Trying to work with the tests

[Gao Xiang]

Hi Ian,

On 2024/4/22 21:10, Ian Kent wrote:
> On 22/4/24 17:12, Gao Xiang wrote:
>> Hi Ian,
>>
>> (+Cc Jingbo here).
>>
>> On 2024/4/22 16:31, Ian Kent wrote:
>>> I'm new to the list so Hi to all,
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm working with a heavily patched 5.14 kernel and I've gathered together patches to bring erofs
>>>
>>> up to 5.19 and I'm trying to run the erofs and fscache tests from a checkout of the 1.7.1 repo.
>>>
>>> (branch experimental-tests-fscache) and I have a couple of fails I can't quite work out so I'm
>>>
>>> hoping for a little halp.
>>
>> Thanks for your interest and provide the detailed infos.
>>
>> I guess a modified 5.14 kernel may be originated from RHEL 9?
> 
> Yes, that's right.
> 
> I am working on improving erofs support in RHEL which of course goes via CentOS Stream 9.

BTW, could you submit the current patches to CentOS stream 9 mainline?
so I could review as well.

> 
> 
>>
>> I have a plan to backport the latest EROFS to CentOS stream 9, but
>> currently I'm busy in internal stuffs, so it's still a bit delayed...
> 
> Right, Eric mentioned you were keen to help out.
> 
> 
> The full back port is a bit much to do in one step, I'd like to let it settle for a minor release before considering
> 
> further back port effort. Of course any assistance is also welcome if and when you have time.

Yeah, since you've already picked to Linux 5.19.  So I think I could
also give a try if these commits are available on gitlab...

I think I can help nail down the issue (fscache/005) too.

Thanks,
Gao Xiang