[LTP] [PATCH v4] syscalls/copy_file_range: add/restructured tests

[Petr Vorel]

Hi,

> > > > > 2) Glibc adds internal implementation of copy_file_range(), used as fallback
> > > > > when kernel < 4.5 (which brought copy_file_range()) [1]. I guess there is no way
> > > > > to use it explicitly :(.

> > > > Well we can always use filesystem that does not support the operation,
> > > > so running the test for all filesystems should get the emulation covered
> > > > for sure...
> > > Oh, that's the way :).

> > Actually, there is no such thing as filesystem that does not support
> > copy_file_range() because the kernel provides a fallback default implementation
> > (in-kernel copy).

> So the glibc fallback code is probably something that will end up being
> used if someone wants to run application that uses this syscall on BSD
> or other corner cases. I guess that we do not care that much about
> testing the glibc fallback code then.
OK, we should remove test variants then.

Kind regards,
Petr