RE: [PATCH v8 21/30] t7527: create test for fsmonitor--daemon

>On 3/24/22 4:36 PM, rsbecker@nexbridge.com wrote:
>> On March 24, 2022 4:28 PM, Jeff Hostetler wrote:
>>> On 3/24/22 3:05 PM, rsbecker@nexbridge.com wrote:
>>>> On March 24, 2022 3:00 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>>>>> Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 21/30] t7527: create test for
>>>>> fsmonitor--daemon
>>>>>
>>>>> "Jeff Hostetler via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:
>>>>>
>>>>>> From: Jeff Hostetler <jeffhost@microsoft.com>
>>> [...]
>>>>
>>>> May I request a bit of extra time on the -rc0 to -rc1 cycle for
>>>> this? I have a feeling
>>> that while testing this is probably going to go well, I would like to
>>> have a bit of extra time for anything that might come up. There are a
>>> lot of moving parts to this series. Not being critical, but debugging
>>> scripts on my platforms can be a bit rough at times.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Randall
>>>>
>>>
>>> I'll simplify the `start_daemon()` function as Junio suggests, so
>>> hopefully that'll reduce the amount of debugging that you need.
>> Thanks.
>>
>>> BTW, which platforms are you worried about?
>> I'm worried about NonStop ia64 and x86. It's not just this series but also the
>fsync series. I think it's going to be a bit of a rid this time, but hoping not.
>> --Randall
>>
>
>I currently only have drivers/backends for Windows and MacOS for the builtin
>FSMonitor daemon feature.  Since it relies on platform-specific code to read
>whatever filesystem journal or event stream that the the platform provides.
>
>So t7527 should do a skip_all on NonStop IIUC.