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

[Petr Vorel]

Hi Christoph,

> > 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 * outdated tests (from 2005)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.

> > NFS tests using the kernel sound like a prime candidate for xfstests.
> In the past Yong Sun moved some ext4 related tests from LTP to xfstests.
> LTP has various NFS related tests. IMHO more important than where these tests
> should be is if anybody has a deeper look into them an cleanup them / rewrite
> them from scratch.

Although xfstests sounds like a natural choice, atm there are quite a lot NFS
tests in LTP. xfstests contain only single NFS test.

IMHO it's a choice of anybody who rewrites these tests whether he tries to put
them to LTP or into xfstests. If it were me I'd probably keep them in LTP,
because I prefer LTP framework capabilities.

Kind regards,
Petr