[LTP] [RFC PATCH 1/1] Remove nfsv4

[Petr Vorel]

Hi Bruce, Trond,

> On Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 01:32:09PM +0000, Trond Myklebust wrote:
> > On Mon, 2020-07-20 at 11:14 +0200, Petr Vorel wrote:
> > > Reasons to drop:
> > > * outdated tests (from 2005)
> > > * not used (NFS kernel maintainers use pynfs [1])
> > > * written in Python (we support C and shell, see [2])

> > > [1] http://git.linux-nfs.org/?p=bfields/pynfs.git;a=summary
> > > [2] https://github.com/linux-test-project/ltp/issues/547


> > Unlike pynfs, these tests run on a real NFS client, and were designed
> > to test client implementations, as well as the servers.

> > So if they get dropped from ltp, then we will have to figure out some
> > other way of continuing to maintain them.

> Just for fun, I grepped through old mail to see if I could find any
> cases of these tests being used.  I found one, in which Chuck reports an
> nfslock01 failure.  Looks like it did find a real bug, which we fixed:

> 	https://lore.kernel.org/r/8DF85CB6-5FEB-4A25-9715-C9808F37A4B1@oracle.com
> 	https://lore.kernel.org/r/20160807185024.11705.10864.stgit@klimt.1015granger.net

Thanks for your explanation, this obviously justify these tests in LTP, unless
you want to move it to git.linux-nfs.org and maintain on your own.

Kind regards,
Petr