.  Thanks for explaining the convention!  I'll look into adding it to the xfs_io program instead.  Should I send that patch to a different mailing list than fstests@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx?

Thanks,
Anna

> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Dave.
> 

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