Getting xfs/040 to "pass" takes a bit of effort, however the effort to require updating xfsprogs is purely an xfsprogs maintainer task only. There no functional gain by users of xfs or a QA team to get this test to pass. This is not trivial from the current description so document this.
Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcg...@kernel.org> --- tests/xfs/040 | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/tests/xfs/040 b/tests/xfs/040 index fadb888cbfaf..a0abc42f3720 100755 --- a/tests/xfs/040 +++ b/tests/xfs/040 @@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ # # compare-libxfs test # +# The purpose of this test is only to nag the maintainer of xfsprogs to try to +# keep xfsprogs's libxfs files in sync with the latest kernel's libxfs. There +# is no functional need for anyone to actually run this test to confirm +# proper XFS functionalilty, this is an xfsprogs maintainer test. +# #----------------------------------------------------------------------- # Copyright (c) 2000-2001 Silicon Graphics, Inc. All Rights Reserved. # -- 2.15.0
