> Nit: make this test_genalloc.c instead.
> way it could be built and tested separately.
In my case modules are not an option.
Of course it could be still built in, but what is the real gain?
> Like the other lib/test_*.c targets, I'd call this TEST_GENERIC_ALLOCATOR.
> BUG for an allocator selftest, but if we can avoid it, we should.
If this fails, I would expect that memory corruption is almost guaranteed.
filesystem, only to corrupt it? It seems very dangerous.
> and after, rather than just after).
bitmaps do really work is already provided by the bitmap patch itself.
thinks the space should be.
Isn't that even stronger evidence that the bitmap changes work as expected?