[PATCH v1 1/1] test: fs: Use shared generate_file from utils

[Simon Glass]

On 2026-05-11T08:58:50, Aristo Chen <aristo.chen at canonical.com> wrote:
> test: fs: Use shared generate_file from utils
>
> test_fs/test_erofs.py and test_fs/test_squashfs/sqfs_common.py both
> defined a generate_file() helper that writes a file of a given size
> filled with 'x'. The two functions were functionally identical and
> differed only in parameter names and docstrings.
>
> Move the helper into the existing test/py/utils.py module, which is
> the established home for generic test utilities (md5sum_file,
> PersistentRandomFile, attempt_to_open_file). Update both call sites
> to use it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Aristo Chen <aristo.chen at canonical.com>
>
> test/py/tests/test_fs/test_erofs.py                | 16 ++++------------
>  test/py/tests/test_fs/test_squashfs/sqfs_common.py | 22 +++++-----------------
>  test/py/utils.py                                   | 13 +++++++++++++
>  3 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>