[PATCH 1/1] pytest: Use --lazy with umount

[Simon Glass]

Hi Tom,

On Sat, 8 Apr 2023 at 02:36, Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Apr 07, 2023 at 05:31:17PM +1200, Simon Glass wrote:
> > Hi Tom,
> >
> > On Thu, 6 Apr 2023 at 14:19, Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Sometimes when doing tests on real hardware we sometimes run in to the
> > > case where some of these mounts haven't been fully flushed.  Using the
> > > --lazy option with umount will allow us to continue while letting the OS
> > > handle flushing the data out still.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com>
> > > ---
> > >  test/py/tests/test_ut.py | 4 ++--
> > >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > Reviewed-by: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
> >
> > I wonder if these ever actually succeed later on, or do they remain
> > mounted forever?
>
> They complete the unmount with this change done, yes.

That's great to hear. I wonder if we should try a 'sync' beforehand?
So long as it is short it shouldn't matter, but if it dragged on for a
minute or two it might conflict with another job.  I don't have a good
understanding of what is going on in the kernel.

Regards,
Simon