[PATCH blktests] nvme/068: add a test for multipath delayed removal

Daniel Wagner dwagner at suse.de
Tue Apr 28 05:42:28 PDT 2026


On Mon, Apr 27, 2026 at 01:51:17PM +0100, John Garry wrote:
> However some of what we want to test is still based on timing - for example,
> if we set delayed removal timeout to X seconds, we want to ensure that the
> gendisk is gone after X seconds. So we need the X second delay. Currently X
> is 10, but can shorten that.
> 
> sound ok?

Sure, that's sounds reasonable.

For the gendisk removal case, I'd suggest to monitor if the disk goes
away within in a time limit instead of a simple sleep and then test. A
busy system might take slightly longer than usual. The time limit can
then be really high.



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