[LTP] [PATCH] Ignore ntfs file system

[zhanglianjie]

Hi,

> 
>>>> If the fuse file system is ignored and the kernel enable CONFIG_NTFS_FS,
>>>> then the mount.ntfs of fuse is used when mounting ntfs,
>>>> which is equivalent to not ignoring the fuse file system.
> 
>>> ...
>>>> +++ b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/sync_file_range/sync_file_range02.c
>>>> @@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ static struct tst_test test = {
>>>>    	.all_filesystems = 1,
>>>>    	.skip_filesystems = (const char *const []){
>>>>    		"fuse",
>>>> +		"ntfs",
> 
>>> Shouldn't "ntfs" *replace* "fuse"?
>> Can't replace fuse.
> Not sure if we understand each other: I mean add "ntfs" and *remove* "fuse",
> as "fuse" is now redundant when we whitelist ntfs (see
> tst_get_supported_fs_types()), unless there is problem with other fuse
> filesystems. I tested with CONFIG_FUSE_FS=m CONFIG_EXFAT_FS=m.
> 
> But maybe removing "fuse" should be a separate step.
> 
I can understand what you mean, but I can't remove the fuse. If the fuse 
is removed and the kernel is not configured with CONFIG_EXFAT_FS=m, it 
will cause the test exfat to fail.

>>> Testing on SLES kernel 5.3 (heavily patched) which is without CONFIG_NTFS_FS:
>>> ...
>>> tst_supported_fs_types.c:51: TINFO: mkfs.vfat does exist
>>> ...
>>> Summary:
>>> passed   21
>>> failed   0
>>> broken   0
>>> skipped  0
>>> warnings 0
>> If there is no CONFIG_NTFS_FS, the test of the ntfs file system will be
>> ignored. Because there is fuse in skip_filesystems, the test can pass.
> 
> See above.
> 
>>> Testing Debian kernel 4.9.0-11-amd64 which is with CONFIG_NTFS_FS:
>>> tst_supported_fs_types.c:148: TINFO: Skipping ntfs as requested by the test
>>> ...
>>> Summary:
>>> passed   15
>>> failed   0
>>> broken   0
>>> skipped  0
>>> warnings 0
> 
>> CONFIG_NTFS_FS is configured, are you sure there is no ntfs
>> in skip_filesystems? Why does it output "Skipping ntfs as requested by
>> the test"?
>> There should be no mount.ntfs command provided by ntfs-3g in your
>> system.
> See above.
> 
> Kind regards,
> Petr
> 
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