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+QA output created by zoned.sh
+Testing a null_blk device:
+Simple cases: if the operations work
+(1) report the first zone:
+start: 0x0, len 0x80000, cap 0x80000, wptr 0x0, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+
+report the first 10 zones
+start: 0x0, len 0x80000, cap 0x80000, wptr 0x0, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0x80000, len 0x80000, cap 0x80000, wptr 0x80000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0x100000, len 0x80000, cap 0x80000, wptr 0x100000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0x180000, len 0x80000, cap 0x80000, wptr 0x180000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0x200000, len 0x80000, cap 0x80000, wptr 0x200000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0x280000, len 0x80000, cap 0x80000, wptr 0x280000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0x300000, len 0x80000, cap 0x80000, wptr 0x300000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0x380000, len 0x80000, cap 0x80000, wptr 0x380000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0x400000, len 0x80000, cap 0x80000, wptr 0x400000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+start: 0x480000, len 0x80000, cap 0x80000, wptr 0x480000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+
+report the last zone:
+start: 0x1f380000, len 0x80000, cap 0x80000, wptr 0x1f380000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+
+
+(2) opening the first zone
+report after:
+start: 0x0, len 0x80000, cap 0x80000, wptr 0x0, zcond:3, [type: 2]
+
+opening the second zone
+report after:
+start: 0x80000, len 0x80000, cap 0x80000, wptr 0x80000, zcond:3, [type: 2]
+
+opening the last zone
+report after:
+start: 0x1f380000, len 0x80000, cap 0x80000, wptr 0x1f380000, zcond:3, [type: 2]
+
+
+(3) closing the first zone
+report after:
+start: 0x0, len 0x80000, cap 0x80000, wptr 0x0, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+
+closing the last zone
+report after:
+start: 0x1f380000, len 0x80000, cap 0x80000, wptr 0x1f380000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+
+
+(4) finishing the second zone
+After finishing a zone:
+start: 0x80000, len 0x80000, cap 0x80000, wptr 0x100000, zcond:14, [type: 2]
+
+
+(5) resetting the second zone
+After resetting a zone:
+start: 0x80000, len 0x80000, cap 0x80000, wptr 0x80000, zcond:1, [type: 2]
+*** done
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Test zone management operations.
+#
+
+seq="$(basename $0)"
+echo "QA output created by $seq"
+status=1 # failure is the default!
+
+_cleanup()
+{
+ _cleanup_test_img
+ sudo rmmod null_blk
+}
+trap "_cleanup; exit \$status" 0 1 2 3 15
+
+# get standard environment, filters and checks
+. ./common.rc
+. ./common.filter
+. ./common.qemu
+
+# This test only runs on Linux hosts with raw image files.
+_supported_fmt raw
+_supported_proto file
+_supported_os Linux
+
+QEMU_IO="build/qemu-io"
+IMG="--image-opts -n driver=host_device,filename=/dev/nullb0"
+QEMU_IO_OPTIONS=$QEMU_IO_OPTIONS_NO_FMT
+
+echo "Testing a null_blk device:"
+echo "case 1: if the operations work"
+sudo modprobe null_blk nr_devices=1 zoned=1
+
+echo "(1) report the first zone:"
+sudo $QEMU_IO $IMG -c "zrp 0 1"
+echo
+echo "report the first 10 zones"
+sudo $QEMU_IO $IMG -c "zrp 0 10"
+echo
+echo "report the last zone:"
+sudo $QEMU_IO $IMG -c "zrp 0x3e70000000 2" # 0x3e70000000 / 512 = 0x1f380000
+echo
+echo
+echo "(2) opening the first zone"
+sudo $QEMU_IO $IMG -c "zo 0 268435456" # 268435456 / 512 = 524288
+echo "report after:"
+sudo $QEMU_IO $IMG -c "zrp 0 1"
+echo
+echo "opening the second zone"
+sudo $QEMU_IO $IMG -c "zo 268435456 268435456" #
+echo "report after:"
+sudo $QEMU_IO $IMG -c "zrp 268435456 1"
+echo
+echo "opening the last zone"
+sudo $QEMU_IO $IMG -c "zo 0x3e70000000 268435456"
+echo "report after:"
+sudo $QEMU_IO $IMG -c "zrp 0x3e70000000 2"
+echo
+echo
+echo "(3) closing the first zone"
+sudo $QEMU_IO $IMG -c "zc 0 268435456"
+echo "report after:"
+sudo $QEMU_IO $IMG -c "zrp 0 1"
+echo
+echo "closing the last zone"
+sudo $QEMU_IO $IMG -c "zc 0x3e70000000 268435456"
+echo "report after:"
+sudo $QEMU_IO $IMG -c "zrp 0x3e70000000 2"
+echo
+echo
+echo "(4) finishing the second zone"
+sudo $QEMU_IO $IMG -c "zf 268435456 268435456"
+echo "After finishing a zone:"
+sudo $QEMU_IO $IMG -c "zrp 268435456 1"
+echo
+echo
+echo "(5) resetting the second zone"
+sudo $QEMU_IO $IMG -c "zrs 268435456 268435456"
+echo "After resetting a zone:"
+sudo $QEMU_IO $IMG -c "zrp 268435456 1"
+
+# success, all done
+echo "*** done"
+rm -f $seq.full
+status=0