Ext4 data corruption in stable kernels

Posted Dec 12, 2023 10:11 UTC (Tue) by bgilbert (subscriber, #4738)
In reply to: Ext4 data corruption in stable kernels by wtarreau
Parent article: Ext4 data corruption in stable kernels

Suppose the stable team announced their intention to gate stable releases on automated testing, and put out a call for suitable test suites. Test suites could be required to meet a defined quality bar (low false positive rate, completion within the 48-hour review period, automatic bisection), and any suite that repeatedly failed to meet the bar could be removed from the test program. If no one at all stepped up to offer their tests, I would be shocked.

The stable team wouldn't need to own the test runners, just the reporting API, and the API could be quite simple. I agree with roc that the Linux Foundation should take some financial responsibility here, but I suspect some organizations would run tests and contribute results even if no funding were available.

Ext4 data corruption in stable kernels

Posted Dec 12, 2023 18:13 UTC (Tue) by wtarreau (subscriber, #51152) [Link]

> Suppose the stable team announced their intention to gate stable releases on automated testing, and put out a call for suitable test suites. Test suites could be required to meet a defined quality bar (low false positive rate, completion within the 48-hour review period, automatic bisection), and any suite that repeatedly failed to meet the bar could be removed from the test program.

OK so something someone has to write and operate.

> If no one at all stepped up to offer their tests, I would be shocked.

Apparently it's just been proposed, by you. When will we benefit from your next improvements to the process ?