Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 28 Jul 2001 03:38:07 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 28 Jul 2001 03:37:57 -0400 Received: from thebsh.namesys.com ([212.16.0.238]:64270 "HELO thebsh.namesys.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Sat, 28 Jul 2001 03:37:45 -0400 Message-ID: <3B626B81.49E25A39@namesys.com> Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2001 11:36:33 +0400 From: Hans Reiser Organization: Namesys X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.4 i686) X-Accept-Language: en, ru MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alan Cox CC: "A. Lehmann" <"pcg( Marc)"@goof.com>, Joshua Schmidlkofer , kernel Subject: Re: ReiserFS / 2.4.6 / Data Corruption In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=koi8-r Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-kernel-outgoing Alan Cox wrote: > > > By the way, how about considering the use of tests before redhat coders put stuff in the linux > > kernel? You know, if VFS changes actually got tested before users encountered things like Viro > > breaking ReiserFS in 2.4.5, it would be nice. > > At Namesys, like all normal software shops, we actually run a test suite before shipping code > > externally. We usually try to require that it be tested by at least one person in addition to the > > code author. > > *PLONK* > > No doubt if Namesys ran test suites all the tail merging bug fiasco and the > directory/tree balance races wouldnt have happened. Our test suites need much improvement, but we do have them and use them. Can you say the same? Hans - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/