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Description
This page describes a test case for bcache-tools; "mock on bcache without using LVM".
Bcache is a Linux kernel block layer cache. It allows one or more fast disk drives such as flash-based solid state drives (SSDs) to act as a cache for one or more slower hard disk drives. The bcache-tools package contains the utilities for manipulating bcache
Testing covers not only bcache-tools but also the interaction between bcache-tools and other packages: kernel, util-linux and dracut.
Assuming you have a fresh Fedora 20 system is running, we will create mock partitions to a bcache device.
Prerequisites
The prerequisites for running the bcache-tools testcases can be found on this page
Setup
- Open terminal
- Switch to root user:
su -
First of all we have to make sure no traces of bcache superblocks are left on /dev/sdb1 from earlier experiments. So before installing bcache-tools do the following:
- update util-linux to the latest version (2.24 is required):
yum update util-linux - Wipe whatever is on the /dev/sdb1 partition:
wipefs -a /dev/sdb1 - Wipe whatever is on the /dev/sdb2 partition:
wipefs -a /dev/sdb2 - Next install bcache-tools:
yum install bcache-tools - reboot so bcache-tools is processed well
How to test
- Add two new partitions w/ gnome-disks or gparted or the same
- Erase the old /var/lib/mock from /dev/sda2:
wipefs -a /dev/sda2 - Erase the old /var/cache/mock from /dev/sda3:
wipefs -a /dev/sda3 - Make /dev/sda2 a bcache backing device:
make-bcache -B /dev/sda2 - Make /dev/sda3 a bcache backing device:
make-bcache -B /dev/sda3 - Make /dev/sdb1 a bcache caching device:
make-bcache -C /dev/sdb1 - Make /dev/sdb2 a bcache caching device:
make-bcache -C /dev/sdb2 - Retrieve the cset.uuid from your /dev/sdb1 caching device:
bcache-super-show /dev/sdb1 - Attach /dev/sdb1 to /dev/bcache0:
echo <cset.uuid> > /sys/block/bcache0/bcache/attach - Retrieve the cset.uuid from your /dev/sdb2 caching device:
bcache-super-show /dev/sdb2 - Attach /dev/sdb1 to /dev/bcache1:
echo <cset.uuid> > /sys/block/bcache1/bcache/attach
Now you have a bcache device: /dev/bcache0 and /dev/bcache1
- use "
bcache-status -s" to see details about your bcache device. - create a filesystem:
mkfs -t ext4 -L MOCK_LIB /dev/bcache0 - create a filesystem:
mkfs -t ext4 -L MOCK_CACHE /dev/bcache1 - create a /var/lib/mock entry in your /etc/fstab:
LABEL=MOCK_LIB /var/lib/mock ext4 defaults 1 2 - create a /var/cache/mock entry in your /etc/fstab:
LABEL=MOCK_CACHE /var/cache/mock ext4 defaults 1 2 - mount partitions:
mount -a - reboot your system to see if it boots OK.
- do some other tests generating I/O on mock partitions (two or more times).
$ fedpkg clone gnome-shell $ cd gnome-shell $ fedpkg srpm $ mock -r fedora-20-`arch` --rebuild *.src.rpm --verbose
Expected Results
- All steps complete without errors
- Last step after second replay should installing packages too much faster