From patchwork Fri Dec 15 20:41:18 2017 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Luis Chamberlain X-Patchwork-Id: 10116001 Return-Path: Received: from mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (pdx-wl-mail.web.codeaurora.org [172.30.200.125]) by pdx-korg-patchwork.web.codeaurora.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7AF296019C for ; Fri, 15 Dec 2017 20:41:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6EBF52A16C for ; Fri, 15 Dec 2017 20:41:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix, from userid 486) id 633C12A14C; Fri, 15 Dec 2017 20:41:25 +0000 (UTC) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on pdx-wl-mail.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.9 required=2.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22C742A14C for ; Fri, 15 Dec 2017 20:41:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755763AbdLOUlY (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Dec 2017 15:41:24 -0500 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:57850 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755650AbdLOUlV (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Dec 2017 15:41:21 -0500 Received: from garbanzo.do-not-panic.com (c-73-15-241-2.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [73.15.241.2]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 28D8F21877; Fri, 15 Dec 2017 20:41:21 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 28D8F21877 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=kernel.org Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=mcgrof@kernel.org From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" To: fstests@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "Luis R. Rodriguez" Subject: [PATCH] tests/xfs/040: document purpose Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2017 12:41:18 -0800 Message-Id: <20171215204118.17740-1-mcgrof@kernel.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.13.2 Sender: fstests-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: fstests@vger.kernel.org X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP Getting xfs/040 to "pass" takes a bit of effort, however the effort to require updating xfsprogs is purely an xfsprogs maintainer task only. There no functional gain by users of xfs or a QA team to get this test to pass. This is not trivial from the current description so document this. Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez Reviewed-by: Bill O'Donnell --- tests/xfs/040 | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/tests/xfs/040 b/tests/xfs/040 index fadb888cbfaf..a0abc42f3720 100755 --- a/tests/xfs/040 +++ b/tests/xfs/040 @@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ # # compare-libxfs test # +# The purpose of this test is only to nag the maintainer of xfsprogs to try to +# keep xfsprogs's libxfs files in sync with the latest kernel's libxfs. There +# is no functional need for anyone to actually run this test to confirm +# proper XFS functionalilty, this is an xfsprogs maintainer test. +# #----------------------------------------------------------------------- # Copyright (c) 2000-2001 Silicon Graphics, Inc. All Rights Reserved. #