[LSF/MM/BPF ATTEND][LSF/MM/BPF TOPIC] : blktests: status, expansion plan for the storage stack test framework

[Luis Chamberlain]

On Thu, Feb 22, 2024 at 10:31:53AM +0100, Daniel Wagner wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 21, 2024 at 10:32:05AM -0800, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> > > One discussion point I'd like to add is
> > > 
> > >   - running blktest against real hardare/target
> > 
> > We've resolved this in fstests with canonicalizing device symlinks, and
> > through kdevops its possible to even use PCIe passthrough onto a guest
> > using dynamic kconfig (ie, specific to the host).
> > 
> > It should be possible to do that in blktests too, but the dynamic
> > kconfig thing is outside of scope, but this is a long winded way of
> > suggestin that if we extend blktests to add a canonon-similar device
> > function, then since kdevops supports blktests you get that pcie
> > passthrough for free too.
> 
> I should have been more precise here, I was trying to say supporting
> real fabrics targets. blktests already has some logic for PCI targets
> with $TEST_DEV but I haven't really looked into this part yet.

Do fabric targets have a symlink which remains static?

  Luis