In some configurations (e.g. 1 KB block size), ext4 can decide it is better to zero out several blocks rather than splitting unwritten extent. This changes results SEEK_HOLE / SEEK_DATA returns and thus the test fails. Fix the problem by disabling the feature for this test. Reviewed-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> --- tests/generic/285 | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/tests/generic/285 b/tests/generic/285 index b700a15..8078b1c 100755 --- a/tests/generic/285 +++ b/tests/generic/285 @@ -46,6 +46,12 @@ BASE_TEST_FILE=$TEST_DIR/seek_sanity_testfile [ -x $here/src/seek_sanity_test ] || _notrun "seek_sanitfy_tester not built" +# Disable extent zeroing for ext4 as that change where holes are created +if [ "$FSTYP" = "ext4" ]; then + DEV=`basename $TEST_DEV` + echo 0 >/sys/fs/ext4/$DEV/extent_max_zeroout_kb +fi + _cleanup() { eval "rm -f $BASE_TEST_FILE.*" -- 1.8.1.4 _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs