[LTP] [xfs] 73e5fff98b: kmsg.dev/zero:Can't_open_blockdev

Jan Stancek jstancek@redhat.com
Wed Nov 13 07:16:45 CET 2019



----- Original Message -----
> > > > # mount -t xfs /dev/zero /mnt/xfs
> > 
> > Assuming that is what is being done ...
> 
> Arrrh, of course, a difference between get_tree_bdev() and
> mount_bdev() is that get_tree_bdev() prints this message when
> blkdev_get_by_path() fails whereas mount_bdev() doesn't.
> 
> Both however do return an error in this case so the behaviour
> is the same.
> 
> So I'm calling this not a problem with the subject patch.
> 
> What needs to be done to resolve this in ltp I don't know?

I think that's question for kernel test robot, which has this extra
check built on top. ltp itself doesn't treat this extra message as FAIL.

Jan



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