From: Josef Bacik Subject: [PATCH] [PATCH] xfstests: use -F when making scratch ext4 fs Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:16:53 -0400 Message-ID: <1367003813-17686-1-git-send-email-jbacik@fusionio.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain To: , Return-path: Received: from dkim2.fusionio.com ([66.114.96.54]:58072 "EHLO dkim2.fusionio.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757466Ab3DZTQz (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:16:55 -0400 Received: from mx1.fusionio.com (unknown [10.101.1.160]) by dkim2.fusionio.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FE799A033F for ; Fri, 26 Apr 2013 13:16:55 -0600 (MDT) Sender: linux-ext4-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: mkfs.ext4 will ask you if you are sure if you try to mkfs an entire disk instead of just a partition, so any xfstest that uses a scratch device and you specify a full disk will appear to hang because it's waiting for you to say yes. This fixes the problem by just forcing it to do its thing. Thanks, Signed-off-by: Josef Bacik --- common/rc | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/common/rc b/common/rc index ff18cc2..9d1c3fc 100644 --- a/common/rc +++ b/common/rc @@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ _scratch_mkfs_ext4() { local tmp_dir=/tmp/ - /sbin/mkfs -t $FSTYP -- $MKFS_OPTIONS $* $SCRATCH_DEV \ + /sbin/mkfs -t $FSTYP -- -F $MKFS_OPTIONS $* $SCRATCH_DEV \ 2>$tmp_dir.mkfserr 1>$tmp_dir.mkfsstd local mkfs_status=$? -- 1.7.7.6