Re: [PATCH 0/2] align the "# FS QA Test" format

Zorro Lang <[email protected]>
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.fstests,org.kernel.vger.linux-xfs
Message-ID <ag2EiThgxdOXCzIw@zlang-mailbox>
On Wed, May 20, 2026 at 01:20:43AM -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Wed, May 20, 2026 at 03:49:50PM +0800, Zorro Lang wrote:
> > The intent of this patchset is straightforward, to reduce maintenance
> > overhead by unifying the format of the '# FS QA Test' line. This also
> > standardizes the output format of related maintenance tools.
> 
> Stupid question, but could we just kill the line?  It doesn't really
> add much value, but causes all kinds of issues.

No, I think that's an excellent question! I was too caught up in the issue
itself, but after looking closer at the code, I realized nothing actually
depends on this line. Moreover, it doesn't seem to add much value and instead
introduces unnecessary maintenance overhead.

I'm not sure what the historical reasons are for having this line, if anyone
has more context, please feel free to share. If there are no external
dependencies relying on it either, I agree we can remove it.

Thanks,
Zorro

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