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TESTING FOR REQUIREMENTS IN TEST SCRIPTS
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Test scripts need to indicate to the infrastructure what sorts of requirements
they have. This is done with _require_<xxx> macros, which may take parameters.
(1) General requirements.
_require_command "$<NAME_PROG>" <name>
_require_test
_require_test_program <name>
_require_xfs_io_command <name> [<switch>]
(2) Filesystem capability requirements.
_require_chattr <letters>
_require_exportfs
(3) System call requirements.
_require_statx
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GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
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_require_command "$NAME_PROG" name
The test requires an external command, called 'name' be present on the
system and that '$VAR' should be set with the path to that command. $VAR
should then be used to refer to the command when executing it. For
example:
_require_command "KILLALL_PROG" killall
to locate the killall command and then:
$KILLALL_PROG -q $FSSTRESS_PROG
to make use of it.
_require_test
The test requires that the block device specified by $TEST_DEV be mounted
on $TEST_DIR.
_require_test_program <name>
The test requires a program by the name of 'name' be present and built in
the src/ directory. For example:
_require_test_program "stat_test"
requires that src/stat_test be built.
_require_xfs_io_command <name> [<switch>]
The test requires that the xfs_io command be available, that it supports
command <name> and, optionally, that that command supports the specified
switch. For example:
_require_xfs_io_command "falloc"
_require_xfs_io_command "chattr" "+/-x"
The first requires that xfs_io support the falloc command and the second
that it supports the chattr command and that the chattr command supports
the +x and -x arguments (DAX attribute).
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FILESYSTEM CAPABILITY REQUIREMENTS
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_require_chattr <letters>
The test requires that the filesystem attribute set by the chattr command
with +<letters> as an argument be available and supported by the $TEST_DEV
filesystem. No check is made of the scratch filesystem. For example:
_require_chattr ai
tests to see if setting the append-only and immutable attributes on a file
(chattr +a +i) is supported.
_require_exportfs
The test requires that the $TEST_DEV filesystem supports NFS export.
The test also requires the use of the open_by_handle_at() system call and
will be skipped if it isn't available in the kernel.
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SYSTEM CALL REQUIREMENTS
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_require_statx
The test requires the use of the statx() system call and will be skipped
if it isn't available in the kernel.