common/xfs: skip xfs_check unless the test runner forces us to

[xfstests-dev.git] / README

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@@ -125,6 +125,10 @@ Preparing system for tests:
               time we should try a patient module remove. The default is 50
               seconds. Set this to "forever" and we'll wait forever until the
               module is gone.
+             - Set FORCE_XFS_CHECK_PROG=yes to have _check_xfs_filesystem run
+               xfs_check to check the filesystem.  As of August 2021,
+               xfs_repair finds all filesystem corruptions found by xfs_check,
+               and more, which means that xfs_check is no longer run by default.
 
         - or add a case to the switch in common/config assigning
           these variables based on the hostname of your test