Re: [BUG] two raid consistency bugs

Hi,

On 2026/7/15 18:11, Qu Wenruo wrote:
>> That's exactly what I'm doing. I'm not requesting devs to fix this bug 
>> immediately or implement my fancy idea. I wrote two test cases and 
>> hope it will be helpful to btrfs development. It would be better if 
>> these two test cases can be merged to test suite.
> 
> No, we will not push for test cases without a fix.
> 
> There is already a known failure, generic/747, and at least I'm not the 
> only one regretting pushing that.
> 

That's a strange policy. Is this a btrfs policy only or it applies to 
whole xfstests?

>>
>> I even wrote a draft patch to fix the second bug. However, the first 
>> bug is not easily solvable. So I had to discuss possible solutions. If 
>> possible, I would have written‌ a draft patch for the first bug, too.
> 
> This is already what I call fancy ideas.
> 
> Anyway, this will mostly just get yourself ignored if you really choose 
> to start from fancy projects.
> Those long existing problems are still there for a reason.
> 

Ok, the first bug is a bit fancy, but what about the second one? I don't 
think the second bug is hard to solve (if you ignore the first bug).

> If you believe you're smarter than everyone else, then go ahead, no one 
> is going to make you change your mind.
> 

This is a strange accusation‌ and I don't like your attitude. I never 
thought I am smarter than everyone else.


Zhang Boyang