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generic/563: use a loop device to avoid partition incompatibility

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Series generic/563: use a loop device to avoid partition incompatibility | expand

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Brian Foster Dec. 10, 2020, 4:14 p.m. UTC
cgroup writeback accounting does not track partition level
statistics. Instead, I/O is accounted against the parent device. As
a result, the test fails if the scratch device happens to be a
device partition. Since parent level stats are potentially polluted
by factors external to the test, wrap the scratch device in a
loopback device to guarantee the test always runs on a top-level
block device.

Reported-by: Boyang Xue <bxue@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Brian Foster <bfoster@redhat.com>
---
 tests/generic/563 | 21 ++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

Comments

Zorro Lang Dec. 11, 2020, 8:45 a.m. UTC | #1
On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 11:14:26AM -0500, Brian Foster wrote:
> cgroup writeback accounting does not track partition level
> statistics. Instead, I/O is accounted against the parent device. As
> a result, the test fails if the scratch device happens to be a
> device partition. Since parent level stats are potentially polluted
> by factors external to the test, wrap the scratch device in a
> loopback device to guarantee the test always runs on a top-level
> block device.
> 
> Reported-by: Boyang Xue <bxue@redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Brian Foster <bfoster@redhat.com>
> ---
>  tests/generic/563 | 21 ++++++++++++++-------
>  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tests/generic/563 b/tests/generic/563
> index 51deaa2f..9292dece 100755
> --- a/tests/generic/563
> +++ b/tests/generic/563
> @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
>  # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
>  # Copyright (c) 2019 Red Hat, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
>  #
> -# FS QA Test No. 011
> +# FS QA Test No. 563
>  #
>  # This test verifies that cgroup aware writeback properly accounts I/Os in
>  # various scenarios. We perform reads/writes from different combinations of
> @@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ _cleanup()
>  
>  	echo $$ > $cgdir/cgroup.procs
>  	rmdir $cgdir/$seq-cg* > /dev/null 2>&1
> +	umount $SCRATCH_MNT > /dev/null 2>&1
> +	_destroy_loop_device $LOOP_DEV > /dev/null 2>&1
>  }
>  
>  # get standard environment, filters and checks
> @@ -42,14 +44,12 @@ rm -f $seqres.full
>  _supported_fs generic
>  _require_scratch
>  _require_cgroup2 io
> +_require_loop
>  
>  # cgroup v2 writeback is only support on block devices so far
>  _require_block_device $SCRATCH_DEV
>  
> -smajor=$((0x`stat -L -c %t $SCRATCH_DEV`))
> -sminor=$((0x`stat -L -c %T $SCRATCH_DEV`))
>  cgdir=$CGROUP2_PATH
> -
>  iosize=$((1024 * 1024 * 8))
>  
>  # Check cgroup read/write charges against expected values. Allow for some
> @@ -89,12 +89,19 @@ reset()
>  	rmdir $cgdir/$seq-cg* > /dev/null 2>&1
>  	$XFS_IO_PROG -fc "pwrite 0 $iosize" $SCRATCH_MNT/file \
>  		>> $seqres.full 2>&1
> -	_scratch_cycle_mount || _fail "mount failed"
> +	umount $SCRATCH_MNT || _fail "umount failed"
> +	_mount $LOOP_DEV $SCRATCH_MNT || _fail "mount failed"
>  	stat $SCRATCH_MNT/file > /dev/null
>  }
>  
> -_scratch_mkfs >> $seqres.full 2>&1
> -_scratch_mount
> +# cgroup I/O accounting doesn't work on partitions. Use a loop device to rule
> +# that out.
> +LOOP_DEV=$(_create_loop_device $SCRATCH_DEV)

I recommend using a file to create loop device. If you'd like to use SCRATCH_DEV
to create loop device directly, you'd better to change the "_require_scratch"
to "_require_scratch_nocheck". Or I think it might be failed, e.g. if SCRATCH_DEV
is a 4k sector size device.

Others look good to me.

Thanks,
Zorro

> +smajor=$((0x`stat -L -c %t $LOOP_DEV`))
> +sminor=$((0x`stat -L -c %T $LOOP_DEV`))
> +
> +_mkfs_dev $LOOP_DEV >> $seqres.full 2>&1
> +_mount $LOOP_DEV $SCRATCH_MNT || _fail "mount failed"
>  
>  echo "+io" > $cgdir/cgroup.subtree_control || _fail "subtree control"
>  
> -- 
> 2.26.2
>
Brian Foster Dec. 11, 2020, 3:21 p.m. UTC | #2
On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 04:45:08PM +0800, Zorro Lang wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 11:14:26AM -0500, Brian Foster wrote:
> > cgroup writeback accounting does not track partition level
> > statistics. Instead, I/O is accounted against the parent device. As
> > a result, the test fails if the scratch device happens to be a
> > device partition. Since parent level stats are potentially polluted
> > by factors external to the test, wrap the scratch device in a
> > loopback device to guarantee the test always runs on a top-level
> > block device.
> > 
> > Reported-by: Boyang Xue <bxue@redhat.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Brian Foster <bfoster@redhat.com>
> > ---
> >  tests/generic/563 | 21 ++++++++++++++-------
> >  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/tests/generic/563 b/tests/generic/563
> > index 51deaa2f..9292dece 100755
> > --- a/tests/generic/563
> > +++ b/tests/generic/563
> > @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
> >  # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> >  # Copyright (c) 2019 Red Hat, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
> >  #
> > -# FS QA Test No. 011
> > +# FS QA Test No. 563
> >  #
> >  # This test verifies that cgroup aware writeback properly accounts I/Os in
> >  # various scenarios. We perform reads/writes from different combinations of
> > @@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ _cleanup()
> >  
> >  	echo $$ > $cgdir/cgroup.procs
> >  	rmdir $cgdir/$seq-cg* > /dev/null 2>&1
> > +	umount $SCRATCH_MNT > /dev/null 2>&1
> > +	_destroy_loop_device $LOOP_DEV > /dev/null 2>&1
> >  }
> >  
> >  # get standard environment, filters and checks
> > @@ -42,14 +44,12 @@ rm -f $seqres.full
> >  _supported_fs generic
> >  _require_scratch
> >  _require_cgroup2 io
> > +_require_loop
> >  
> >  # cgroup v2 writeback is only support on block devices so far
> >  _require_block_device $SCRATCH_DEV
> >  
> > -smajor=$((0x`stat -L -c %t $SCRATCH_DEV`))
> > -sminor=$((0x`stat -L -c %T $SCRATCH_DEV`))
> >  cgdir=$CGROUP2_PATH
> > -
> >  iosize=$((1024 * 1024 * 8))
> >  
> >  # Check cgroup read/write charges against expected values. Allow for some
> > @@ -89,12 +89,19 @@ reset()
> >  	rmdir $cgdir/$seq-cg* > /dev/null 2>&1
> >  	$XFS_IO_PROG -fc "pwrite 0 $iosize" $SCRATCH_MNT/file \
> >  		>> $seqres.full 2>&1
> > -	_scratch_cycle_mount || _fail "mount failed"
> > +	umount $SCRATCH_MNT || _fail "umount failed"
> > +	_mount $LOOP_DEV $SCRATCH_MNT || _fail "mount failed"
> >  	stat $SCRATCH_MNT/file > /dev/null
> >  }
> >  
> > -_scratch_mkfs >> $seqres.full 2>&1
> > -_scratch_mount
> > +# cgroup I/O accounting doesn't work on partitions. Use a loop device to rule
> > +# that out.
> > +LOOP_DEV=$(_create_loop_device $SCRATCH_DEV)
> 
> I recommend using a file to create loop device. If you'd like to use SCRATCH_DEV
> to create loop device directly, you'd better to change the "_require_scratch"
> to "_require_scratch_nocheck". Or I think it might be failed, e.g. if SCRATCH_DEV
> is a 4k sector size device.
> 

What's the error that occurs with a 4k device, out of curiosity? I
suppose if it's just a repair thing then using _nocheck probably makes
sense (or technically might make sense regardless since we're not
formatting the scratch device directly). I don't mind creating a file
and using loop on that, but would like to make sure I understand if/why
it's necessary.

> Others look good to me.
> 

Thanks for the feedback.

Brian

> Thanks,
> Zorro
> 
> > +smajor=$((0x`stat -L -c %t $LOOP_DEV`))
> > +sminor=$((0x`stat -L -c %T $LOOP_DEV`))
> > +
> > +_mkfs_dev $LOOP_DEV >> $seqres.full 2>&1
> > +_mount $LOOP_DEV $SCRATCH_MNT || _fail "mount failed"
> >  
> >  echo "+io" > $cgdir/cgroup.subtree_control || _fail "subtree control"
> >  
> > -- 
> > 2.26.2
> > 
>
Zorro Lang Dec. 14, 2020, 4:07 p.m. UTC | #3
On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 10:21:40AM -0500, Brian Foster wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 04:45:08PM +0800, Zorro Lang wrote:
> > On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 11:14:26AM -0500, Brian Foster wrote:
> > > cgroup writeback accounting does not track partition level
> > > statistics. Instead, I/O is accounted against the parent device. As
> > > a result, the test fails if the scratch device happens to be a
> > > device partition. Since parent level stats are potentially polluted
> > > by factors external to the test, wrap the scratch device in a
> > > loopback device to guarantee the test always runs on a top-level
> > > block device.
> > > 
> > > Reported-by: Boyang Xue <bxue@redhat.com>
> > > Signed-off-by: Brian Foster <bfoster@redhat.com>
> > > ---
> > >  tests/generic/563 | 21 ++++++++++++++-------
> > >  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/tests/generic/563 b/tests/generic/563
> > > index 51deaa2f..9292dece 100755
> > > --- a/tests/generic/563
> > > +++ b/tests/generic/563
> > > @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
> > >  # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> > >  # Copyright (c) 2019 Red Hat, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
> > >  #
> > > -# FS QA Test No. 011
> > > +# FS QA Test No. 563
> > >  #
> > >  # This test verifies that cgroup aware writeback properly accounts I/Os in
> > >  # various scenarios. We perform reads/writes from different combinations of
> > > @@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ _cleanup()
> > >  
> > >  	echo $$ > $cgdir/cgroup.procs
> > >  	rmdir $cgdir/$seq-cg* > /dev/null 2>&1
> > > +	umount $SCRATCH_MNT > /dev/null 2>&1
> > > +	_destroy_loop_device $LOOP_DEV > /dev/null 2>&1
> > >  }
> > >  
> > >  # get standard environment, filters and checks
> > > @@ -42,14 +44,12 @@ rm -f $seqres.full
> > >  _supported_fs generic
> > >  _require_scratch
> > >  _require_cgroup2 io
> > > +_require_loop
> > >  
> > >  # cgroup v2 writeback is only support on block devices so far
> > >  _require_block_device $SCRATCH_DEV
> > >  
> > > -smajor=$((0x`stat -L -c %t $SCRATCH_DEV`))
> > > -sminor=$((0x`stat -L -c %T $SCRATCH_DEV`))
> > >  cgdir=$CGROUP2_PATH
> > > -
> > >  iosize=$((1024 * 1024 * 8))
> > >  
> > >  # Check cgroup read/write charges against expected values. Allow for some
> > > @@ -89,12 +89,19 @@ reset()
> > >  	rmdir $cgdir/$seq-cg* > /dev/null 2>&1
> > >  	$XFS_IO_PROG -fc "pwrite 0 $iosize" $SCRATCH_MNT/file \
> > >  		>> $seqres.full 2>&1
> > > -	_scratch_cycle_mount || _fail "mount failed"
> > > +	umount $SCRATCH_MNT || _fail "umount failed"
> > > +	_mount $LOOP_DEV $SCRATCH_MNT || _fail "mount failed"
> > >  	stat $SCRATCH_MNT/file > /dev/null
> > >  }
> > >  
> > > -_scratch_mkfs >> $seqres.full 2>&1
> > > -_scratch_mount
> > > +# cgroup I/O accounting doesn't work on partitions. Use a loop device to rule
> > > +# that out.
> > > +LOOP_DEV=$(_create_loop_device $SCRATCH_DEV)
> > 
> > I recommend using a file to create loop device. If you'd like to use SCRATCH_DEV
> > to create loop device directly, you'd better to change the "_require_scratch"
> > to "_require_scratch_nocheck". Or I think it might be failed, e.g. if SCRATCH_DEV
> > is a 4k sector size device.
> > 
> 
> What's the error that occurs with a 4k device, out of curiosity? I
> suppose if it's just a repair thing then using _nocheck probably makes
> sense (or technically might make sense regardless since we're not
> formatting the scratch device directly). I don't mind creating a file
> and using loop on that, but would like to make sure I understand if/why
> it's necessary.

The XFS on underlying device will cause fsck fail, likes this:

# modprobe scsi_debug sector_size=4096 physblk_exp=0 dev_size_mb=1024
# losetup -f --show /dev/sdc
/dev/loop0
# # mkfs.xfs -f /dev/loop0
meta-data=/dev/loop0             isize=512    agcount=4, agsize=65536 blks
         =                       sectsz=512   attr=2, projid32bit=1
         =                       crc=1        finobt=1, sparse=1, rmapbt=0
         =                       reflink=1
data     =                       bsize=4096   blocks=262144, imaxpct=25
         =                       sunit=0      swidth=0 blks
naming   =version 2              bsize=4096   ascii-ci=0, ftype=1
log      =internal log           bsize=4096   blocks=2560, version=2
         =                       sectsz=512   sunit=0 blks, lazy-count=1
realtime =none                   extsz=4096   blocks=0, rtextents=0
Discarding blocks...Done.
# xfs_repair -n /dev/loop0
[passed]
# losetup -d /dev/loop0
# xfs_repair -n /dev/sdc
Phase 1 - find and verify superblock...
xfs_repair: read failed: Invalid argument
xfs_repair: data size check failed
xfs_repair: cannot repair this filesystem.  Sorry.

The xfstests always do fsck on SCRATCH_DEV except you use _require_scratch_nocheck
at the beginning of a sub-case, to skip the fsck.

Thanks,
Zorro

> 
> > Others look good to me.
> > 
> 
> Thanks for the feedback.
> 
> Brian
> 
> > Thanks,
> > Zorro
> > 
> > > +smajor=$((0x`stat -L -c %t $LOOP_DEV`))
> > > +sminor=$((0x`stat -L -c %T $LOOP_DEV`))
> > > +
> > > +_mkfs_dev $LOOP_DEV >> $seqres.full 2>&1
> > > +_mount $LOOP_DEV $SCRATCH_MNT || _fail "mount failed"
> > >  
> > >  echo "+io" > $cgdir/cgroup.subtree_control || _fail "subtree control"
> > >  
> > > -- 
> > > 2.26.2
> > > 
> > 
>
Brian Foster Dec. 14, 2020, 4:19 p.m. UTC | #4
On Tue, Dec 15, 2020 at 12:07:01AM +0800, Zorro Lang wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 10:21:40AM -0500, Brian Foster wrote:
> > On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 04:45:08PM +0800, Zorro Lang wrote:
> > > On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 11:14:26AM -0500, Brian Foster wrote:
> > > > cgroup writeback accounting does not track partition level
> > > > statistics. Instead, I/O is accounted against the parent device. As
> > > > a result, the test fails if the scratch device happens to be a
> > > > device partition. Since parent level stats are potentially polluted
> > > > by factors external to the test, wrap the scratch device in a
> > > > loopback device to guarantee the test always runs on a top-level
> > > > block device.
> > > > 
> > > > Reported-by: Boyang Xue <bxue@redhat.com>
> > > > Signed-off-by: Brian Foster <bfoster@redhat.com>
> > > > ---
> > > >  tests/generic/563 | 21 ++++++++++++++-------
> > > >  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> > > > 
> > > > diff --git a/tests/generic/563 b/tests/generic/563
> > > > index 51deaa2f..9292dece 100755
> > > > --- a/tests/generic/563
> > > > +++ b/tests/generic/563
> > > > @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
> > > >  # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> > > >  # Copyright (c) 2019 Red Hat, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
> > > >  #
> > > > -# FS QA Test No. 011
> > > > +# FS QA Test No. 563
> > > >  #
> > > >  # This test verifies that cgroup aware writeback properly accounts I/Os in
> > > >  # various scenarios. We perform reads/writes from different combinations of
> > > > @@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ _cleanup()
> > > >  
> > > >  	echo $$ > $cgdir/cgroup.procs
> > > >  	rmdir $cgdir/$seq-cg* > /dev/null 2>&1
> > > > +	umount $SCRATCH_MNT > /dev/null 2>&1
> > > > +	_destroy_loop_device $LOOP_DEV > /dev/null 2>&1
> > > >  }
> > > >  
> > > >  # get standard environment, filters and checks
> > > > @@ -42,14 +44,12 @@ rm -f $seqres.full
> > > >  _supported_fs generic
> > > >  _require_scratch
> > > >  _require_cgroup2 io
> > > > +_require_loop
> > > >  
> > > >  # cgroup v2 writeback is only support on block devices so far
> > > >  _require_block_device $SCRATCH_DEV
> > > >  
> > > > -smajor=$((0x`stat -L -c %t $SCRATCH_DEV`))
> > > > -sminor=$((0x`stat -L -c %T $SCRATCH_DEV`))
> > > >  cgdir=$CGROUP2_PATH
> > > > -
> > > >  iosize=$((1024 * 1024 * 8))
> > > >  
> > > >  # Check cgroup read/write charges against expected values. Allow for some
> > > > @@ -89,12 +89,19 @@ reset()
> > > >  	rmdir $cgdir/$seq-cg* > /dev/null 2>&1
> > > >  	$XFS_IO_PROG -fc "pwrite 0 $iosize" $SCRATCH_MNT/file \
> > > >  		>> $seqres.full 2>&1
> > > > -	_scratch_cycle_mount || _fail "mount failed"
> > > > +	umount $SCRATCH_MNT || _fail "umount failed"
> > > > +	_mount $LOOP_DEV $SCRATCH_MNT || _fail "mount failed"
> > > >  	stat $SCRATCH_MNT/file > /dev/null
> > > >  }
> > > >  
> > > > -_scratch_mkfs >> $seqres.full 2>&1
> > > > -_scratch_mount
> > > > +# cgroup I/O accounting doesn't work on partitions. Use a loop device to rule
> > > > +# that out.
> > > > +LOOP_DEV=$(_create_loop_device $SCRATCH_DEV)
> > > 
> > > I recommend using a file to create loop device. If you'd like to use SCRATCH_DEV
> > > to create loop device directly, you'd better to change the "_require_scratch"
> > > to "_require_scratch_nocheck". Or I think it might be failed, e.g. if SCRATCH_DEV
> > > is a 4k sector size device.
> > > 
> > 
> > What's the error that occurs with a 4k device, out of curiosity? I
> > suppose if it's just a repair thing then using _nocheck probably makes
> > sense (or technically might make sense regardless since we're not
> > formatting the scratch device directly). I don't mind creating a file
> > and using loop on that, but would like to make sure I understand if/why
> > it's necessary.
> 
> The XFS on underlying device will cause fsck fail, likes this:
> 
> # modprobe scsi_debug sector_size=4096 physblk_exp=0 dev_size_mb=1024
> # losetup -f --show /dev/sdc
> /dev/loop0
> # # mkfs.xfs -f /dev/loop0
> meta-data=/dev/loop0             isize=512    agcount=4, agsize=65536 blks
>          =                       sectsz=512   attr=2, projid32bit=1
>          =                       crc=1        finobt=1, sparse=1, rmapbt=0
>          =                       reflink=1
> data     =                       bsize=4096   blocks=262144, imaxpct=25
>          =                       sunit=0      swidth=0 blks
> naming   =version 2              bsize=4096   ascii-ci=0, ftype=1
> log      =internal log           bsize=4096   blocks=2560, version=2
>          =                       sectsz=512   sunit=0 blks, lazy-count=1
> realtime =none                   extsz=4096   blocks=0, rtextents=0
> Discarding blocks...Done.
> # xfs_repair -n /dev/loop0
> [passed]
> # losetup -d /dev/loop0
> # xfs_repair -n /dev/sdc
> Phase 1 - find and verify superblock...
> xfs_repair: read failed: Invalid argument
> xfs_repair: data size check failed
> xfs_repair: cannot repair this filesystem.  Sorry.
> 
> The xfstests always do fsck on SCRATCH_DEV except you use _require_scratch_nocheck
> at the beginning of a sub-case, to skip the fsck.
> 

Ah, Ok. If repair is the only issue then I'll update the test to use
_nocheck. Thanks for catching this..

Brian

> Thanks,
> Zorro
> 
> > 
> > > Others look good to me.
> > > 
> > 
> > Thanks for the feedback.
> > 
> > Brian
> > 
> > > Thanks,
> > > Zorro
> > > 
> > > > +smajor=$((0x`stat -L -c %t $LOOP_DEV`))
> > > > +sminor=$((0x`stat -L -c %T $LOOP_DEV`))
> > > > +
> > > > +_mkfs_dev $LOOP_DEV >> $seqres.full 2>&1
> > > > +_mount $LOOP_DEV $SCRATCH_MNT || _fail "mount failed"
> > > >  
> > > >  echo "+io" > $cgdir/cgroup.subtree_control || _fail "subtree control"
> > > >  
> > > > -- 
> > > > 2.26.2
> > > > 
> > > 
> > 
>
diff mbox series

Patch

diff --git a/tests/generic/563 b/tests/generic/563
index 51deaa2f..9292dece 100755
--- a/tests/generic/563
+++ b/tests/generic/563
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ 
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # Copyright (c) 2019 Red Hat, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
 #
-# FS QA Test No. 011
+# FS QA Test No. 563
 #
 # This test verifies that cgroup aware writeback properly accounts I/Os in
 # various scenarios. We perform reads/writes from different combinations of
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@  _cleanup()
 
 	echo $$ > $cgdir/cgroup.procs
 	rmdir $cgdir/$seq-cg* > /dev/null 2>&1
+	umount $SCRATCH_MNT > /dev/null 2>&1
+	_destroy_loop_device $LOOP_DEV > /dev/null 2>&1
 }
 
 # get standard environment, filters and checks
@@ -42,14 +44,12 @@  rm -f $seqres.full
 _supported_fs generic
 _require_scratch
 _require_cgroup2 io
+_require_loop
 
 # cgroup v2 writeback is only support on block devices so far
 _require_block_device $SCRATCH_DEV
 
-smajor=$((0x`stat -L -c %t $SCRATCH_DEV`))
-sminor=$((0x`stat -L -c %T $SCRATCH_DEV`))
 cgdir=$CGROUP2_PATH
-
 iosize=$((1024 * 1024 * 8))
 
 # Check cgroup read/write charges against expected values. Allow for some
@@ -89,12 +89,19 @@  reset()
 	rmdir $cgdir/$seq-cg* > /dev/null 2>&1
 	$XFS_IO_PROG -fc "pwrite 0 $iosize" $SCRATCH_MNT/file \
 		>> $seqres.full 2>&1
-	_scratch_cycle_mount || _fail "mount failed"
+	umount $SCRATCH_MNT || _fail "umount failed"
+	_mount $LOOP_DEV $SCRATCH_MNT || _fail "mount failed"
 	stat $SCRATCH_MNT/file > /dev/null
 }
 
-_scratch_mkfs >> $seqres.full 2>&1
-_scratch_mount
+# cgroup I/O accounting doesn't work on partitions. Use a loop device to rule
+# that out.
+LOOP_DEV=$(_create_loop_device $SCRATCH_DEV)
+smajor=$((0x`stat -L -c %t $LOOP_DEV`))
+sminor=$((0x`stat -L -c %T $LOOP_DEV`))
+
+_mkfs_dev $LOOP_DEV >> $seqres.full 2>&1
+_mount $LOOP_DEV $SCRATCH_MNT || _fail "mount failed"
 
 echo "+io" > $cgdir/cgroup.subtree_control || _fail "subtree control"