diff may skips comparing content of files with identical st_ino/st_dev. Overlayfs stat(2) may return same st_dev/st_ino for hardlink copy ups, but it does not mean that read(2) will return the same content. Convert the test to output hardlink files content to golden output instead of using diff. Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@xxxxxxxxx> --- tests/overlay/018 | 12 ++++++------ tests/overlay/018.out | 9 ++++++++- 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/tests/overlay/018 b/tests/overlay/018 index 527b9d1..7570a16 100755 --- a/tests/overlay/018 +++ b/tests/overlay/018 @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ _scratch_mkfs >>$seqres.full 2>&1 # Create 2 hardlinked files in lower lowerdir=$OVL_BASE_SCRATCH_MNT/$OVL_LOWER mkdir -p $lowerdir -echo "patient zero" >> $lowerdir/foo +echo "zero" >> $lowerdir/foo ln $lowerdir/foo $lowerdir/bar @@ -91,16 +91,16 @@ bar=$SCRATCH_MNT/bar FILES="$foo $bar" +echo "== Before copy up ==" +cat $FILES record_ino_nlink $tmp.before # Modify content of one of the hardlinks -echo "mutated" >> $foo +echo "one" >> $foo +echo "== After write one ==" +cat $FILES check_ino_nlink $tmp.before $tmp.after -# Compare content of files - expect silence -diff $foo $bar - -echo "Silence is golden" status=0 exit diff --git a/tests/overlay/018.out b/tests/overlay/018.out index 8849e30..784e8bc 100644 --- a/tests/overlay/018.out +++ b/tests/overlay/018.out @@ -1,2 +1,9 @@ QA output created by 018 -Silence is golden +== Before copy up == +zero +zero +== After write one == +zero +one +zero +one -- 2.7.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-unionfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html