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

> On: March 24, 2022 4:43 PM, Jeff Hostetler wrote:
>> 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.
> 
> I would have thought this was applicable to Linux also. So use, it should skip. Be in touch when if you do down that path.
> --Randall
>