[PATCH] tst: Add test for utime

[Lukasz Majewski]

Hi Florian, Arjun,

> * Arjun Shankar:
> 
> > Hi Lukasz,
> >  
> >> This patch provides test for utime. It uses xfstat() syscall to
> >> read access and modification times to compare with ones written by
> >> utime.
> >> 
> >> Moreover, access and modification times beyond the Y2038 threshold
> >> date (i.e. 32 bit time_t overflow) are also checked.  
> >
> > It seems that this and the utimes/futimens tests fail on machines
> > where /tmp is XFS, where they run into a y2038 bug [1].
> >
> > I am wondering if there's a way around this, like maybe using a
> > loop mount inside a container? I don't know if that's possible/easy
> > using the container tests infrastructure, but it is the first thing
> > that comes to my mind.  
> 
> If tmpfs is known to work, using /dev/shm instead may be an option.
> 

I must admit that I've only tested this test with /tmp mounted as tmpfs.

As Florian pointed out - maybe /dev/shm would be an option...

> Thanks,
> Florian
> 




Best regards,

Lukasz Majewski

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